Because I am getting on in years so have lost some of my top end hearing I have found records a little dull when compared to CD which has all that digital brightness inherent. 

I did a like for like comparison with the Beatles Abbey Road on 80 gram vinyl remix and the CD version and that was my conclusion.

I found that attaching a Graphic Equalizer in between the pre and power amps of my 80's Beomaster 6000 and leaving it all flat with a slight rise at the higher frequencies, I got the high end back again and still retained all the analogue warmth of the vinyl.

I know this will leave audiophiles aghast but it works great for me.

But you wouldn't want a 7000 with the cheap cable drive and cassette draw motor. You would want a 4000 with its beautiful design and precision engineering - and that costs serious money. More chance of you building one than B&O though!!

Dave wrote:

Because I am getting on in years so have lost some of my top end hearing I have found records a little dull when compared to CD which has all that digital brightness inherent. 

I did a like for like comparison with the Beatles Abbey Road on 80 gram vinyl remix and the CD version and that was my conclusion.

I found that attaching a Graphic Equalizer in between the pre and power amps of my 80's Beomaster 6000 and leaving it all flat with a slight rise at the higher frequencies, I got the high end back again and still retained all the analogue warmth of the vinyl.

I know this will leave audiophiles aghast but it works great for me.

Just mentioning B&O will cause most "audiophiles' to gasp, but that's their problem not yours or mine! It sounds like you're using an EQ properly, that is minor adjustments to improve the sound, rather than the wholesale up and down slider approach most of the unwashed masses would pursue. And actually, it's their system so they can do what they like.

The system I had immediately before getting my BS9000/BL8000 setup was an all tube setup, including a preamp I'd built, a tube McIntosh power amp, and even a tube FM tuner (talk about hot running, thing had like 20 tubes in it). What that meant was that music sounded good if it was a good recording, and if I played it at a certain volume. Turn the volume down, with no loudness, wasn't great. Bad recording, well, you lived with it. One thing I quickly learned to love about the BS9000 was that I could change tone controls and loudness from the remote and the ease of my listening chair. Overbright CD? One notch or two down on the treble made it good. Thin sounding, ditto on a click or two up on the bass.

I've come to regard totally abandoning tone controls and EQ in the pursuit of an illusory sonic "purity" to be wearing a hair shirt for no reason.