Bang and Olufsen

I believe soundstage has a review of the BeoLab 5s. IMO, they are not colored at all. I had a quick listen a few months and was impressed all around.

-Dan

The concept is that an all in one system takes away a lot of variables. And you get decent sound. Just the way the designer likes it for his type of music. But your taste will most likly differ and if you are educated enough, you can come up with a much better set of performance parameters by choosing a different manufacture or mix and match different companies products. If you are not educated enough or don't demo the equipment in your system, then you may very likly come up with lesser sound quality.

B&O is known for its style over sonics but some of their newer stuff is getting respect. Older used is not a sonic value, dont know about the new stuff.

Quite a few pieces of older Bang & Olufsen electronics has found its' way into various museums and art galleries around the world. Sonically, this is probably the best place for it : ) Their latest and greatest speakers are supposed to be very interesting. Their turntables were probably the one part of their product line that wasn't too bad. Sean
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My opinion is that they were near the top of mid-fi equipment manufacturers. (Based on my experience, back when I had a B&O beogram 3000 turntable about 15 years ago). Their equipment was decent sounding, but not really up to audiophile standards.
In their defense, the turntable sounded comparable (well, close anyway), to similarly priced tables at the time, but with a modern sense of style.

If all you are looking for is a simple, fully automatic turntable, for occasional use, you could do worse. But if you are looking for an audiophile table, look elsewhere.

My two cents worth anyway.