Dillen/Martin has a hobby doing qualified service on old B&O and I have used him for alot of my collection as I can't complain with the work he is doing. I got about 8 hours train ride back and fourth but its always worth it in the end. Living in Denmark does have its good things and that's qualified service for old B&O nearby.

You can send him a pm for contact details here on Beoworld.

Friedmett wrote:

Dillen/Martin has a hobby doing qualified service on old B&O and I have used him for alot of my collection as I can't complain with the work he is doing. I got about 8 hours train ride back and fourth but its always worth it in the end. Living in Denmark does have its good things and that's qualified service for old B&O nearby.

You can send him a pm for contact details here on Beoworld.

I live in the south of sweden, but as I said it´s only one hour by car to Copenhagen. I will send Dillen a pm soon enough.

Today I tested mine old Beovox cx-100 for the first time on the BC9500. Had to borrow cables from a B&O dealer. They seem to work fine. I don´t have any use for them at the moment so they will end up in storage again. Since I started this thread I was curious in what state they where in.

The test of mine Beovox loudspeakers got me thinking. How good are the passive speakers compared to the active speakers from B&O? They took a great leap forward with Beolab 3 Beolab 5 and Beolab 9. But if you compare Beolab/Beovox Penta, Beolab/Beovox 5000. How about the Beovox RL series?

Now that's a world where everbody has an opnion.

As it is you can pick your favorite Beovox/Beolab and still have a great sound.

The drawbacks of Beovox are foam rot and the Beolabs are costly.

You got the best of both worlds and do not have to have Beolabs only as the Beocenter have active/passive speaker options.

RL or CX would fit greatly. As long as you like the sound, size and design.

Update:

I bought a set of Beovox RL6000 in mint condition today unseen. It will take a couple of days to have them delivered. Black piano lacquer with floor stands and cabels for less than 135 Euro. They will be tested with my Beocenter 9500. I´m not sure that I will like them soundwise however. I have never listened to passiv B&O speakers before. I own a set och Dynaudio Audience 42 that I have not used in years. Might not be fair to compare those two speakers. I have never listened to them together with my Beocenter or Beosystem. Only the Thule Audio system. Don´t have the right cable connections to to connect them to my B&O systems.

Do the Beovox RL6000 suffer from foam rot? I read a few threads and is still not sure what is the case.

Congratulations with your speaker purchase, they are nice (have a pair myself with my Beocenter 9300).

The RL6000 descends from the older RedLine 60 and 60.2, though the speaker units are maginally different. The speaker membanes are made of rubber, so I don't expect them to have any tendencies to rot.

Sounds good that they don´t have tendencies to rot. Talked to a dealer a while ago and they said that older Beovox Redline speakers had that tendency. Adviced me not to buy them. I figured that that was the case with all redline speakers. Read a few threads here and a few other places and was still not sure. However 135 Euro is not that much money. And I was curious on the sound.

I also read that placement is critical for the sound. What is the best way to place RL6000? On floor stand close to wall or further out in the room. Some post prefered wall mounting.

RL6000 are practically the same as RL60.2 and both of them definitely have the durable rubber surrounds. Older RL60 does rot, and for example RL140 as well.

I have a pair of RL60.2's connected to a Beocenter 8000 at the office (I believe the amp is identical in 9500) and I quite like the combination! I did however replace the caps in the crossovers, and that improved the sound a lot. The 6000s are newer so they might not need it yet - I have a pair of 6000s as well, but have never tried any direct comparison between these.

Placing these near the wall might give a bit more bass if you're into that kind of thing. I have mine on ceiling poles about 40-50 cm away from the room corners.

tournedos wrote:

I did however replace the caps in the crossovers, and that improved the sound a lot. The 6000s are newer so they might not need it yet - I have a pair of 6000s as well, but have never tried any direct comparison between these.

Placing these near the wall might give a bit more bass if you're into that kind of thing. I have mine on ceiling poles about 40-50 cm away from the room corners.

Thanks for the tips about placement. I will experiment myself. How do one know when it's time to replace the caps in the crossovers?

Hubbe wrote:

How do one know when it's time to replace the caps in the crossovers?

Impossible to say, unfortunately. They are now 15 to 20 years old, so I believe you could hear some improvement but probably not anything dramatic. Mainly the treble end gets duller with time. Listen to them first, and if you're not happy, only then consider the recap.

tournedos wrote:

Listen to them first, and if you're not happy, only then consider the recap.

Will follow your advice. Thanks!