On page 339 of From Vision to Legend there is a picture of a display from 1959. In it at the bottom right there is a lovely looking speaker on a tubular chrome stand. Does anyone know what it is? I am sure I have seen them pictured elsewhere but not on this site. Does any one have any more info on them. Martin, do they come in to your encyclopedic knowledge.

Indeed a very nice looking speaker, type ST 606. 

Rudy

Yes, that's a rare bird.

It was mentioned in the 1959 catalogue for use with the very early stereo valve sets.
The set itself had two amplifier sections and one speaker and then you could add
an ST606 and place it at a certain distance to the set to get stereo.

A little brass sign at the front, very unlike B&O, confirmed that this was indeed the latest craze:

Martin

Actually, a smaller version was also available, the ST GP 606 (& 607) which is even rarer.
Unlike the ST606 which is always found alone, the smaller ones are sometimes found in pairs,
confirming that they were sold for different purposes and systems.
Here all three:

And here, shown in Struer together with the PE606:

Martin

Wow! That bottom picture could turn me to burglary if I ever found myself in Struer on a dark night. What a beautiful set up. Do those record players ever turn up?

beaker:

Do those record players ever turn up?

If I see the above picture it has happened once......

Always great to see a product I've never heard of. I wonder if anyone on Beoword has any of these?

beaker:

Wow! That bottom picture could turn me to burglary

Ditto!!!

Chris.

The PE606 record deck was one-year only. The mech. was a german Perpetuum Ebner deck rather than a true B&O build.
The tonearm was B&O though, but it was also seen with a curvy white plastic Ronette tonearm/pickup.
It saw use in the larger TV-Radio-Gram models and it was used in the building furniture series.
In the form of the latter, I have this one

I'm almost sure that I also have the speakers.

Martin

looking at that lovely picture and given that design history I wonder why B&O never branched out into producing microwaves

Goodness! Is there anything you don't have Martin! I always thought I had a long suffering wife! Looking forward to meeting you both in June!

elephant:

looking at that lovely picture and given that design history I wonder why B&O never branched out into producing microwaves

Have you ever seen what happens to a CD in a microwave?

Lovely speakers. The frets wrapping around is a great design idea.