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Topic: | Older B&O System This thread has 11 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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Post 1 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 08:52 |
Gman Select Member |
Joined: Posts: | February 2009 2,244 |
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Customer is moving and asked me to throw this out there. He has a B&O wall system that he bought years ago and is wondering if it worth anything to a collector? The unit consists of a Beogram C4500 CD player, Beomaster 4500 Tuner / Amplifer and a Beocord 4500 Tape Deck. The system is in great condition and it all works. He has the original remotes and manuals
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Post 2 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 10:08 |
Redbiker98 Regular Member |
Joined: Posts: | November 2020 209 |
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What part of the country is he in? Also, there was a B&o forum for owners on their site, with a marketplace section. I'm not sure if it still exists.
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OP | Post 3 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 10:08 |
Gman Select Member |
Joined: Posts: | February 2009 2,244 |
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On March 31, 2021 at 10:08, Redbiker98 said...
What part of the country is he in? Also, there was a B&o forum for owners on their site, with a marketplace section. I'm not sure if it still exists. He's in Ontario Canada
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Post 4 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 12:05 |
buzz Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2003 4,371 |
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If items are working, I imagine that anyone with a broken unit would be thrilled to contact you. I have a pile of old units in the basement. I'm not sure why I'm keeping them because no one has asked me about B&O since B&O retreated to company stores. At one point we were the local warranty station.
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Post 5 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 17:22 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
Joined: Posts: | October 2002 6,230 |
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McIntosh is the only hifi gear that has a serious Collector following.
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Post 6 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 19:12 |
tomciara Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2002 7,962 |
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I have to correct you there. If you had stuffed a bunch of 1970s Pioneer, Kenwood, Marantz, or Sansui gear in to your storage unit, today you would be sitting on some gold. Do an eBay search on Sold Items, for Pioneer SX-950, SX-1050, SX-1250, SX-1980; then Marantz 2275 and 2325; Sansui 8080DB, 9090DB, Kenwood KR-9600 for starters. B&O doesn’t have the same rabid following, but there are some collectors out there. I am restoring one now.
Last edited by tomciara on March 31, 2021 20:36.
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Post 7 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 19:54 |
buzz Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2003 4,371 |
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I wonder if some of the lure of those 70's units is for nostalgia -- people trying to relive some of their youth. Pioneer, Kenwood and Sansui were often brought or sent home by Vietnam veterans.
There are also professional price inflators on eBay. They'll fake a sale at a very high price, then sell their 'collectors' inventory against that fake sale as a baseline for their discount.
I have a customer with a large B&O Master Link system. At one point MCL was the friendliest whole house system, but that was a long time ago. We did not install that system so I don't feel much obligation to support it, but I do need to cross swords with it occasionally -- especially since the local B&O store doesn't want to or can't support the system. Fortunately, there are some Links and controllers in our basement -- hopefully they still work if I need them. I'm sure that this customer was active in the design of the system (he's a smarter than everyone sort of guy) and does not want to give up on the system. Plus, he'd have some style issues with abandoned MCL's scattered everywhere in the walls.
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Post 8 made on Wednesday March 31, 2021 at 23:51 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
Joined: Posts: | October 2002 6,230 |
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On March 31, 2021 at 19:12, tomciara said...
I have to correct you there. If you had stuffed a bunch of 1970s Pioneer, Kenwood, Marantz, or Sansui gear in to your storage unit, today you would be sitting on some gold. Do an eBay search on Sold Items, for Pioneer SX-950, SX-1050, SX-1250, SX-1980; then Marantz 2275 and 2325; Sansui 8080DB, 9090DB, Kenwood KR-9600 for starters. B&O doesn’t have the same rabid following, but there are some collectors out there. I am restoring one now. I certainly acknowledge that there are folks seriously interested in vintage hifi... I dont think thats about "Collecting" though. They really think it sounds good. And maybe it does.... I'd rather have a modern amp myself. People will buy McIntosh just because its McIntosh. It will sit on a shelf.. WIth other pieces of McIntosh gear.. that never gets played... Thats what I consider "Collecting"
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Post 9 made on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 11:04 |
tomciara Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2002 7,962 |
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On March 31, 2021 at 23:51, Impaqt said...
People will buy McIntosh just because its McIntosh. It will sit on a shelf.. WIth other pieces of McIntosh gear.. that never gets played... Thats what I consider "Collecting" People buy Marantz for exactly the same reason.
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Post 10 made on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 11:31 |
Impaqt RC Moderator |
Joined: Posts: | October 2002 6,230 |
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On April 1, 2021 at 11:04, tomciara said...
People buy Marantz for exactly the same reason. I'll take your word for that. Not something I've ever run into.
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Post 11 made on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 11:47 |
buzz Super Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2003 4,371 |
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Personally, I never cared much for that vintage transistor sound. There are a few pieces, such as the Marantz 10 and Mac MR78 where you'll have an extremely tough time finding modern units with similar, stellar performance.
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Post 12 made on Thursday April 1, 2021 at 13:25 |
rmalbers Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2001 777 |
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On March 31, 2021 at 17:22, Impaqt said...
McIntosh is the only hifi gear that has a serious Collector following. Marantz (old) has a huge following.
Last edited by rmalbers on April 1, 2021 13:33.
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