Only one thing bought from B&O - a Beolit 600 in 1975. Bought with earnings from working in a bakery that summer ( I was 14).  I loved it but sold it when I was a hard up student🙁. Have got another one now but it's waiting for a donor loudspeaker.  I better hurry up before they turn off analogue........

I've bought shedloads 2nd hand since.....Best thing I've bought was a mint BeoCenter 2500 together with a MCL2P for £200. Sold the MCL2P for £130... I've just this week hooked it up to a Quad405-2 and Mission753. It sounds very very good😁

Cheers

Nigel

nigel

h1npw wrote:

Best thing I've bought was a mint BeoCenter 2500 together with a MCL2P for £200. Sold the MCL2P for £130... I've just this week hooked it up to a Quad405-2 and Mission753. It sounds very very good😁

Cheers

Nigel

nigel

Good stuff Nigel - was this the 2500 you told me about when I picked up that BM6000 Quad? I think it also had SWMBO approval factor too, which must be a bonus!

In almost 30 years of collecting B&O many items have been the best, like Beomaster 8000 for performances, Beolab 5000 (speakers) for design and recently a pair of active studiomonitor speakers built by B&O for Danemarks radio that have a fantastic sound... But the item I would choose for its ease to use, its reliability and its huge pleasure factor would be my Beosystem 2500.
The worst, I don't know if our youngest members will know, is my Beocord 8802 video, 3 or 4 times out of order during the warranty and as much after! Well, this was not really B&O inside... 😁

Marc

Best item is Beo Com 6000.  I work with children and they have dropped it many times on tile floors and it still survives.

Second hand and favourite is Beo Lab 5000.  Husband has wanted to replace them many times but I will not let him.

Worst an umbrella.  It lasted one season in Aussie rain.

Best? Probably the Beovision Avant. I recently (and stupidly) sold it. Now I want a DVD RF version. (If anyone hears of one in Australia for sale.....)

Worst? DVD2 I stupidly bought this when it came out after receiving positive advice from the B&O saleperson, who told me how good it was. I got it home, tried to figure it out, and then wanted to go back and throw it at her. A couple of months later, at another dealer, I told the salesperson of my disgust. His response was: "I would never have sold you that piece of junk." It was still a relatively new product at that stage!!

This is closely followed by the A9 keyring which is chunky and useless and I never bothered replacing the batteries.

Best item: BL8000. Definitely!

Worst item: Beo5; I never use it with my current setup. (probably not the remote's fault)

nmartin771 wrote:

My wife is using as well !

And I'm really sad that I can not use iPhone, I have big fingers ! 🙁

I bought iPod classic recently, and I made mistake, I should get Ipod touch ....

Are you aware that the iPhone's keyboard actually expands the characters "it" thinks you're going to type, as it guesses given what you've already typed. True - the keyboard is predictive, and the touchpad area expands beyond the area drawn around the characters, precisely to accommodate larger fingers.

Also, with 3.0, the keyboard will rotate to landscape format when you're typing e-mails and sms, which will also increase the working area. That will also go for the iPod Touch you should have bought. 😁

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Best B&O - a tough one. I can still remember my sheer joy when I bought my first B&O, a Beocenter 7700. Seeing the stylus drop and hearing the sound was magic - my first remote for an audio unit! Have had a good B&O history as far as products go, I'm very picky before I buy and try things out.

Worst B&O I almost bought - the Serene.

Best - Beo4

Worst - Beoport closely followed by A8's, I just don't find them comfortable and the sound quality is very ordinary...look good though!

Best from B&O would be my Avant DVD RF in dark grey. Best bargain would be from trademe (we don't have ebay here) where I got a totally mint condition MX7000 pearly black with motorised floorstand for $300 NZD ;o )

The BEST b&o item... very tough!

No, i absolutely can not choose. I equally love all of the B&O i've owned BV3-32, BC1, Beo4, BS1, BS4, A8, BS2, BL4000 and BL1.

And i very much love the serene, the design and performance. It has however started to become glitchy, deleted all of my sms's last night, couldn't believe it.

Actually, the worst B&O that i've owned, was the Ouverture. Rubbish build materials and sound quality. But i still loved it for it's glamorous design