I use my BeoGram 4500 once in a while - just to exercise it.....

I have no beard!

MM

My BeoGram 6500 has sat patiently in a cabinet under my BeoSound 3000 for several years without seeing any action.

My record collection is stored in the loft so my exercise regime will involve getting down some of my favourite albums AND turning them over once the first side has played.

I grew a beard whilst trekking to the summit of Kilimanjaro last year. It only remained for a fortnight or so after I got home. Too much grey :-(

I have been stirred into action and will play something on vinyl while imbibing and reminiscing over my youth.

Thank you for the inspiration.

Opman

No beard but my Thorens sounds superb through BL8000's

I dont agree with the demographics in that article as I have seen loads of young people looking through second hand record stores - and it has got them into listening to proper hifi.

In a world of massive change and technological advances it is nice to know that Vinyl still has a small place in our world

SHEFFIELD wrote:

....has driven me to being a stockist of a lovely range of Record decks that are very 'B&O in quality and appearence.

First display model should be in next Tuesday - come and have a play...

SHEFFIELD wrote:

First display model should be in next Tuesday - come and have a play...

I too am re-discovering the pleasure of vinyl, on my Beogram 1600 and Beogram 4500.

I could easily grow a beard, if that is any indication of my age (like my B&O éléments, I am what they call a vintage system).

What strikes me is that with music on files or streaming, one jumps easily from track to track after a few seconds, like a bee from flower to flower.

With vinyl, the 'effort' needed to find the record, get it out of the sleeve, put the record on the turntable and clean it is some form of commitment that you will at least listen to one side. Hence it shows more respect for the recorded music (using the word respect is also a sign of my age group 🙂).

So, all in all, it is a different experience, and I feel lucky to be able to use both dimensions: handy/convenient digital music and "quality time" with old-style records. Life is beautiful.

T

Someone a while ago on the forum described the process of putting a record on as a “Vinyl Ceremony”; I still think that sums it up beautifully.

After liquidating all but five hundred records in my collection back in the late eighties I slowly stopped using my stereo as I listened to more and more music content through my computer and ipods. Then a few years back I decided to get my stereo system working again to hear what music used to sound like through a big stereo. To my surprise my Beogram 8002 and 4002 no longer functioned and my Yamaha amplifiers had some issues. That led me down the path to learn how to repair them and infected me with the Beovirus. Now I have a bunch of Beograms and MMC cartridges (as well as a growing collection of Beomasters, Beocords and Beovox). My vinyl collection is returning to size as I re-purchase copies of used and new pressings of vinyl. I am enjoying music again.

...I don't have a beard and I have been fairly successful in convincing my wife that all of these stereos are nice. It helps that so much of it is Bang & Olufsen. She has to admit how beautiful they look.

-sonavor