I think I did a pretty good buy some days ago.

What about a 2002 Avant Real Flat 32 in very good condition for 300 Euro.

Now I understand all of you who always talk so good about the Avant. It´s a fantastic pice of art, and when I linked it to my old Beosound 2300 (which I btw bought for 150 Euro) I was blown away by the enormous sound.

So - was that a bargain or what???

Tell us about your buiness with second life B&O.

1. Working MX2000 found on street.

2. Beolink 7000 for 100 eur. (3 years ago)

3. U70 for 25 eur.

I think it was the pair of flawless passive Pentas, a BL1000 and really clean, white BM6500 + BC6500 + CD6500 + VX5000 for 450 €. Had to fix the three last ones, though, and I'm still irritated by the fact that they guy had sold the matching BG6500 earlier...

I got a non-working but absolutlely immaculate Beolit 609 for £8 from a charity shop a couple of years ago. It did cost me a little to have it fixed up by the very knowledgeable Tim Jarman, but it was well worth it :)

 

Good question !

Let's see hmm. As far as cheap goes it must be the Beocord 2000 and Beomaster 2000 (both '80s) which were 22£ as I recall. It was 115£ to fix it but worth it. All other B&O is mostly fair price but few to expensive like my Beogram 8002.

 As for my Beosystem 6000 ('80s) in white its a very clean looking system and no scratches with minor work needed.

The Beogram 8002 was repaired by my local shop for 210£ but nearly dead after 2 months. Dillen fixed it for far less and its faultless.

 

Beomaster 3300 for 54 €.

Sold it later for 148 € then I replaced it with link.

Never used beomaster 8000 with remote for 100£.. and a 3 year old BC1 for 750£

DVD Avant for £175 fully working.

nobby:

DVD Avant for £175 fully working.

 

That´s what I call a bargain.

My maiden purchase of B&O on ebay was spectacular:

The add was for a pair of Beolink Speakers, with no pictures with a minimum bid of $1,800 and a zero feedback seller.   I called the seller and the reserve was $2,200.  He described a pair of Penta III's and said there was other gear to go with it.  I ended up with:

• A pair of Penta 3's in good condition
• A 9300 with the belt off the door mechanism for the CD
• about 15 Beolink 1000 wall brackets
• New RL speaker stands
• A pair of Beovox 3000 speakers - nearly mint
• A pair of Beolab 5000 speakers - nearly mint
• a bunch of wires, cables and some other stuff I don't even remember 

All this was for a price of $2,200 a couple of years ago.  I regret selling the Beolab 5000's, of course.

I also picked up a pair of Penta 3's in the factory box that had been opened, tested, and stored for years.  That was $1,500 and they were truly mint.

I have found some other good bargains too.  For me, it is all fun and I get to play with all the pieces I have never been able to afford.  (I was a salesman in an audio store 20 years ago and never could afford the B&O stuff I loved.) 

nobby:

DVD Avant for £175 fully working.

Puh, that's a real bargain! Bought an Avant curved version some weeks ago for much, much more :-( but am very happy as well :-)

Marcus

And if you get a second one for this price - just tell me, color doesn't mind ;-) 

I guess the Avant DVD from nobby is the best buy untill now (or one of the best)

My best buy was a mint Beolink 7000 RDS for € 200,- including shipping. 
And the BS4500 wall-brackets and covers for free.

 

near mint beogram 5005 (tangential) w/ mmc3

US 9.95

and on a slightly different note...

ever been surprised?

not a super bargain -but i unpacked a bm2400 that turned out to be teak, when i expected rosewood! (have 6 of these) what a delight!

same story on mc120's -expected rosewood and oak showed up! beautiful!

burantek:

near mint beogram 5005 (tangential) w/ mmc3

US 9.95

that's delicious, i'm licking my fingers whilst typing

 

1. Mint beosystem 4500 (minus turntable), plus cx100 speakes, manuals, and beolink 1000 for $500 (£250)

2.  1999 Penta 3's in original boxes for $1000 (£500).  Still haven't picked them up yet or even seen them in person though.  Is 'excited' even the right word?

3. White 6500 MCP but with cracked glass for $50 (£25).  I'm replacing the glass, but I had never realized how incredibly hard it is to do compared to something like the 4500 system glass panels.  I thought you could just pop it out and stick a new one on...

4. New in box SP12 cartridge for $25.

5. F1000 furniture for $355.

 

I just realized I listed most of my B&O stuff.  Needless to say I usually I don't buy something unless I can get a good price.

burantek:

near mint beogram 5005 (tangential) w/ mmc3

US 9.95

Hah how did you find that? 

camshaft:

burantek:

near mint beogram 5005 (tangential) w/ mmc3

US 9.95

Hah how did you find that? 

took a chance on a poorly prepared ebay auction from a user w/ low and questionable feedback.

-enter at your own risk-

1.  Beomaster 5000 tuner
2.  Beolab 5000 amp
3.  Beovox 5000 speakers
4.  Beovox 2500 cubes
5.  Beocord 2400 reel to reel

All for £200 thanks to a fellow Beoworlder

Andy T.

I bought a Beomaster 4400 (teak) in mint condition, not a scratch, wood like new and matching teak Beovox 5700 speakers (also mint) for under a pound!! Still working like a dream!!

Mint BS9000, less then 2 years old, with wall mount, no remote. 2200$ shipped. Eat that, british people. Eat that.

 

Cheers

JK

A about 3 years ago I brought a Beovision L4500 for £40 on Ebay, the seller did say they would include a non working Beolink 1000 with it. So I thought I would take a look at it to see what was wrong. Put some batteries in it and it worked. So I sold it for £40 as I had no need for it. Voila, one free TV.

 

 

Craig

In March 2007, I bought an entire B1 shop - one careful owner, some cables missing, but otherwise intact.

KingStreet:

In March 2007, I bought an entire B1 shop - one careful owner, some cables missing, but otherwise intact.

 

Briliant answer Dave.

 

Craig

This is my best buy:

Black Beosystem 7000

Grey Beolab 4500

Black MX7000

Beolink 5000

All in MINT for £380