Beocenter 7000 is it a good machine ?

Hi guys,

I have red a few comments here on the beocenter 7000, and i am still balanced with my buying decision. I can have one for 200 € with the MMC20S or MMC20E ( not as new as the 20s).

I am not (for the moment) a real vinyl fan, but I would like to have a nice piece of B&O capable of playing records.

All comment welcomed, on the beocenter 7000 or maybee a better choice in your opinion.

Thanks

Eric

The Beocenter 7000 is an excellent music centre. Super record player, good cassette deck and radio and a wonderful amplifier. It is almost a mini 8000 series in terms of quality and was way ahead of any of its competitors. If I was buying one, I would really look for a 7700 as this has a number of refinements but if the one you have seen is all working, it sounds fine. The cassette usually needs new belts so check it is fully working and make sure it is in good cosmetic shape as parts are tricky to get hold of. The cartridge can be retipped by Axel to anything you want - I have had a MMC20S have a shibata stylus put on and it is superb.

Clearly the disadvantages are that two of the sources are obsolete largely and the third source is under threat!! It works particularly well with S45-2 speakers.

Thanks Peter.

The seller also have a 7700, I will ask him if he also sells it, maybee i will be lucky.

Since I will connect it for a while on my BM7000, it will play through a pair of beolab 3 and BL11.

Hope it will sound good.

He sells the beocenter 7700 with a new MMC3 and revision done for 270 €.

I will follow your advice and go for the 7700 in place of the 7000.

Regards

Eric

They don't have powerlink sockets so connecting will be interesting though not impossible. However this will be a waste of one of the best B&O amplifiers - it really is that good! Pick up a cheap pair of S45-2s and listen against the BL3s.....

Peter - connection to his BM7000 (and thence to BeoLabs) was the subject of an earlier thread here: http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/5763.aspx

But I agree it would be great connected to some good passives too!

It is a temporary setup, I will have a look for a pair of S80 or S45 later, when the kids will move in another playroom, and when I will move my whiskeys and eames chair in their actual playroom ( hope end of this year...)

I have a pair of beovox 3000 connected to the BM7000 anyway, I can use them in the meantime if needed.

Enjoy it and definitely get a set of S80 or S45. Curiously, my 9500 came with S80.2 speakers which are a bit of an unusual pairing. I gave those to my roommate and will be hooking the 9500 up to a pair of JBL XPL 140s which are AMAZING speakers from the same time period as the BC9500. 

I have been fully bitten by the "beovirus" now, and its funny that the Beomaster 8000 which is from that period of B&O which I once considered quite "homely", is now on my list of potential future acquisitions. 

Connected to S-75 may give you some extra bass :)

Connected to S-75 may give you some extra bass :)

I agree with almost all of the above.
Parts are no longer available from B&O, that's correct but I do have a small stock of good
used parts in the dungeons, almost any part can be found there, and I can also help with factory
new belts for the tapedeck and recordplayer if needed.

From parts requests and repairs coming in here, I can safely say that the whole range of
Beocenter 7000 / 7002 / 7700 do seem to still see good daily use, particularly in some territories.
The somewhat rarer 7007 and baby brother 5000 a bit less so but that could be related to their
rarity rather than lack of use.

Martin