Hi,

On the Web, I have located a pair of Beovox 3000 type 6220.  Does this old type of speakers use foam based woofers?  How do one remove the front to be able to view the speakers? Are the speakers mounted from the front?

Best regards

Nis

They are rubber based and actually some of the better sounding Beovox speakers from that period. Wonderful bass response and still today it's hard to believe that they are merely 2-way speakers.

The front is either clipped or velcro'ed on, I don't remember, but they come off quite easily.

The drivers are mounted from the front.

Martin

Hi Martin and others,

The text on http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=447  indicates a three-wasy system but the specifications indicates both a two- and a three-way version. The pichtures shows a speaker with one tweeter and another picture with two tweeters but both systems with a midrange and a woofter. Is there three versions of Beovox 3000, a two-way and a two three-way stystems? Or is either the test or picture wrong?

Best regards

Nis

Yes, that looks strange, I never saw any of the ones shown there ...

I only ever saw the version described here: http://www.beocentral.com/products/bvox3000-1 

However, there seems to be a MKII that I never saw, that could be one of the two shown at Beoworld; http://www.beocentral.com/products/bvox3000-2

The other one shown at Beoworld could be the Beovox 4000, very rare and I believe never available in Denmark; http://www.beocentral.com/products/bvox4000 

Remove the front and check yours !

I will check the catalogues etc. when I get home. We can't have this lack of order here.

Martin

The Beovox 3000Mk1 is the version with two small tweeters side by side, and is very rare.

The Beovox 3000mk2 is the one with a single tweeter, and is only slightly more common.

They sound very good, but the 'sweet' spot is quite small.

 Beovox4000 also had 2 versions, but I'm not sure they had seperate B&O part numbers, and again this was related to teh number and position of the tweeters, and if anything these are even rarer than the 3000's. Methinks that people went for the Beovox 5000 instead.

Hi,

So the final conclusion concerning the pictures on http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=447 must be, that the pictures seems to be wrong or at least not include the two-way version.

As I haven’t bought the Beovox 3000 I located on the Web, I’ll try visit the person selling the speakers and get some pictures of them, then and try figure out how to upload them.

Nis

Hi,

Got the following picture of a Beovox 3000, type 6220:

Regards NIs

Yes, that's the type I've seen.

Martin

Because of this thread and the confusion i decided to dig up 2 sets of old B&O speakers which i bought together with 2 sets of cubes, these came with a recently bought set of cubes and seem to be the 3000 MK1 then ??

...And than i took the front of a set which i have about a year or so, never paid attention to then since they looked like 'just another old set of 3000's ' to me and they're painted :(:(....

And than....

Great, but it would be interesting to know the type numbers too (6xxx).

Martin

With different front attachment and golden logo instead of silver...

And the 'confirmation' :)

Hi Martin  (i see you're reading...) and others: any good idea to rmove the paint ??

My old idea before this posting was to give them to whoever (since i got that other much better looking pair of 3000's) but now i find out it's a different 'toy' again, might be worth spending the time removing the paint ...

I suppose the white ones are Beovox 4000 (6217) then, and the Beovox 3000 are 6210 ?

Martin

There's no label with type nr on the 3000's but they have mid- and highrange switches and a 3 language paper on the back explaining about the positions of these switches,

And of course there's the connection for the cubes :).

Maybe this helps a bit to clarify...

The paint - I can't say for sure how to remove it, it depends on the type of paint used. Nitromors could be the only way, take it outdoors, it's nasty stuff but it works. Then careful sanding, oil, wax or polish depending on the woodsort.

Martin

It's only veneer, right ?? Not sure how this will respond to these chemical removers (i assume Nitromors is something that kind of 'dissolves' old paint...).

It looks like it's paint normally used for outdoors/indoors wood like doors etc.

Worst case scenario probably will be that the veneer gets damaged so would have to be removed and renewed.

Don't know though if these speakers are worth it, can't imagine they're that rare (i mean the cubes are called 

'rare' but there are piles out there, only a few really nice looking ones :) ).

WIth ref to the Beovox 3000 type 6220 picture posted 11/11,  7:18

Does this speaker contain connection for xcternal Beovox 2500 Cube connection?

//  Nis

Regarding the 4000, this might be an interesting item for someone living at a driving distance from Bielefeld, Germany:

http://cgi.ebay.de/BEOVOX-4000-m-6-er-Hochtonwuerfeln-v-BANG-OLUFSEN_W0QQitemZ330289234081QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Lautsprecher_Martin

Maybe not a bargain, but the cube in view seems to be one of the nicer specimens. Most I see look like they have been thrown down a staircase more than once...

Those pictures of the Beovox 3000 are the earlier ones, same as the set I have, these are Type 6210.

...and the cubes found their way through the backdoor already it seems....:)