Hi there

I just thought you fancied some pictures of older B&O equipment. This summer I went to the museeum of electricity at Tange Sø, Bjerringbro, Jylland Denmark. They had a lot of things on display, among others a B&O wire-recorder. All my pictures can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.dk/christianhaagerup/BOPDanmarksElmuseeum?authkey=XN7zIv_qZgc

the website of the museeum is here: http://www.elmus.dk/Default.aspx?ID=1052

 enjoy

 Christian

Dear Christian:

Thank you for sharing.  Great stuff!

Dario 

francoisvl:

Thanks for the photo's. Finally got to see what a V2000 cassette tape looks likes!

Thanks. Actually, i think they displayed the wrong cassette with that recorder. My parents had a Lowe V2000 recorder, and the cassettes for that one was more ractangular.

br

Chr

Has anyone ever heard a wire recorder? Always wondered how good they sound. Great pictures BTW, thanks for posting them.

Craig

Yes. They are surprisingly good, at least B&O's of the 50's are. I would say almost comparable to the first cassette players of the cheap transportable type.

I never heard the Beocord 84U though but I recently found one of the even rarer Beocord 84UG playback only decks, currently undergoing complete restoration by a fellow collector/restorer as it was more or less a basket-case.

Worth a visit; http://www.makarateyp.com/BO/K4_2.htm

Martin

Christian, thanks for the pictures, much appreciated. I carried a V2000 in Bellac, and it weighs a ton! I think Peter still has one but I'm not sure.

Martin! Fantastic link!  Your friend must have a lot of patience. The condition this wire recorder was in, most people would have written it off.

Is he a Beoworlder?  If not, can you point him in our direction?
I wish I could read Danish!

Jandyt:

I wish I could read Danish!

It's German, not Danish.

Daniel:

Jandyt:

I wish I could read Danish!

It's German, not Danish.

I knew that Daniel, I was just testing if you were all awake!

Thanks Martin for the link. What a fantastic job your friend does in restoring these old machines. This is the same one who has all the reel to reel machines aswell isn't it?

Craig

Yes.

The homepage is http://www.makarateyp.com/BO/inhalt.htm go down a bit and you will find more interesting pages and photos.

Martin

ChrDH:

francoisvl:

Thanks for the photo's. Finally got to see what a V2000 cassette tape looks likes!

 

Thanks. Actually, i think they displayed the wrong cassette with that recorder. My parents had a Lowe V2000 recorder, and the cassettes for that one was more ractangular.

br

Chr

You're right, that's a "VCR" cassette - the v2000 cassette looks like an audio cassette on steroids (almost like an Elcaset)

henrik:

ChrDH:

francoisvl:

Thanks for the photo's. Finally got to see what a V2000 cassette tape looks likes!

 

Thanks. Actually, i think they displayed the wrong cassette with that recorder. My parents had a Lowe V2000 recorder, and the cassettes for that one was more ractangular.

br

Chr

You're right, that's a "VCR" cassette - the v2000 cassette looks like an audio cassette on steroids (almost like an Elcaset)

Here is a picture of a V2000 cassette

http://www.totalrewind.org/v2000.htm

I actually has a VCR-60 cassette in my basement, unfortunately my grandparents old VCR machine is gone, so i cannot see what is on the tape :(

/Weebyx

That is the beolit 39 : http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=1102

Yes, it is very beautifully styled, looks great imo.