Never seen such. Got a lot of Beolinks 7000 but this? Is it always visible or is it just because of the light?

Yep Leslie, always visible.  When I took that picture there was no light on in the room and no flash.  It always looks like that.  I'd take a picture with it next to my other BL7000 but that's unfortunately in another state.

There's one on Ebay right now that I noticed that on also. Is that yours?

Neither one of the ones I've had has has had the contact points that visible.

I have a Beocenter 9500 with the same problem (fortunately nowhere near that visible though). I remember a BL7000 discussed for the same issue some years back, but I don't think nobody ever came up with an explanation how this happens. Perhaps a bad batch with colouring that fades?

Maybe it's some kind of delamination of the glass layers.

I once bought one on Ebay with the same problem... maybe this is the unit as I re-sold it on ebay..

It seems like the black coating is missing entirely, my B&O technican said that this could happen due to long exposure to sunlight or

aggressive fluids used to clean the glass.

Never heard of a faulty coating from the factory.... Lets think back in time and remember what the proice point was on the BL7000, I would never (!)

accept a BL7000 with this look from B&O and its from the better B&O days where they cared about their customers...

Best regards

Stephan

tournedos wrote:

I remember a BL7000 discussed for the same issue some years back

HERE: /forum/general-discussion-and-questions/bampo-soundbars#post-2122364

I have found that people on Ebay who dig this stuff up out of old closets or some relative's belongings who has passed away have no idea about all of the problems that plague this equipment when they just list it as "perfect", and then think we're crazy when we bring up these kinds of issues. Pretty sure the one on Ebay right now (one of two I think in the US) also has a broken backlight. 

This all makes me appreciate my Ebay 7000 all that much more. These are so hard to find in perfect shape and I have entertained the thought of selling it because I REALLY want one with the original box (only one I have ever seen is attached to an entire 7000 system on Ebay and the seller won't separate the components, he's asking an astronomical figure for all of it). I paid a lot for it, and I guess it was worth it in the end.

Makes you wonder if a film as used in tinting car windows might help? Just a thought!