Just for fun - what's this?

Lee

BS9000 !

The edge of a Beovision?

BS9000 - Correct!  Well done.

The shortest quiz in the history of BeoWorld.  You win a cloud - that one up there.. oh, too late it's gone.

Lee

I would say BS9000 too. It is not the edge of a BV7 or BC6, because the distance between aluminum an glass is not as large.

Well - we can keep it alive.

How is this related to B&O?

 

That chair is related to a music system, a vintage one. I don't remember the name, but I do remember it was part of Peter's first Quiz here on the new site.

You're on the right track, but there's a fun back story.

B&O was strongly criticized by several industrial designers, including Poul Henningsen (creator of PH lamps). He claimed that the company was making hypertraditional wooden cabinets without an eye to the age it was in.

The founders took this to heart, and gave their designers a remit to update B&O (this was in the 30s). They took inspiration from Marcel Breuer's chairs.
Mr. Breuer took inspiration from a chance visit to a bicycle factory, where he saw the machines that bent tube to be used in the frame of bicycles. He correctly assumed he could bend tubes to be used in furniture.

So in a way this radio/record player is connected to bicycles and angry industrial designers. The Hyperbo 5 RG was too expensive, but it did make a statement. If you find one at a flea market or in an attic, just buy it! The last one auctioned went for €400.000.

 

RG Hypo something....

Found it!

Hyperbo 5 RG Steel

9 LEE:

BS9000 - Correct!  Well done.

The shortest quiz in the hostory of BeoWorld.  You win a cloud - that one up there.. oh, too late it's gone.

Lee

At the moment we have plenty of clouds in Copenhagen, but thank you anyway

OK - Christian is at the top of his form today. He needs sharper challenges (though he did get an assist!)

 

It struck me at the moment I saw the chair.

Really love the design of the RG, though is seem a bit clumsy when you see one in the flesh. (Trip to Struer).

Christian:

It struck me at the moment I saw the chair.

Really love the design of the RG, though is seem a bit clumsy when you see one in the flesh. (Trip to Struer).

What shocked me is the size of the thing!  You could live in it..

The one in Struer is a replica apparently - is this true?

Lee

9 LEE:

What shocked me is the size of the thing!  You could live in it..

The one in Struer is a replica apparently - is this true?

Lee

That's whatI was told when I visited. There were very few made, and even fewer that have survived. I believe the one that went on auction was red? Have only seen a photo, but seem to remember that colour.

Okay.. what's this then?

Initially, I thought it was also a BS9000, but one of the 12 spring-loaded CD clamper pairs along the inside edge of the aluminum plate, but then I recalled the aluminum plate is curved like the CDs themselves... now, I'm at a loss... let me think a bit more..

Would love to be proved wrong but it is believed that only one
single Hypérbo 5RG Steel exists today (apart from any number of replicas).
As far as I know, it can be seen in an industrial museum in Oslo, Norway.

Martin

9 LEE:

Okay.. what's this then?

 

A bit like one of these?  

A speaker of some sort? Not the CX, although the alu could indicate that...

Chr.

Got it!! MPC5500/6500/7000!

What do I winn???

Chr

ChrDH:

Got it!! MPC5500/6500/7000!

What do I winn???

Chr

Peter:

9 LEE:

Okay.. what's this then?

 

A bit like one of these?  

Judgeing on the brushed alu and the gray-ness of the plastic, I would say MPC5500

Chr.

Very good !!!