It looks really striking in white imo and is going to look nice in my spare room when I overhaul it over the coming weeks
Second Pic is the Mac Lamp range found in an online 1977 Catalog
Unsure of the maker, but from the photos it seemed to be in pretty nice condition, so for £18 I thought it was worth it.
I gave it a once over with some disinfectant wipes and then treated it with some leather/vinyl conditioner. Picture 2 shows it after conditioning and it came up really well.
The plan is to use it in my spare bedroom, which at the moment is a little underwhelming, but I’m hoping to change that. I’ve already got some decent 60s and 70s furniture in there, including my wardrobe, chest of drawers and a little dark wood sideboard-type thing, but the accessories are currently a bit of a hodgepodge of stuff that’s ended up in there for storage more than anything else, not really to showcase.
I think I’m going to have a proper declutter and box up a lot of the stuff that doesn’t really match or work with the room. I’m also completely open to changing the artwork on the walls for something that fits the overall look a bit better.
Style-wise, I’m still not 100% sure which direction to go in. The last image shows some of the overflow from my Bang & Olufsen collection, so I’d quite like to do something that enhances the B&O equipment rather than having it all surrounded by random bits and pieces. The reason for getting the chair was so I can play retro games on my B&O televisions really.
The walls need repainting as well, so I’m open to colour ideas. I’ve also just bought a rather large white shag-pile furry rug for the middle of the room, which arrives today. I thought that might add a bit of texture and give a nice contrast against the brown carpet.
Picked this up at my local car boot last Sunday for £10 and it was in an extremely sorry state.
It’s one of those car boots where a lot of sellers have permanent pitches, and this looked like it had been sat outside baking in the sun for at least a couple of weeks. The soft-touch rubber coating had completely broken down into a horrible sticky, gooey mess covering my hands.
Given the state of it, I wasn’t expecting it to work. I mainly bought it because it came with an immaculate Beo4 remote, which had been kept inside a plastic sleeve and genuinely feels brand new.
Got it home, plugged it in and it fired straight up.
I stripped the failed rubber coating off using a combination of IPA, petrol, engine degreaser and plastic scrapers, then sanded the casing down and repainted it satin black. It’s come up far better than I expected and the screen itself is in excellent condition, so thankfully all the problems seem to have been cosmetic.
It’s currently living in my spare room. A friend is hopefully sending me a B&O DVD 1, so I’m planning on turning it into a little DVD setup once I find a small sofas or lounge chair for the spare room.
It sounds excellent too. Tonight I’ve got my old Fire Stick hooked up to it for a bit of YouTube Music.
I honestly really can't believe it's the same TV, but it is.
Picked this up at my local car boot last Sunday for £10 and it was in an extremely sorry state.
It’s one of those car boots where a lot of sellers have permanent pitches, and this looked like it had been sat outside baking in the sun for at least a couple of weeks. The soft-touch rubber coating had completely broken down into a horrible sticky, gooey mess covering my hands.
Given the state of it, I wasn’t expecting it to work. I mainly bought it because it came with an immaculate Beo4 remote, which had been kept inside a plastic sleeve and genuinely feels brand new.
Got it home, plugged it in and it fired straight up.
I stripped the failed rubber coating off using a combination of IPA, petrol, engine degreaser and plastic scrapers, then sanded the casing down and repainted it satin black. It’s come up far better than I expected and the screen itself is in excellent condition, so thankfully all the problems seem to have been cosmetic.
It’s currently living in my spare room. A friend is hopefully sending me a B&O DVD 1, so I’m planning on turning it into a little DVD setup once I find a small sofas or lounge chair for the spare room.
It sounds excellent too. Tonight I’ve got my old Fire Stick hooked up to it for a bit of YouTube Music.
I honestly really can't believe it's the same TV, but it is.
Hi all, first time posting
I’ve always admired Leica cameras but have never actually owned one. Over the years I’ve shot with a Nikon D7100 and multiple Nikkor telephoto and prime lenses, an original Sony A7 (2013) and a Fuji X100F, both of which I still own.
