I've not heard the others, but my Beomaster 8000 sounds amazing through my Beovox Pentas. I guess it depends on what you're listening to these Beomasters through. What speakers do you have connected to your 4400?

Didn't you get the 4400 pretty much NOS - I seem to remember you posting pictures of it coming out of the box on the old website? It probably could do with a service after all those years in storage. I know Peter speaks very highly of the 4400 and would probably take the 4400 over the 6500 in a straight shootout.

If you think a 6000 is heavy, you should try lifting an 8000! This is obviously reflected in the output of the amp. Where the 6000 slaps you round the face with a wet kipper (in the most enjoyable sense), the 8000 whacks you on the head and gives you a few jabs in the kidneys for afters - all metaphorically speaking of course! It's an absolute monster :)

I had no experience of any of these Peter until Lee, Ed and myself went to visit Frede.
I think you know what I am going to say next!
We were all blown away by the performance of the Beolab/master5000 and their associated speakers.
However, what I haven't mentioned before is the other speakers he demonstrated the same system with. They were slim panel type speakers but on stands and they didn't have conventional drivers in them! I think they were called electro-static or something like that. Non B&O but I can't recall their name. Perhaps Lee or Ed will come in with that.
All the time we were there, I kept thinking "I wish Peter and Martin could see this"
If you do nothing else in your life, Peter, you MUST  pay Frede a visit.

Andy T.

I always liked the 9500 but the power amplifier is a hybrid chip affair which does lack what could described as grunt! As with most amplifiers, sounds quite good till you directly compare it. The 7000 was the last of the old type design of amplifier though having had a chat to Tim, it is descended more from the earlier music centres than the elite range. Using the 9500 with Beolab speakers does seem a good idea!

The 6000 quad is an interesting machine but the amplifier in that seems to be inferior to that in the supposedly less powerful 3400. Its design is however superb - just a shame it didn't have a glass top like the later 1700.