Beosystem 72-23!

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NQVHNWI
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NQVHNWI
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 08:23 GMT
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I'm starting to despair a little with B&O and in particular, their marketing team which makes decisions like this (more one-off special editions "cr@p")

Look, don't get me wrong, the deck and cabinet are lovely. With the BL28, it looks vulgar and just wrong.  The price is stupid and made for stupid I suspect people.

Why don't B&O just make a new, modern but retro-style Beogram? Latest designs in power correction, server control and pick-up (hell why not put a decent A2D converter in there?). This deck - if properly (read competitively spec'd) would make as much impact as the Theatre has done to their revenues recently.
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 08:55 GMT
Edited May 17, 2023 at 08:56 GMT
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I must admit that I totally fail to see the point of playing music from a vinyl disc nowadays - now that we can get superiour sound from a digital file or a cd.

None the less - I still have a few LP’s and also a turntable from yesteryears (which a friend of mine kindly serviced for me), a phono preeamp and a spare M3.

Hardly used, but fully functional and ready to show what is possible with Beolink Multiroom, when friends are here.

This said - I find it totally ok, when B&O can make a profit from things like the 72-23.
Let people, who have that kind of money, spend it….no problem there.

All die hard vinyl lovers surely can find a cheaper way to enjoy the popping and crackling of their vinyl discs whilst admiring the big coverart.
There are plenty of Beograms out there that can be restored to ones needs.

 

Here is my Beogram…..in the closet.



MM

Location: Flensborg————Danmark

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herrit
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 10:54 GMT
Edited May 17, 2023 at 10:55 GMT
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Steve at Sounds Heavenly
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Steve at Sounds Heavenly
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 10:58 GMT
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Hi herrit,

I see your point, but I hadn't intended any irony...

I was referring to the bold colour choices, the hand made wood cabinet and the matching of Beolab 28 to a 51 year old turntable. ;-)

Kind regards, Steve.

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Posted May 17, 2023 at 11:20 GMT
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Location: Kent, UK

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Posted May 17, 2023 at 12:32 GMT
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 13:10 GMT
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I'd like to add that, to me, the most obvious problems just that it is… Ugly!
The 72-22 was very nice: mat silver, dark wood, always sexy Beolab 18, whatever ridiculous the price was, the system is beautiful.

There, it is just… Ugly. And as far as I can tell but I'd like to have your views on that, This color scheme do not make me think me to any Scandinavian dawn.

Beolab 28 with tweed like fabric? Really?

Location: Paris France

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Glitch
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 13:53 GMT
#1656538
Admittedly, I'm not in the target demographic for this product. However, I wonder how many potential customers are out there that would spend that kind of money for "orange and birch". Is this combination a "latest trend"?

I fully understand the aesthetic appeal of the 72-22. Interesting wood veneers are timeless, as are natural metal finishes.

I could see B&O building this as a bespoke product, but wonder how profitable it will be even as a low volume special edition. Does B&O publish sales numbers on products like this (i.e. 72-22, 4000c, etc.)?

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Mark
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Posted May 17, 2023 at 19:31 GMT
Edited May 17, 2023 at 19:33 GMT
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Posted May 25, 2023 at 22:38 GMT
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I must admit that I totally fail to see the point of playing music from a vinyl disc nowadays – now that we can get superiour sound from a digital file or a cd.
A lot of the music that I have in my record collection is not available digitally, that's why I still use a record player. Not because of sound quality, good digital formats is of course better than vinyl. I should take the time to do good transfers to digital, but it's a big project... My current way of playing vinyl is a bit complicated, my record player is connected (via a pre-amp) to the analogue input of one of my beovision V1s :D Not the ideal setup, but it at least makes it possible to stream" its sound to the various b&o setups in my home.
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