I am delighted that the 8000 system is giving you pleasure. At present my favourite is my Beolab 5000 system - whether the sound is the best is of course debatable. I am afraid I just don't listen to the 4401 enough -  I am listening to my 5500 with CX100s as I type this - King of Pain playing loudly!

My most disappointing system is my main one - as it works in the bathroom - I have Beovox 1s which just are not that good - although they have more bass than the CX50s they replaced, they are not as sweet sounding.

I agree about BC5000s completely - gorgeous but I am not risking any more tapes in mine!!

What's playing now? King of Pain! LOL Good ear, Rich. I have to keep it quiet, in the library with my Forms, but will go home and listen in a couple hours 🙂

This, surely?

Congratulations Jacques, beautiful

I would put a Beogram 3000 with that lovely combo :) Might not be the proper choice but a good performer in my opinion and a good visual match :)

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Thanks! It doesn't look too bad, and doesn't sound half bad! They will be shipped to Frede when funds allow...

You mean the Thorens one? Or worse, the link?

Unless you mean link 

 

Funnily enough I did mean the later deck! I think they are rather good performers tbh - quite lively! I prefer the looks of the 1200 but I doubt the performance is much to talk about... Of course the Thorens would be the ultimate find but I thought suggesting this might be pie in the sky  :-P

Well, when I was a young student, TD124s were as cheap as pie (nobody wanted them, much like old Garrards in England), and boy do I regret not having bought one or two! Instead, I was stupid enough to buy a new TD160, a bad deck retrospectively. I just got bored.

The Beogram 3000 is the deck of the Beocenter 3500 and it is a fair performer with an SP12.

The 3000 is really not bad at all. What you notice with the Thorens compared to all Beograms is the bass which is much more extended.

Seems odd that the 5000 system has more and better options for connectivity than the others, since it was the first.

If you are going to stay with the correct speakers, then you end up with either the 8000 or 7000, since the 5000 speakers are not really up to it in terms of sound quality.

Like the others, I tend to switch between systems, and am fortunate enough to be able to do it.At a push maybe the 8000, but tomorrow I might say something else.