I had to give half of my collection to my (ex) wife too. Fortunately, I managed to keep the Beosound 1 SE instead of the Beocom 4 as "gold was not her colour" and that it was "not a proper system". Thankfully, everything else was replaceable.

Lesson learnt though. I'm never going to get married again. I'm just going to find a woman I don't like and give her my house!!

10%

BeoCenter 9500. I immediately regretted it and came into a BeoCenter 9000 a little later. I've never quite been willing to go after another 9500 or 9300 considering I only own about 25 CDs, 0 tapes, and don't listen to terrestrial radio! My 9000 has been dutifully disconnected on a piece of furniture for years and will likely remain that way.

And as far as "the one that got away," I've put off buying a few BeoLink 7000s over the years. Now they also fall into the "too exotic and useless to really make an effort" category.

One day when I'm sitting on a pile of cash and have already outfitted my home with the latest B&O, I'll begin work on my "institute for obsolete electronics" and set out to find perfect specimens of all my old favorites. Until then, bringing home another old B&O piece makes my wife react as though the dog brought home a dead bird.  

I gave away my Beocenter 7000 earlier in the year. It had to go as it mas making way for my Beosystem 5000 which I have never regretted buying. I couldn't have accomodated it anywhere if I had kept it and the inability to use the tuner without physically disconnecting the  CD player connected through the Tape2 socket was a funamental flaw. But it was a lovely unit and I still find my bidding finger twitching whenever I see one on eBay even though I have no use for one!

Simon

Good question.

I don't really regret or miss any of my former owned B&O as it was always an upgrade of some sort.

From Beovision 8800 to L2800 and then LX5500.

From non B&O to 2000 and now 6000+ 8000 both '80s.

Now the number one question is if I could only use 1 system what would it be?

Getting other B&O in most likely means something has to go and I'm going to miss it or I had my experience with it so it's ok inside.

I buy for using it so if something is spare or not used I have no trouble in getting rid off but it has to be working right.