Simon,

You have a PM

Cleve

I think we may need to send around the men in the white coats! 😁

well I seriously wouldn't advise sending men in white coats around. It's the Beovox 1001s he wanted and I've just got them down from the loft covered in a very unpleasant thick layer of grey dust! White coats not appropriate!

All items still available -treat it as a house clearance and make an offer - might even find some more beogoodies to throw in!

Simon

Peter wrote:

I think we may need to send around the men in the white coats! 😁

Why, I am not addicted?  I have my buying under strict control.  I am a 'social' beobuyer only. 

Seriously though, with the future of my job within the public sector in jeopardy, I'm not sure how I will be able to finance my addiction  social problem in the future.  Frede had agreed to do some restoration work on the BM4400, but that has had to be postponed until the immediate future is a little clearer.

However, among my various bits and pieces lying arouind as 'future projects' is a Beomaster 1001 - I thought a pair of Boovox 1001s might just take the edge off the craving for a few months, at hopefully not too great a cost!

Cleve 

Cleviebaby wrote:

However, among my various bits and pieces lying arouind as 'future projects' is a Beomaster 1001 - I thought a pair of Boovox 1001s might just take the edge off the craving for a few months, at hopefully not too great a cost!

I almost bought some with the same deal I got my Beolit 1000, the seller offered them as an option. Only when I got there, I realised the listing was actually for a Beovox 1001 😂

I skipped that, but the single speaker did sound really nice, and seemed like just the thing you'd want for a vintage wall mount setup 🙂

so the beovox 1001s aren't as bad as my father led me to believe? He had them as rear speakers in his beomaster 4400 setup. Main speakers were massive great beovoxes that would shake the whole row of houses when he cranked his Buddy Rich albums up to eleven!

Cleviebaby wrote:

Peter wrote:

I think we may need to send around the men in the white coats!

Why, I am not addicted?  I have my buying under strict control.  I am a 'social' beobuyer only. 

 

😁

I do have a few bits and pieces which I never use which I would like to see go to a good home - you don't want a nice V8800 do you? I will never really use it - it does work - it was one of Tim's that he gave me and he gave it the once over when I last saw him. I even have a few tapes! Just carrying it around should relieve a few cravings!!

Peter wrote:

I do have a few bits and pieces which I never use which I would like to see go to a good home - you don't want a nice V8800 do you? I will never really use it - it does work - it was one of Tim's that he gave me and he gave it the once over when I last saw him. I even have a few tapes! Just carrying it around should relieve a few cravings!!

Thanks for the typically generous offer, Peter, but I think I'll draw the line at VHS - I don't even have a televison anymore  - my LX5500 died last year!

With 3 decent cassette decks (BC 9000, Beocenter 4000 (70s model) Beocenter 9500) and the BS 2500 I can manage a fair few hours recording off radio as it is.  I know Tim still values VHS as a recording medium, but it would just add yet another format for listening to music to the 5 I already have.

Cleve    

simon8201 wrote:

so the beovox 1001s aren't as bad as my father led me to believe? He had them as rear speakers in his beomaster 4400 setup. Main speakers were massive great beovoxes that would shake the whole row of houses when he cranked his Buddy Rich albums up to eleven!

A 4400 is probably too much for them, I'd rather pair them with the smaller early '70s receivers. They're not that great in absolute terms, but given the form factor they sound pretty good. They have a cone tweeter, so they are rather directional and that limits the placement somewhat.