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Thank you, pepps. I was looking at flying to Billund, but as you say, the flight times are not so great. Still planning…!
Mark
How are your plans coming along now dear chap?
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Reading through these responses is a nostalgia trip!
For me I grew up with a Beogram 1500. The weight behind the lift/split volume/balance control was fabulous to the touch. And that gorgeous slow balanced tonearm and soft-edged raise/lower lever. Ohhh for a small boy all of that was sensory overload. I used to stand and stare at the stylus as it landed gracefully into the leader groove. Such fond memories.As a teen I was stunned by the design statement of AV 9000! It was superb and looked so tactile in the glossy adverts in the Sunday newspaper magazines.
I went on a trip to London and stumbled across an AV 9000 setup in Harrods. I spent ages standing in front of it leaning and turning to see it from as many different angles as I could. Just praying someone would come over and express interest in it so the shop assistant would run the demo again. Curtains in a tv!!!!And to stop myself from rambling on and on I’ll be brief with the following:
Beovox: 1702 is in my mind the best pressure chamber bookshelf speaker. Mount a pair on some stands at ear-level. Toe in to crossfire just in front of your listening position and stick on the Nina Simone. Honestly they’re gorgeous. Melting butter smooth and crisp as mountain air.
Beolab: Penta. Just beautiful and excellent with music, film and spoken word.
Beosystem: 6500 is just stunning. (But I love the 3500/4500 too.
Beocentre: 9500. The Daddy.
Most iconic: Beosystem 2500.
Most comforting and familiar: Beolink 1000.
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On second thoughts, keep that cable (because it’s nice and original and would serve a pair of Beolab Pentas well) and visit http://www.soundsheavenly.com to order just the right cable at exactly the right length.
Steve Marriot is a sponsor of this site and owns Sounds Heavenly. He can help you with any cabling query (as he has many of us over the years).Location: Kent, UK
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Hi Benji,
Your cabling can be as follows:
Din plugs (male) from speaker output 1 on Beomaster to bare wire.
Bare wire to input shown on Cona (ensure correct polarity).A second run of cable is required to allow bare wire from Cona outputs to Beovox.
If the Beovox have male DIN then use the female sockets.In short, if the cable you have is long enough, visualise your final placement and cut the cable. The Cona will sit between the Beomaster and the Beovoxes acting a bit like a crossover.
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I too have a BC1200 so shall be bookmarking this episode because no doubt I’ll encounter similar issues. Excellent Sherlock work @van Jensen 🕵️♀️
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Good evening all,
I have just bought my rail tickets. @Millemis your advice was perfect thank you!
@Rolf2 I like the idea of your road trip – keep some of your stories for dinner!
I’m deliberating over a large cabin bag for my Easyjet flight…it’s an extra £100 but I suppose I’ll want to buy some souvenirs.
[Edit: I just bought my flights after sleeping on it. I’ve chosen to swerve the larger cabin bag and shall travel light instead. You’ll all have to excuse my jeans and t-shirt attire throughout the week. By dodging the larger bag fee my overnight stay in Copenhagen becomes ‘free’ so to speak.]
I’ve looked into travelling from the airport to the train station – there is a bus every 15 minutes which costs less than £5 (or it’s a 90 minute walk depending on the weather).
My train departs at 12:45pm and is a direct service to Struer!
The flights home are limited so I’m going to leave Struer after breakfast and travel back to Kobenhavn H on the 11:04am. Then I was thinking about booking an overnight stay in Copenhagen because there’s an evening flight back to Gatwick on Sunday. So I’ll have Saturday night and Sunday in the city to explore.
The costs add up – but it’s a one-off trip so let’s flex that credit card!
Oh and I haven’t checked the cost of parking my car at Gatwick yet….hahahaha!Anyone else travelling from the UK?
Found any alternatives back to Blighty on Saturday?
Julian
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And I have realised that I never answered this question! Yes, the cable connection was just the RF, hence sound was also transferred and worked beautifully.
When researching the sale I found that it is quite easy to modify the Atari 2600 to provide composite (or even RGB or s-video) outputs, which may be useful for more modern TVs without analogue tuners.
Ah of course. RF was so easy back in the BBC/Commodore/Spectrum days.
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This is a great update! I too remember oggling the AV9000 and trying imagine what films might sound like – I never had the pleasure of hearing a Pro-Logic surround sound film on one since.
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Just clicked around the site and everything loads much faster now. I’m using a iPhone with Safari.
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Sounds very exciting! Best of luck with the move and looking forward to some fresh photos of the new digs 😎👍
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Hello, for what it’s worth I find this forum the calmest and most thorough place to discuss B&O and to resolve niggles with the euipment I enjoy at home.
I’m quite old fashioned I suppose – I still play tapes, records and cds daily. And I play FM radio too. I have a small collection of my favourite music systems and I love my Beovision 7.I’ve tried the Faceplace group and find it a very scattery and inconsistent place. Lots of ego and lots of slagging B&O off – from what I can see mostly by people who don’t have any passion for the brand.
Beoworld is an excellent resource and a glorious library of interesting projects and documented resolutions to common problems.
I would love to see a rebirth of ‘web forums’ – I think enough time has passed for people to realise that open social media platforms often encourage the nay-sayers and the discourteous to flourish.
Please keep on with developing our beloved Beoworld.
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Hi Steven, have you tried the old ‘press AV and see if it works’ trick?
Sometimes I find the very same with my 3500 system. My Dad too with his. Happens every now and again.
Quick tap of AV on the Beolink 1000 and all works as normal.Julian
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Hello Mark,
I’m coming from Kent. I’ve decided to fly to Copenhagen and train to Struer. The main reason being the scenery from the train will be great and a wander about Copenhagen on the way home sounds perfect.
I looked at flying to Billund and renting a car to drive up to Struer but the flights aren’t plentiful and I’ve driven from Billund before and really struggle with not speeding on those gorgeous roads! 😄Location: Kent, UK
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I know this isn’t the best solution as such, but keep an eye out for a BV7-mk5. I’ve had the BV7 32″ non-hdmi, the mk4 40″ non-hdmi and currently have a mk5 40″ with hdmi and blueray and it’s superb! You won’t miss your old BV once you’ve seen the faster smoother image on the mk5.
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Silly question maybe but have you tried Multicare?
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Congratulations to everyone drawn so far 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Looking forward to meeting you all later in the year 🙂
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Hi Sergi0,
I there any chance something wasn’t seated perfectly when you assembled the screen and speaker?
Have the two elements been unjoined and reconnected since you first rebuilt it?
Julian
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Hi Martin,
I have bought from Quality Dream Audio in the past. A BGCD6500 a few years ago.
The cd drawer scratched the cabinet as it opened and closed – when I contacted them to query it I was simply told it was under £200 for a reason and I shouldn’t expect perfection if I only want to pay a little 😂I haven’t been back since.
They do appear to shift a lot though. Perhaps they’ve improved?Good luck with your search.
In my opinion I would buy a Beogram you like the look of and use it.
Enjoy your old records for 12-18 months. By then you’ll know where the sound is lacking and what you want more of – which in turn will guide you to your next Beogram 👍Location: Kent, UK
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