Posts by casdave (archived)
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250$ for a CD?
in eBay - the right way! · Feb 17, 2012 06:04Don't be too dissappointed if you find it a bit rich for your tasts, I've heard this cd and it really is complete twaddle. You would not pay half a Euro for it once you hear it! Some would call it concept music, I think …
Beovox 5000 - Upgrade
in The Workbench · Feb 6, 2012 15:39The sound was pretty dull and lifeless, and this did improve things, however the addition of the cubes made all the differance in the world.Bass seems to go a bit deeper and less boomy. It was not a massive improvement, …
Beovox 5000 - Upgrade
in The Workbench · Feb 6, 2012 13:57Don't forget to check out the components on the crossover frequency adjustment controls too.
Beovox 5000 - Upgrade
in The Workbench · Feb 6, 2012 13:56You may well find there is a significant advantage in replacing the wirewound resistors, modern ones are much more accurrate. If you measure the values of these resistors, you may well get a shock, mine had drifted massi…
Grand Prix 608 Moderne Set Up
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Feb 2, 2012 13:17Oh, that is nice, glad you got it, and it was not turned out to some house clearance company.
Screwed by Llewelyn
in For Sale · Feb 2, 2012 03:11I believe in that time he may have moved house, so that will have caused some chaos. Maybe thats the reason for delays.
Maybe a fraud with stolen B&O stuff???
in General Discussion & Questions · Dec 15, 2011 16:31There's always the possibility that someone is trying to sell off items looted in the riots, and does not want to try sell it in the UK to reduce the chance of them being spotted.
A B&O style compatible phone: RIM Blackberry Porsche Design P'9981
in General Discussion & Questions · Oct 28, 2011 14:00Might have been ok 5 years ago, but looks are not everything and I thinks it's rubbish. Display is far to small, and 3 function keys? what is that, those went out with the Sinclair Spectrum computer almost 20 years ago, …
THE BEOWORLD AUGUST 2011 PRIZE DRAW
in General Discussion & Questions · Sept 3, 2011 13:49The draw is usually on too late for me to watch, first I knew of a prize was when I looked at my emails. Looking forward to flipping those nice glossy pages
Business analysis - Bang and Olufsen has designed itself away from its customers
in General Discussion & Questions · Aug 20, 2011 16:16B & O's problems in my opinion stem from proprietry network technology which makes it incompatible with any other manufacturer, requiring the new entrant an extremely high step just to gain a toehold into the marque. Unf…
Fake purple Beolit 500... Would History repeat itself?
in eBay - the right way! · Aug 16, 2011 14:00I'm a little surprised that the case finish on the Ebay item is inbetter condition than the metalwork, its usually the other way around, the case generally suffers more, hard to see how you can scratch the metal parts wi…
Buyers beware - most likely a scam on ebay
in eBay - the right way! · Aug 3, 2011 14:34Alaso looks very much like shill bidding too
Could this be stolen....I reckon they are!
in eBay - the right way! · Jul 9, 2011 07:56I looked at those and thought 'hmmm'. Why would anyone remove the covers and leave them off?How about some sort of security marking, engraved or Smartwater. If I had lost the covers, I would buy some more as it has to be…
Beogram CDX
in For Sale · Jun 24, 2011 11:56Well if its Aberdeen, thats likely to be a long drive for most folk, how about to the nearest 50 miles?
and now for something completely different.......
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 19, 2011 15:09Masters of reality - Sunrise on the sufferbus , look up the personnel list too, might find it interesting
Beomaster 6000 rosewood (80s) fully refurbished for sale - Leicester, UK, £120
in For Sale · May 28, 2011 10:33Thanks very much, all connected up and running. Anyone else looking for a nice item would be well advised to take a serious look
Beomaster 6000 rosewood (80s) fully refurbished for sale - Leicester, UK, £120
in For Sale · May 27, 2011 11:42Yes, me.
Are you interested in a pair of PENTA XXL?
in General Discussion & Questions · May 12, 2011 14:09Either this is some form of strange Norwegian spam (givne the characters in the relevant Monty Pythons sketch it would probably be appropriate) OR, I am missing hte point entirely 😕
Name your most dynamic song [H]
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 28, 2011 15:18The reason I picked out that particular version is that it has the highest resolution, and I prefer this version to the original one by Vince Guaraldi. I'll add another one or two here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5…