Back when I was doing a lot of sports photography (mainly rowing) and the occasional weddings, I constantly used the D7100 and Sony A7. However, I sold the Nikon kit to put funds towards my first house purchase back in 2024. I kept the A7 as it was full frame and also kept the X100F.
These days the Sony doesn’t get much use as it only has the basic FE 28–70mm f/3.5–5.6 kit lens, so I nearly always reach for the X100F. I love using it, although the fixed focal length can occasionally be limiting. Most of what I shoot nowadays are classic car shows or vintage steam rallies, so it’s generally been a great fit for that.
Lately though, I’ve been thinking about a bit of a change. I’ve had both cameras from new and I’m wondering if it’s time to move them on and put the money towards a Leica D-Lux 8 to replace both. I am just a hobbyist photographer nowadays and don't do it at any professional level.
One thing that’s really surprised me is how well the Fuji X100F has held its value. I paid around £875 for it brand new back in late 2018, and looking online they’re still selling for roughly £650 to £700. If you’d asked me what it would be worth by now without looking, I’d probably have guessed around £300 lol almost ten years later. From what I’ve worked out, if I sold both by X100F and my Sony A7, I’d only need to put in around another £300 and buy a brand new Leica D-Lux 8, so its making the idea very tempting.
Has anyone here made a similar switch from an X100 series? I’d be really interested to hear how you’ve found the D-Lux 8 and whether you think it’s worth it coming from an X100F.
Having a bit of a zoom lens to play about with does sound quite nice tbh
Recently picked up the Beosystem 5000 maybe a month or so ago and it's working great in my bedroom so far. It's paired into some Beovox S75 speakers.
At the moment it needs a Beogram CD50 to complete the stack, unusually the original owner never bothered adding a CD50 to it (this unit is the CD player to match the stack) but it came out several years later.
The 5000 is quite unusual in that it's a draw loading tape deck. You press a button and a draw slides out to reveal the cassette mechanism
So, that makes three BeoSound 9000s I’ve missed at great prices.
I’ve even got the perfect space above my MCM G-Plan sofa waiting for one to wall mount. 😅
A friend of mine actually owned a BeoSound 9000 years ago. Before I knew him, he left it behind in his old farmhouse when they moved. He said if we’d known each other back then, I could have just had it and speakers because he knows how much I love Bang & Olufsen.
I just know I’m going to end up paying top money for one eventually just to to add it to my collection. It really does feel like me owning one isn't meant to be for now lol. Having just took on a full 3 bedroom house on my own on a single income I can't really justify about £2,500 on what is essentially a very fancy CD Player, but one day lol.
That said, I can’t complain too much because I’ve had some incredible B&O bargains over the last couple of years. I picked up a BeoVision 11 (46”), BeoLab 2 subwoofer, and a pair of BeoLab 3 speakers for around £400 all in, which is now my main lounge setup. I also managed to buy a brand new, boxed BeoSystem 3500 for £300 last February, and I got a BeoCenter 2 completely free. I just had to remove it from a lady’s house. It’s now connected up to the BeoVision and gets plenty of use.
Just some real casual fully auto shots with my Olympus C720 Ultra Zoom while on site today. For a 3.0 mega pixel camera from 2002 it actually doesn't look bad at all. Guess the lens is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
Posted the other day, but my post got removed so this is my Olympus Camera collection, which I got from a job lot at my local auction house. Really quite like the interesting form factor of them.
They seem to have originated from Germany as mostly were set to German Language and the memory cards contained photos from Europe and small German towns.
Second Picture shows the entire haul and third picture is me going through everything in my spare room last night.
All in I have just spent £105 on this including auctioneers fees. Got a mixture of film/digital and video camcorders to go through.
Some models I am very keen to keep,
The camcorders in the last pic. I got that entire lot for £12. I only bid on this lot for the Sony Video 8 in the bottom left and for the Sharp Viewcam sat on top of the bag. I have always liked the quirky looking form factor.
