That's a great pity, lots of items will disappear for good if this continues

Particularly from the US at the moment - nearly everything is being parted out at the moment.  For some of us it can be a blessing to obtain difficult to find parts but I'd rather see them restored rather than butchered.

Dave.

I also feel bad everytime I hear about a scrapped old B&O but it may not all be as bad as it looks;
I have been listing some parts myself recently (as Dave and others will already know). They were primarily  from
machines that were deemed too far gone and therefore scrapped (or destined for scrapping and already harvested off
some parts) many years ago when they were still plentyful.
So the parts I listed were excess from cleaning out in the dungeons rather than from recently scrapped machines.

However, if we are speaking about units that were broken up deliberately for selling as parts, that's a different
story and I have a feeling that it's a kind of "american way" that we are not used to seeing where I come from.
Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, just different.

I have also found the odd B&O part on Ebay myself.

Martin

Yesterday I took my faulty BV3 to the local recycling centre after it developed a processor (and possibly tube) fault that was not worth investigating.  I made sure that I removed the speakers (woofers and tweeters) plus the Surround board and STB-C first - this made me fell much better about my 'loss'!

Its nice to, once in a while, find spares, but the slaughter has been worse over here the last 6 month, if the seller dont reach his sale price, he slaughter it and sell for parts, also some stupid abbreviation  are there, like, Beocenter 7000, no cartridge (normal), no record platter, no belt, and then you find the platter, belt and cartridge in a separate sale, or a BG 1700, no dust cover, and dust cover sold alone. Some of these items have been taken apart of people who knows what they are doing, perfect descriptions of the parts, sometimes even with part number, and for which units/models they can be used. If they are that knowledgeable why not repair and sell as a repaired and perfectly working unit.

It just hurts me seeing this and as mentioned it has gotten worse the last 6 months.

So the "American Way" is to take old B&O and break it apart and make a market in parts rather than renovate wholes?

This morning I decided to challenge that assumption and took a peek at US Ebay to see what was actually there.  Found a very few things that would interest hobbyists among the approximately 800 items for sale.  First off, The vast majority of old parts were cartridges in varying states from new to rebuilt, and too many to count, so that shouldn't count.  Of the breaker parts, it looked like about 25 new and rebuilt PCBs (quit counting) that are from companies that are obviously in that business.  Some of these were not US sellers.  There were a few BeoCenter 2 parts, but I can't imagine them being rare at all, and really doubt there are parts mules for them.  Only 3 sets of drivers for sale, and 4 mechanical pieces from old BeoSounds.  There was 1 trim piece for a 9500. That's it for the American Way.  All the rest were, in theory, functioning units or new product.  

Rather than the worldview of American consumerism based on the plethora of B&O breaker parts, perhaps it's actually the opposite, and overall dearth of old products and parts is a result of the lack of interest for vintage Bang & Olufsen, outside of turntables. And, of course, that would be because vinyl is making a comeback.     

Sad, if the slaughter is done for the wrong reasons, which would be if a machine is beyond reasonble level of renovation....we will never know ? 

I have sacrified 2 BM900, that were in , what I considered beyound not reasonable level , to recover functionality and shape of 12 other BM900s.
Still working on this task

There seems to be a lack of good repairers in the states. Some areas worse than others.
I get loads of requests for repairs, also from the US, almost daily, and many owners are more
than willing to ship across the water for repairs but it's still expensive (and I only have so much time).

Maybe this is one reason.

Martin

I believe there is a general lack of repaiments shops for vintage B&O

I have talked to two shops in Stockholm, one is not willing to take his hands on old B&O stuff, the other one said..."Hmmm old B&O ?  complicated" 

I believe there arnt many places either here in Sweden that commercially offers this ´vintage B&O service