Vintage Products

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

Stoney3K — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:55:02 GMT

djram:
On the bm1900. I brought a spare bm1900 to the office and installed it in a meeting room. A collegue, age 25, came in and sad: Wow that is the latest model, is it not. And he was not joking but looked pretty confused when i told him that it was from the mid 70´s.

I like the BM2000/3000 more than the 1900, but I think that's more of a personal taste. I never fancied the 'dimples' in the 1900 front panel that hide the copper touch sensor contacts, I think the finish on those was a lot better on the 2000.

The 2000 series is definitely my favorite. Star Trek: The Next Generation, produced in '87, envisioned touch-panels, touch-screens, touch-everything in the 2400's, but Jensen did it 10 years earlier (with the 1900 and subsequent models). The 2000 looks like it could have been ripped straight from a guest quarters on the Enterprise.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

Peter — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:30:09 GMT

Interesting decks - I too have one. The problem with them is that they were created to solve a problem that had just about gone when they were released! Tape manufacturers had agreed on the specs and these were more closely followed by the time the 9000 arrived. However they do have the excellent Dolby HX Pro circuit and are nicely built. There are two types - the later ones being simpler as the Dolby C circuit was changed to a simpler and possibly better design.

Afraid I use a 5500 in preference! I cannot hear much above 13kHz so the extra head room is wasted and I find the convenience of auto-reverse and automatic level control too much to give up! The 9000 does make better recordings though!

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

RedGrant — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:57:41 GMT

medowlarkk:

My favorite B&O product is the only one I've had the pleasure of owning the Beocord 9000.

Beautiful design and one of the best super decks IMHO. I use mine every day for recording and playback of my extensive cassette library. Although it may not have the best transport mechanics the recording technologies were among the best when this unit came out.

I find it simple to use and it always makes a excellent recording no matter what premium tape is used. I also had zero issues with this elegant workhorse.

I have one myself. Agree with your assessment about transports, but eventually all decks need to be serviced and tuned, so I would consider it simply as an opportunity to upgrade to better components.

Very refined sound, perfect for classical, instrumental, jazz. Not really ideal for Rock.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

medowlarkk — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:31:43 GMT

My favorite B&O product is the only one I've had the pleasure of owning the Beocord 9000.

Beautiful design and one of the best super decks IMHO. I use mine every day for recording and playback of my extensive cassette library. Although it may not have the best transport mechanics the recording technologies were among the best when this unit came out.

I find it simple to use and it always makes a excellent recording no matter what premium tape is used. I also had zero issues with this elegant workhorse.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

yachadm — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:35 GMT

My Favorite - BeoMaster 3400, BeoGram 6000 Quad, BeoCord 2200 and 4 S45's - the first edition with the fantastic woofers.

My other Favorite - BeoMaster 1600 (Moldawer), Beocord 5000 (a new addition).

All completely restored to new condition!

I'm not sure if the BeoCenter 9300 is classified as vintage - I think not, but that's my 3rd system.

Menahem

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

Peter — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:36:10 GMT

Agree with above - lovely set up.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

Søren Hammer — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:46:01 GMT

My Beogram 4002, Beomaster 4400 and Beovox S-75

great products that stood the test of time!

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

beaker — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:27 GMT

The one bit of equipment that I will never change in my set up is my CDX. It sounds better than any other B&O cd player (imo) and I like its quirky opening and closing. Its only problem is the lack of remote control. I did get a cd50 with the remote controller and thought that might relegate the CDX but it just didnt sound any where near as nice and as a stand alone unit was a bit ugly.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

vikinger — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:34:20 GMT

Well, the white BM2000 (early version) (already linked by Beocool above) is currently my favourite. It's large and heavy, yet has a certain elegance in both appearance and operation. Judging by comments and posts elsewhere on the forum the BM2000 has been highly rated yet overlooked for some reason.

Graham

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

djram — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:06:06 GMT

wirralsimon:

I would vote for my S45-2 speakers that I use avery day because I love the sound, and for looks I would go for the Beomaster 1900. I think the 1900 was the most attractive of the many related Beomasters that followed and even now it still looks fresh and modern despite being 33 years old.

I remember seeing one when I was around 12 years old and it seemed a true product of the space age! So far ahead of anything else available at the time.

Simon

On the bm1900. I brought a spare bm1900 to the office and installed it in a meeting room. A collegue, age 25, came in and sad: Wow that is the latest model, is it not. And he was not joking but looked pretty confused when i told him that it was from the mid 70´s.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

wirralsimon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:20:15 GMT

tournedos:

Of the stuff I own, I still pick the Beomaster 900K. Never get bored with it.

I would love a 900K! I have been looking for a while but they are getting very hard to find now!

Simon

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

Peter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:24:30 GMT

I agree! However when you go to the Struer museum, you will see the Beocord 6000 and it is quite disappointing in the flesh! It really is a mock up with no working mechanism at all.

I had a 1600 for a while - looks great but not nearly as good a deck as the 2400.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

tournedos — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:54:03 GMT

ipaul:

The Beocord 1200/1600, best looking RtoR ever (only competitor i know of is the later Lyrec Frida, als from DK).

Have to agree, I've always liked those. The trial R-to-Rs that had similar control keys to Beomaster 6000 / Beogram 4002/6000 looked totally awesome, too bad they never entered production.

I like many of the old radios as well (being partial to my Master 38K of course), although some of them are just plain ugly

Of the stuff I own, I still pick the Beomaster 900K. Never get bored with it.

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

ipaul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:52:26 GMT

The Dirigent pic

Re: What is your favorite vintage B&O product?

ipaul — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:46:51 GMT

The Dirigent, for it's slick looks and progressive concept: only FM reception and 'mulitmedia' prepared :).

The Beocord 1200/1600, best looking RtoR ever (only competitor i know of is the later Lyrec Frida, als from DK).