All In including auctioneers fees I have spent £105, which I didn't think was too bad really. The first lot of cameras cost me a grand total of £12 lol
I bought the lot in the first picture really just for the Sony in the bottom left and the Sharp Viewcam sat on top of the bag always kinda liked its form factor.
I have ended up with two B&O Hifi systems in the master bedroom at my house. A Beosystem 5000 and a Beosystem 3500.
Recently picked up the 5000 about two weeks ago. I am contemplating moving it to the living room as it seems to nice to be hidden away in my Master bedroom, but it's a nice listening space.
I have a few different sets of speakers ranging from the Beovox MCX35 on the wall to the stand mounted S45-2s and the larger Beovox S75s
I really rate the S45-2s they came with this 5000 bundle I picked up I liked them sold much I sold my old S30's and replaced them with these.
The room is home to two complete Bang & Olufsen systems.
In the right-hand corner is a Beosystem 3500, while the left-hand corner houses my recently acquired Beosystem 5000.
The 5000 is my latest addition, and I’m still debating whether to move it into the living room. It feels like such a beautiful system that it’s almost a shame to have it tucked away in the bedroom.
The Beosystem 3500 was an incredible find. I picked it up in March 2025, and it was brand new, still in its original box. Everything was complete, untouched, and it has worked flawlessly from day one.
It’s a lovely collection, but I think it really deserves to go to a dedicated Sansui enthusiast. The only Sansui equipment I own is an XR-Q7, so I’m hoping these end up with the right collector who can appreciate, display, and perhaps even frame some of them.
The collection will be sold as a single job lot consisting of 22 original brochures covering a variety of Sansui models all seem to be from the early to mid 1970s. Condition of them is absolutely outstanding to say they are 50+ years old.
The eBay auction will go live at 8:30 pm BST on Sunday, 12th July. I thought I’d mention it here first because it’s quite a niche item, they’re brochures rather than the actual hi-fi, so I’m not entirely sure of the best place to drum up a bit of interest.
I apologise if this not the best place to post.
If anyone is seriously interested beforehand please let me know though.
I’ve just been trying these out with my Beosystem 3500 setup, and they sound absolutely fantastic. Because I bought so much gear the other day, including a Beosystem 5000 and some S75 speakers, I didn’t pay much attention to these speakers at the time. It wasn’t until I got everything home that I realised they were the S45-2s. From what I’ve since read, they’re a very highly regarded pair of Bang & Olufsen bookshelf speakers, and I can certainly see why.
I just sold my S30's but kept their stands and they look amazing imo.
I’ve just been trying these out with my Beosystem 3500 setup, and they sound absolutely fantastic. Because I bought so much gear the other day, including a Beosystem 5000 and some S75 speakers, I didn’t pay much attention to these speakers at the time. It wasn’t until I got everything home that I realised they were the S45-2s. From what I’ve since read, they’re a very highly regarded pair of Bang & Olufsen bookshelf speakers, and I can certainly see why.
I just sold my S30's but kept their stands and they look amazing imo.
Picked this up on Saturday, along with a few other bits including a pair of S45-2 speakers, some S75 speakers, another Beomaster 5000, and two Master Control Panels.
I’ll probably sell on some of the duplicate accessories, but I’ve wanted a Beosystem 5000 for a while now. They tend to fetch pretty high prices when they’re in good condition, so I was fortunate enough to find this one just 35 minutes from home.
This is how the system would have been configured between 1983 and 1985. Then, in 1985/86, Bang & Olufsen introduced the Beogram CD50 compact disc player, styled to match the rest of the range perfectly and complete the stack. I am insure why the previous owner never bothered to buy the CD Player for it given how state of the art the system was, but it seemed to come from an original owner and was integrated into his living room. I do plan to buy a CD50 though as then it completes the stack for my collection.
For a system launched in 1983, the technology was incredibly advanced. Every component could be controlled from the Master Control Panel remote including the turnable.
If you wired for multi-room you could also walk throughout your house back in 1983/84 and have a fully integrated home hifi system that could be operated and sound pumped into every room. This sort of thing was decades ahead of its time. Only really becoming popular in the 2010s with Sonos and Bose systems.