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Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

fridsten — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:55:02 GMT

jjcox:

I'm missing the MX-series of TV's in this thread. How timeless are they?! Designed in 1985 and *still* state of the art in the beginning of the 21st century. Compare a 1985 MX to *any* other telly from that era and the other one looks like ready for the graveyard, while the MX begs for a cleaning cloth to be happy and shine again .

Really, I love the MX-series and think it's one of the master pieces B&O have produced.

You're absolutely right. I thought it was on my list, but when I checked, it seems I have forgotten to put it there.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

Dave — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:41:04 GMT

dilznik:

Beosound 4 is the single most useful Beosound they've ever made from a features standpoint. CD? Radio? Of course. DAB? N.Music? SD card? N.Radio? Yes. Big long screen with 4 lines of useful info? Yes. Nifty moving glass front? Check. The only thing missing is optical in and out.

BS4. Think about it. Seriously, the most feature packed device ever to roll out of B&O.

It is a good product, very versatile, and was great value when it first came out, now it's become a little more un-affordable

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

dilznik — Mon, 24 May 2010 02:13:25 GMT

Beosound 4 is the single most useful Beosound they've ever made from a features standpoint. CD? Radio? Of course. DAB? N.Music? SD card? N.Radio? Yes. Big long screen with 4 lines of useful info? Yes. Nifty moving glass front? Check. The only thing missing is optical in and out.

BS4. Think about it. Seriously, the most feature packed device ever to roll out of B&O.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

jjcox — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:57:32 GMT

I'm missing the MX-series of TV's in this thread. How timeless are they?! Designed in 1985 and *still* state of the art in the beginning of the 21st century. Compare a 1985 MX to *any* other telly from that era and the other one looks like ready for the graveyard, while the MX begs for a cleaning cloth to be happy and shine again .

Really, I love the MX-series and think it's one of the master pieces B&O have produced.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

Clakke — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:23:44 GMT

I really should not try to judge this since I have not been a B&O customer so much yet. But I just can´t let this thread just pass . First I want to say that it is hard to find something really ugly from B&O. Some of the items are incredible and some does not wake my passion. I can not even pick ten items, but I wrote down some that I know of and like best. I am also not very aware of the old items, so almost just new things. Here we go:

1. Beolab 8000 (This is B&O for me!!)

2. Beosound 9000 (Almost nr 1)

3. Beosound 3200

4. Beocenter 2

5. Beolab 5 (This is a monster, but a nice one)

6-?. Some CRT TVs from 70-80s and possibly 90s, I have no idea of the names

7. Beocom 2

Good evening

Clakke

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

Peter — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:58:45 GMT

B&O have always had a certain flair - the Hyperbo 5 RG Steel being a very obvious example. The reason that B&O became more popular in the 60s was the export market. Before this B&O really were a Danish producer and concentrated on the home market. Products like the 900 suddenly introduced B&O to the world.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

tournedos — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:31:32 GMT

BeoTom:

With B&O, I think each decade needs it's own top ten list! For a company that's been around 85 years, it's hard to pick just 10 pieces! Though the products from the early 60's through present seem to be the most popular, and still in use today.

Definitely! Although I don't know if the early products really were "designed" in the sense we use today or if they just came up looking like they did, there were some real beauties in the '30s and '40s for example. Few people have seen many of them though, so you don't see them come up in threads like this.

(And I'm sure many current B&O owners don't care much for the heritage, and consider them just useless old junk what they, pragmatically speaking, mostly are...)

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

BeoTom — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:43:31 GMT

j0hnbarker:

rghaleb:

1. beocenter 2 (sooooo beautiful)

2. beolab 5 (original and daring)

3. beolab 6000 (simply elegant)

4. a8 earphones

5. beovision 5 (first B&O I ever saw and I fell in love)

6. beosound 9000

7. beovision 10 (not on the stand though)

8. beocom 6000

9. beosound 1

10. beovision 7

but honestly, even the ugliest B&O looks good, they dont make bad looking products.

So absolutely nothing pre-2000ish was any good then?

With B&O, I think each decade needs it's own top ten list! For a company that's been around 85 years, it's hard to pick just 10 pieces! Though the products from the early 60's through present seem to be the most popular, and still in use today.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

rghaleb — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:41:36 GMT

thats because I'm a post-2000ish B&O fan. :) beolab 6000 & beosound 9000 are pre-2000 though! :p seriously though, I havent seen any of the vintage B&O products irl, only the av9000 but as I said I'm sure they look good. :)

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

j0hnbarker — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:16:53 GMT

rghaleb:

1. beocenter 2 (sooooo beautiful)

2. beolab 5 (original and daring)

3. beolab 6000 (simply elegant)

4. a8 earphones

5. beovision 5 (first B&O I ever saw and I fell in love)

6. beosound 9000

7. beovision 10 (not on the stand though)

8. beocom 6000

9. beosound 1

10. beovision 7

but honestly, even the ugliest B&O looks good, they dont make bad looking products.

So absolutely nothing pre-2000ish was any good then?

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

Puncher — Sun, 23 May 2010 12:05:55 GMT

rghaleb:

1. beocenter 2 (sooooo beautiful)

2. beolab 5 (original and daring)

3. beolab 6000 (simply elegant)

4. a8 earphones

5. beovision 5 (first B&O I ever saw and I fell in love)

6. beosound 9000

7. beovision 10 (not on the stand though)

8. beocom 6000

9. beosound 1

10. beovision 7

but honestly, even the ugliest B&O looks good, they dont make bad looking products.

I must admit to having a soft spot for the BL5 - they are science and engineering on display as part of the design, rather than being hidden away in a box or behind a cover. They are beautiful in the same way that some bridges are beautiful

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

rghaleb — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:58:39 GMT

1. beocenter 2 (sooooo beautiful)

2. beolab 5 (original and daring)

3. beolab 6000 (simply elegant)

4. a8 earphones

5. beovision 5 (first B&O I ever saw and I fell in love)

6. beosound 9000

7. beovision 10 (not on the stand though)

8. beocom 6000

9. beosound 1

10. beovision 7

but honestly, even the ugliest B&O looks good, they dont make bad looking products.

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

GuyHui — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:20:14 GMT

Hi,

Definately the BS2500 and BL2500 with its magical sliding doors !

I fell in love with that true piece of design in 1994 at a Brookstone Store in Fashion Valley, San Diego CA. That made me a fan of B&0. This is why my first ever start with a B&O HIFI system was a BS Ouverture + BL8000 :

Then the BL8000, BC6000, BS9000, BC9300 and..A8 are incredibly beautiful.

Cheers,

Guy

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

elephant — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:07:12 GMT

j0hnbarker:
1) B&O Bottle Opener: Never lets a true enthusiast down.

that's because it comes from a pre-software era

similarly I love my coasters !

Re: TOP 10 designed Bang & Olufsen products ever

Dave — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:40:47 GMT

j0hnbarker:

In the strange zone that is 36 hours away from exams, all becomes clear:

1) B&O Bottle Opener: Never lets a true enthusiast down.

2) Beolab/Beomaster 5000.

3) Beomaster 8000

4) Beogram 4000

5) Beovox Cona

6) Beolit 1000

7) Beomaster 6000 Quad

8) Beolit 39

9) Beolab 5

10) Beovision Avant

Ah!

agreed