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Re: Hope one of us got .......

davefarr — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:38:03 GMT

Iain,

as part of the restoration of my Beomaster/Beolab 5000 system by Frede, I bought an additional Beomaster 5000 and had it sent to Frede directly. It is functioning and I don't know how stripped it will end up as part of my restoration. It seemed a good price:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300461354533 and apart from the added LED's seems to be OK on first inspection. If you're really interested in one, why not contact Frede at Classic Audio:

http://www.beolab.dk/tab/classicportal.htm

Dave.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

iainwood — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:21:34 GMT

Cheers Dave,

Good luck with your search. I quite fancy a Beomaster 5000, Type 2005, 2013 - really just for the engineering excellence, but I won't be too disheartened if I never get one.

Catch you next time,

Iain

Re: Hope one of us got .......

davefarr — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:10:27 GMT

Hi Iain and welcome to the forum.

It's all a part of the auction game and I'm certainly not upset. The white P45's are a good find and an auction I was also tempted with. I've just outbid another Beoworlder on a Beogram 1500 and also just bought a Beogram 4000, 4002 and 4004 + a Thorens TD160 in the last month. I need to start selling some stuff to make space - and help pay for my next bids!. I'm really after the Holy Grail - a Beogram 7000 record deck in white and I was a bit miffed yesterday when I checked AV Lifestyle and found that they'd just sold one. The wait goes on.

I'm glad that you're happy with your 800 and it looks like you're going to treasure it.

Dave.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

iainwood — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:17:35 GMT

Hi Dave et al,

Sorry I'm the so-and-so that got this. Just started getting into B&O recently (joined Beoworld a few days ago) and saw this one early.

It's still sitting in it's box waiting for a special shelf to be made for it to take pride and place on my wall. It is a very nice piece.

Hope I don't spoil anyone else's bids. (Although I also got the white P45s recently - so probably did again.)

Enjoying reading stuff on here so will pop back to keep up with the latest chat.

Iain

Re: Hope one of us got .......

tournedos — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:03:13 GMT

Eugene:

Imagina the cost of shipping a broken TV from Finland to the USA in order to obtain a working Beolink 1000.

Not quite what I had in mind!

But I know the problem. I gave up fleaBay as a source of cheap remotes. I have enough of them now, but they have all come along with something else on local purchases (except the one I bought from Chris which is still giving good service )

I believe the deal with turntable cartridges is that people have a broken one, they have been quoted an insane amount for a replacement, and don't know that 95% of the used ones on sale are bad as well or will soon be.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Eugene — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:51:58 GMT

tournedos:

Eugene:

Ya just never know what people will pay for stuff = its acrap shoot at best. I think the silliest bidding is for used needles. I have bought whole decks with the needle for less than half the final auction price or just the needle. Sometimes going for more than a new soundsmith replacement.

Well, the cheapest Beolinks come with a broken TV...

Imagina the cost of shipping a broken TV from Finland to the USA in order to obtain a working Beolink 1000.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

tournedos — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:47:41 GMT

Eugene:

Ya just never know what people will pay for stuff = its acrap shoot at best. I think the silliest bidding is for used needles. I have bought whole decks with the needle for less than half the final auction price or just the needle. Sometimes going for more than a new soundsmith replacement.

Well, the cheapest Beolinks come with a broken TV...

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Eugene — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:43:37 GMT

Sometimes I j watch the final 2 minutes of an auction just for fun to see how many bids get placed and how high an item sells for. I saw a Beogram CDX that was broken go for over 200 recently. I paid 85 for mine and it works.

Ya just never know what people will pay for stuff = its acrap shoot at best. I think the silliest bidding is for used needles. I have bought whole decks with the needle for less than half the final auction price or just the needle. Sometimes going for more than a new soundsmith replacement.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Step1 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:02:47 GMT

I think that could be considered getting caught in auction fever, which in my book is bad news. For me I set an amount and if it goes for more I do NOT punish myself because even if I had placed a higher bid the other party will have mostly outbid me again!

It is worse in auction rooms because there is no clock! - I recently saw a 9500, matching beogram and RL60's. I wanted these badly but due to the condition I was only prepared to pay £100 (they were not in a great state and needed a lot of work!) - I watched two people bid up to £150, and all along I was trying to justify that extra bid - very hard to resist!

Re: Hope one of us got .......

soundproof — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:49:34 GMT

How many do you want?

http://www.dba.dk/soeg/?soeg=beolink+1000

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Eugene — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:00:22 GMT

Step1:

Eugene:

I cant get my hands on a Beolink 1000 to save my life - always get outsniped. I place my bid usually in the final 20 seconds or so but not always. I have won auctions where I had a bid set out for a day or two.

20 secs is probably why you get out bid - I watch until 8 seconds (sweating and pulse racing :) ) then go for it. I do have a good connection that is very reliable but that pause after confirmation is a heart-stopping moment! I know it will fail me one day!

Nah I need the extra few seconds to make up my mind if I want to place the bid. I pass on a lot of stuff. Sometimes happily but occisionally with regret. My worst experience was I thought for certain I had won a white BM 2000 (70's version) high bidder with 2 seconds left only to get outbid. I was devasteated cause I had passed on a BM 1000 in the same group moments before that I could have easily won based on my max set bid. So I basically lost out twice,

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Step1 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:23:09 GMT

Eugene:

I cant get my hands on a Beolink 1000 to save my life - always get outsniped. I place my bid usually in the final 20 seconds or so but not always. I have won auctions where I had a bid set out for a day or two.

20 secs is probably why you get out bid - I watch until 8 seconds (sweating and pulse racing :) ) then go for it. I do have a good connection that is very reliable but that pause after confirmation is a heart-stopping moment! I know it will fail me one day!

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Eugene — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:16:13 GMT

I cant get my hands on a Beolink 1000 to save my life - always get outsniped. I place my bid usually in the final 20 seconds or so but not always. I have won auctions where I had a bid set out for a day or two.

I always evaluate the item and set a fixed price I am willing to pay and stick to it. Sometimes I win sometimes I lose. Doesnt bother me in the least when I get outbid in the final second or two. I havent counted bot I guess I am around 30 -40 pieces now. Started "farming out" pieces a few months ago to local dance companies. The most recent was a BC 7000 I just finished refurbishing a week ago to Coco Loupe Dance Co.

I hated parting with those red clothed red lines but they were no longer being used and taking up to much space. She loves it. Beats trying to choreograph to a set of computer speakers or a cheap boombox.

Re: Hope one of us got .......

tournedos — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:36:53 GMT

vikinger:

On the question of collections, didn't Martin (Dillen) once post a picture of what looked like dozens of beomasters wrapped and stacked-up waiting for a future service?

That would've been his Beomaster 1000 collection

I keep a list and it seems I'm at about 70 items now (with all the stack system components etc. counted separately). I have them spread around at several locations including the work, the GF's place and some friends as well... can't really display that much in this doghouse I'm living in. It's slowing down now that I actually almost have all the pieces I'd like to have.

The most popular auction site in Finland doesn't accomodate sniping, as it always extends the time to five minutes after the last bid. Sometimes I like that, sometimes I don't - some people have an annoying habit of waiting to the last seconds anyway, and you may need to wait for an hour overtime for the auction to finish, while being the winning bidder all that time...

Re: Hope one of us got .......

Step1 — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:29:49 GMT

Nah it's still an auction - it happens in real auction houses people wait till last minute then show their hand... If someone outbids you it is ok becuase that was all you were prepoared to pay for the item :)