For me the best match would be a couple of Beovox S45's.......I find them a very good medium size speaker providing a very nice full reproduction, regarding your intention to acquire a BG4000 you will need to spend a fair amount of money, not so long ago one could pick up a second hand unit needing some repairs for little over £100....now they are commanding much greater sums working or not, they are very desirable however ;¬) Craig

Hi Craig and thankyou for your reply....Yes, I realise that a 4000 will need quite an outlay, but it is one of those pieces of B&O I have always wanted to have, esp with a 4400...a kind of vintage dream team....you know what we are like..lol..many thanks again....

Of course I know.....the Beomaster 4400 has long been one of my favourites, I went through a phase of repairing/restoring them on an almost monthly basis such was my infatuation, I think i still have three lurking in various places around the house, however I then discovered the Beolab 5000 vintage amplifier....another massively over engineered work of art with an amazing reproduction...these where also readily available a few years ago at a reasonable price, mostly in very poor condition but with some help from members in here and some degree of patience readily restorable...these too now come with a hefty price tag whenever one comes up....but i'm rambling now...... Craig

Its all gone up considerably ! I always heard good things about the beolab 5000 but whenever I saw one for sale it usually looked very tired so I steerd clear....should get the 4400 tomorrow, still a space for the BG4000 if I ever pull the trigger....its finding someone for service and repairs that worries me...same goes for all my other B&O pieces...I live in East Anglia and there is not alot of anything around these parts..lol...Even considered a garrard 401 TT, but need to know how that would compare sonically to a BG4000....not getting both !! Cheers Craig.......

I do all my own repairs/restorations....with the service manuals and wealth of support available here its not as difficult as you may think, there are very few options for this work these days...out of curiosity I enquired about repairs at our local B&O shop in Yarm....was told for the vintage items they have a chap locally who will take a look at the item and give an estimate for the repairs for a standard charge of £150......just to look at it! I advised him if he ever had anyone looking for a competitive price to give me a call.......of course he never has ;¬)

Hi Craig...£150 just to have a look !!! Incredible....must think B&O ownwers are made of money ! I once took a 7700 to repair guy who was semi local ( 90 min drive)claimed he knew what he was doing and he totally wrecked it ...had it for months , kept fobbing me off, eventually he returned it and I had a job to get him to compensate me...it put me right off...I have a beomaster 6000(`80s), beocord 6000,  8004 xpro and a 6002 which I know just need a "service" had them for a few years now in storage...indoors bubble wrapped....also a 7700 and a7007 they have been serviced ( 2021) and then stored but the belts have probably gone by now as they have not been used since the service and hopefully thats all thats potentially wrong....I know these things dont like to be left unused...I am finally completeting the decoration of my home and the 2 rooms these pieces are going to live will soon be ready...dreading switching them on after all this time...lol....May I ask Craig if you do servicing for other owners please? Just in case I may need someone who I can trust.....many thanks again......

I only have experience with the vintage equipment, dont have much interest in the more recent products....I like the Beograms 4000 & 4002, the Beomasters 4000 & 4400 and also the Beolab 5000 mostly..I did have a couple of adventures with the Beocord 5000 with some success....however these are very complicated and heavily mechanically orientated ;¬)

Hi Craig....I have heard about the beocord 5000 and its "complications"....not for the feint hearted  !! Well , I now have my 4400 and very pleased too...will be a little while before I get to plug in etc, decorating... ...just a BG4000 to go beside it and I have the perfect pair ( in my mind anyway!) Sounds like my 6000 and 7700 pieces just fall outside your field of expertise ....if you happen to know of any one in East Angliaish , who might be able to help with servicing, that would be appreciated Craig...they may have to be decorative just for now then...lol....there is a very nice looking 4002 for sale in "ultimate bang & olufsen market place" facebook group, the seller is a Rob Bu in Essex....it looks very clean with a mmc4000..he is asking £1595.....although my heart really would like a 4000, if I went for the more "easier to maintain" 4002, this would be a contender for sure....I dont know if you have ever heard of this group?  ( facebook linked) but it might be worth me having another look ? Many thanks again Craig.....

Check this out...price will inevitably go up but maybe not as high as £1500 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306021586288?_skw=beogram+4000&itmmeta=01JHJXE2X0X46MFQX97VHCKV6D&hash=item47404ed570:g:pQgAAOSw0oRnetVA&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmaF3V1lT2OD8N3cr6gD3y6JtTUnfdRrznZ6bkNI3uwDJryLU6%2FC5%2Bik5SrZJzZHROODoak10JeAtC%2FmDkVfNvlk4WFcMqCJTHdRzijCYT7MNwVDnb3L4uybJk7QUQIRj%2BInaslhTRV%2F2pnHFUZig9QzOcAaumZ9UUlfrF%2B6sbjogbr0rMkjNfpDCy5gDfnVVjAx2s6AW%2Fe9%2BOYNoW1Fvzxhh0yVUOd04CVPvCvaypGPrHu8ugQTSMePt%2Fg%2BsmG%2FHY%2FMFO2xx46UrF%2Fa%2F4SGoOmJeBFJdGgrtqChfFy7PPxTw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9CuuN2MZQ