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ARCHIVED FORUM -- April 2007 to March 2012 READ ONLY FORUM
This is the first Archived Forum which was active between 17th April 2007 and
1st March February 2012
Latest post 09-12-2010 3:55 PM by bayerische. 18 replies.
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09-10-2010 12:06 PM
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Tillquist
- Joined on 05-26-2007
- Denmark
- Posts 211
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Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
The Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct gold & Diamond Edition is world’s most expensive music center for $1.8 million
Adding on to his list of ‘world’s most expensive’
is the latest Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct gold & Diamond
Edition. Exclusively designed by Stuart Hughes, this bespoke system is
crowned as the most expensive music center and the £1.2 million
($1,850,000) price tag certainly justifies it. Shaped out of 32
kilograms of solid 24ct gold, the system is also decked with 70 diamonds
of 0.75 carat along with Aventurine and Topaz gemstones. The whole
Beosound system along with speakers is plastered with handmade solid
gold veneer. Only five such units will be made and make sure that you
place your order much in advance as it takes about seven months to put
up the Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct gold & Diamond Edition.
Golden melodies doled out by this gold and diamond music system will
certainly be a treat for audiophiles. For once listeners can also enjoy
the blinged visual extravagance too!
My Bang & Olufsen....
- BeoCenter 2 DAB/DVD mk.II
- BeoVision 7-40 DVD mk.III
- BeoLab Penta mk.III
- BeoLab 4000 icepower
- BeoLab 4000
- BeoLab 3500
- Beo 5
- Beo 4 mk.I & mk.III
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- Beocom 6000
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- A8 Earphones
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elephant
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Melbourne, Australia
- Posts 2,215
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
burantek:
Not even a Mk.III? Forget it!
and diamond styli wreck the LPs (oops, do I mean CDs ?)
First B&O (1976) was a Beogram 1500 ... latest (2011) change has been to couple the BL11 with the BL6Ks *sounds superb*
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burantek
- Joined on 05-04-2007
- SE USA
- Posts 6,214
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
elephant: and diamond styli wreck
Actually that brings up a good point!
Looking at the pics again -the diamonds consume the areas for the pyramidal sensors??? I assume they actually tested the "refurbished" 9000's?
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Puncher
- Joined on 03-27-2007
- Nr. Durham, NE England.
- Posts 9,588
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
Can B&O sue them for defamation of design??
Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.
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andreabang
- Joined on 05-21-2009
- Italy
- Posts 98
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
i don't understand why the chose the average beolab 6000 for that amount of money (ok easy goldplate...not a valid reason)
p.s: the pictures are horribly photoshopped
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tournedos
- Joined on 12-08-2007
- Finland
- Posts 5,808
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
They are hideous, but I'm sure there are equally hideous locations where they will fit just brilliantly (pardon the pun)...
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Medogsfat
- Joined on 02-21-2007
- *Moderator* Leeds, Yorkshire
- Posts 4,045
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
Interesting how you can take 3 very desirable products (B&O, Diamonds & Gold) & turn them into something so incredibly tasteless. I'll wait down at our local tip for when the buyers of this rubbish get bored & decide to sling it.
Chris.
The use of metaphors should be avoided like the plague. They're like a red rag to a bull to me.
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SWISS_2
- Joined on 04-16-2007
- Neuchatel, Suisse
- Posts 552
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
The photos look beautiful against the black backdrop.
I'm sure it plays better too; Just like the red calipers that make my Porsche go faster.
To each his own.
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beocool
- Joined on 10-17-2007
- the Netherlands
- Posts 5,514
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
Ouch.... my eyes are hurting....
Beoworld's twenty-eighth ninth prize winner and fifty-first second prize winner. Best £30 I've ever spent!
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Kokane81
- Joined on 06-17-2007
- Posts 63
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
all new bs9000 come with red on/off buttons now, so it could be the latest one
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Craig
- Joined on 03-29-2007
- Costa Del St Evenage
- Posts 4,855
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
Why?
Craig
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then
something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We
learned to talk and we learned to listen..
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9 LEE
- Joined on 02-14-2007
- Moderator - UK
- Posts 5,223
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
If you're going to go that far, do you not think it'd be an idea to get speakers and a music system which matched aesthetically? The BeoLab 8000 is exactly the same height as the 9000 on a floor stand.. Any goon who Googles the BeoSound 9000 would see an image of them together!!
As for what has been done to them - what a waste of gold and diamonds. Looks awful - and is the audio equivalent of coating a BMW 318i in bling.. Why not do all that to a pair of BeoLab 5's if you really have to. At least then the sound would match the frankly stupid price tag.
Only my opinion though. I'm sure there's someone out there, either with a hairy chest and a medallion (plus a lottery winners cheque) or a bank account with more zeros than a binary convention who will love this. I don't - but even if i did, i couldn't afford half a speaker !!
Lee
BeoWorld - Everything Bang & Olufsen
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pentalex
- Joined on 03-24-2008
- Posts 176
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
If you spend 1,8 milion for a stereo you wouldn't buy a high-end?
I would spend less money for gold and more for a better stereo. B&O is good, but no high-end.
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mediabobny
- Joined on 04-19-2007
- Greenwich Village, NYC
- Posts 336
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
32kg of gold is 1,024 ounces. At $2,000 per oz. that would make it worth $2,048,000. So it's worth over $2 mill. without the diamonds? What a bargain..
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bayerische
- Joined on 12-11-2007
- Helsinki, Finland
- Posts 3,593
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Re: Bang & Olufsen Beosound 24ct
Could at least have used the BL5's!
What a Dorklehead...
-Andreas
BLab5, BLab5000, BLab8000, BV10, BS9000, BS3, Beo5, Beo4, BLink1000, BLink5000, BLink7000, A2, A8, Form2
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