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Do you guys know how much it would cost to buy a new set of fabric for the BL90's? Like if we wanted to change the colour in the future?
Thanks
£3,200. My dealer made the same enquiry on my behalf. We were both shocked by the ridiculous cost.
politician: £3,200. My dealer made the same enquiry on my behalf. We were both shocked by the ridiculous cost.
WOW!
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Old: Beosound 9000 mk3, Beolab 3's, Beovision Eclipse, Beolab 1's, Beolab 2, Beovision 10-46, Overture 2300, beolab 8000's, Beolab 4000's, Beovision avant 32" etc. etc.
Mikipidia:They wanted an additional €7000 for the white ones
That is totally unreasonable. Seriously.
Ditlev: Mikipidia:They wanted an additional €7000 for the white ones That is totally unreasonable. Seriously.
It must require a firmware AND software update.
Well when you think a set of BL4 covers was £80 (iirc), then there is ridiculous and there is bigger ridiculous
To be fair, that cost is for eight different grilles, with a large area of grille cloth, all pre-fitted on very specifically shaped frames and beautifully finished. In addition, the speakers cost £53,000 new - that’s only 6% of their cost!
As an aside, I clouted one of the oak panels on our BL90s when installing new connections, and snapped one of the grille-peg type holders that fix it in place. They are not like normal grille pegs and are angled, so I could not find anything like them, and B&O cannot provide new pegs as they are glued in place. However, a complete replacement oak panel with three of the pegs fitted is £160, which I didn’t think was too bad. Reminds me - I must order it, as repairing the old peg with about five different types of glue has failed so far, and Blu-Tac only holds it in place for a few weeks at a time!
AdamS: As an aside, I clouted one of the oak panels on our BL90s when installing new connections, and snapped one of the grille-peg type holders that fix it in place. I must order it, as repairing the old peg with about five different types of glue has failed so far, and Blu-Tac only holds it in place for a few weeks at a time.
As an aside, I clouted one of the oak panels on our BL90s when installing new connections, and snapped one of the grille-peg type holders that fix it in place. I must order it, as repairing the old peg with about five different types of glue has failed so far, and Blu-Tac only holds it in place for a few weeks at a time.
If you have snapped the plastic...yeah out of luck. However, I find the Apex peg difficult to remove intact. However, i find evostick bonds it back on without issue - that is until you have to remove the panel again. Rinse/repeat.
Mikipidia:Not sure if it was clear, i meant that they wanted an extra €7000 for the white ones above normal new price for the “regular” black ones. This didn’t include the black covers in that case New: Beolab 50's, Beolab 18's, Beovision eclipse. Mikipedi4 on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/mikipedi4 Old: Beolab 1's, beolab 2, beovision 10-46, overture 2300, beolab 8000's, beolab 4000's, beovision avant 32" etc. etc.
I suddenly feel really poor :-)
Christ, in that case, I take everything I said back!
Beovision 7 40 mk 5 ,beovision 6x3, beosound 3000, beogram 3300 , 2 x lc2, 2 x beocom 1401, beocom 6000 x 2, 5 x beo4,
, 4 x beolab 4's, form 2, h2, a2,a1 and a beolab 2 😀😀
bramble:If you can afford them , don't think you will be much fussed about the cost of speaker cloth
Eh....No! We will be fussed and it will matter. Many can argue that if you have a Beoplay product....you have too much money and not enough sense.
Back to the frets. Question really is if the cat claws one, apart from having to bury your ex-cat, can you replace a single fret or must it be a whole set/pair?
Further, what is the real pain like if a service card needs replacing? A amp, a DSP etc....?
Also remember that the Bugatti is a highly subsidised halo car for Audi. The new cost is a fraction of the replacement parts cost which many will be bespoke or hand made. They don’t tell you that when you buy. I guess some of us will see if we have a lifetime reliable product, a subsidised service product or a money pit.
My 3 year warranty runs out in Feb/Mar next year. I did enquire how much the BL90s would be when B&O were touting their extended warranties. Can’t remember the figure but it was either £7 or 9k per year iirc. In context, an annual extended warranty on a Aston Martin V8 Vantage was approx £1400/year and not worth it......so?
Mr 10Percent: My 3 year warranty runs out in Feb/Mar next year. I did enquire how much the BL90s would be when B&O were touting their extended warranties.
My 3 year warranty runs out in Feb/Mar next year. I did enquire how much the BL90s would be when B&O were touting their extended warranties.
Correction. Dug-up the number.
3 extra years warranty (total 6 years max) is 9% of purchase price. £4800 - £5000, so £1600ish per year.