Vintage Products

Re: My latest acquisition

superdario — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:57:28 GMT

congratulation paul,

enjoy your vintage system... ;-) soundwise the b&o audio products from that period (60's / 70's) are really nice. i.m.o. the golden age of analog sound...

designwise, i think the beomaster 1000 was the first work from jacob jensen for b&o... i'm not sure... but i know that the ensuing beolab 5000 system incl. the iconic beovox 2500 cube was the first complete audio system designed by jacob jensen and his assistant david lewis.

Craig:

Also have a pair of Beovox 2400's which were the uprated speaker option for the Beosystem 1000.

the beovox 2400 are very nice speakers. they've also the connector socket for the cubes as an accoustical improvement. i use mine (low volume) with my beolab 5000.

best regards

Re: My latest acquisition

Craig — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:54:32 GMT

Very nice, my first ever piece of B&O was a Beomaster 1000. It stopped working many years ago, long before Beoworld existed. About 3 years ago I brought another white key version to replace it. It has been stored ever since. Now I have the complete Beosystem 1000. Just need to overhaul the Beogram's motor. Also have a pair of Beovox 2400's which were the uprated speaker option for the Beosystem 1000.

Craig

Re: My latest acquisition

Paul — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:37:14 GMT

Very observant Simon,I was indeed only looking for speakers!Somehow Jeff got my wife to see the pics of the receiver/speaker combo.( With my help)Anyway,the wife saw the pics of the receiver and liked it,Needless to say,I'm glad I bought the whole kit.The sound of this little vintage receiver is very much in the class with my tubed gear.Sweet and musical,like a musical instrument in itself,which is exactly the sound I like.

Paul

Re: My latest acquisition

wirralsimon — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:55:15 GMT

Paul:

Thought I would give an update.

All the electrolytic caps have been replaced,idle current trimmers replaced and voltage adjustments have been made,switches and pots cleaned/deoxidized,a few resistors that were barely in spec were replaced and Solen caps were installed in the Beovox2200s.Also the burned out stereo light was outfitted with an LED(I might do a post on that later).I am pretty much done,although I am a perpetual tinkerer and will likely keep it on the workbench a while longer.

The sound:I couldn't be happier!As many of you will recall,what I was searching for was a replacement for my vintage tube receiver and Advent speakers.The BM1000 delivers a nice warm vintage sound with a surprising amount of detail for such a small amplifier.Very similar to the alluring tone of the tube amp.The Beovox 2200s are quite impressive for their size.I don't think they are quite the speaker that my Advents are,but at half the size,they sound fantastic for just about everything except maybe hard rock,which I rarely listen to anyway.And of course,I can't forget to mention the brilliant vintage styling which get's the whole system the WAF!

Thanks again Jeff!

You appear to have caught the Beovirus!

As I recall it you were not looking to replace the vintage tube receiver at all (just the speakers) , but somehow ended up purchasing more B&O anyway. You may find this happens quite a lot over the next year or two!

Simon

Re: My latest acquisition

Paul — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:30:48 GMT

Thought I would give an update.

All the electrolytic caps have been replaced,idle current trimmers replaced and voltage adjustments have been made,switches and pots cleaned/deoxidized,a few resistors that were barely in spec were replaced and Solen caps were installed in the Beovox2200s.Also the burned out stereo light was outfitted with an LED(I might do a post on that later).I am pretty much done,although I am a perpetual tinkerer and will likely keep it on the workbench a while longer.

The sound:I couldn't be happier!As many of you will recall,what I was searching for was a replacement for my vintage tube receiver and Advent speakers.The BM1000 delivers a nice warm vintage sound with a surprising amount of detail for such a small amplifier.Very similar to the alluring tone of the tube amp.The Beovox 2200s are quite impressive for their size.I don't think they are quite the speaker that my Advents are,but at half the size,they sound fantastic for just about everything except maybe hard rock,which I rarely listen to anyway.And of course,I can't forget to mention the brilliant vintage styling which get's the whole system the WAF!

Thanks again Jeff!

Re: My latest acquisition

burantek — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 07:42:00 GMT

Hello old friend...

Glad you are happy, Paul.

Re: My latest acquisition

beocool — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:41:32 GMT

Congrats on your purchase. Let us know what it's like when it's up to spec.

My latest acquisition

Paul — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:38:55 GMT

I'm excited!

An exceptional Beomaster 1000 and a pair of Beovox 2200s purchased from Jeff (burantek).I couldn't be more pleased with the vintage appeal of this system.As many of you have said the 2200s are very nice little speakers.Heavy duty aluminum framed woofers,decent crossovers,very nice.Can't wait to get this kit up to spec to see what it's capable of.It sounds pretty good as is,bad caps and all.Got the WAF too!

Paul