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Hello. Can i put a beocenter 9500 vertical against the wall?Thanks
Hi Christian0, Bang&Olufsen state in the manual: "The Beocenter 9500 must be placed on a firm, horizontal surface." Maybe some people do hang the device on the wall, but certainly it was not the intention!
They are designed to be used flat on a shelf or cupboard. The CD player mechanism is not fixed in position but is merely floating on springs and will not work in the vertical position.
Mounting brackets were designed by third parties to mount the 9500 at about 30 degrees to the horizontal but were not that popular.
Regards Graham
If you want a wall mounted system, the Beosystem 4500 is the way to go - quite similar in specs to the 9500 but stunning when wall mounted. You need a long wall though!
Peter
Not to be didactic but that's a FAQ: https://www.beoworld.org/faq_view.asp?id=43.
Presumably you asked to hear more personal experience: On my 9500, the CD would simply fall off the spindle! The 9000 had a spindle with a spring holding down the CD, so it should work at angles, but of course that's the part which breaks on 9000s, sigh. Plus in addition to Graham's point about the CD mechanism itself failing because it tilts behind the base, at some angle my doors start to bind too! (Might just be old model showing signs of age & dirt, but they're all old at this point.)
Probably because the springs aren't totally reproducible plus the amount of dirt varies, there's disagreement about the maximum angle. The FAQ says 45 degrees, I saw one post (can't find it now) that said they maxed out at 40, Graham says 30, and this person apparently used 35 degrees: [From the archives, describing a custom bracket: https://archivedarchivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/p/12979/98761.aspx ]
Plus, most CD drives radial tracking system weren't built to compensate and "carry" the weight of the laser lens system in anything but horizontal position.
Martin