Hi everybody!
I am considering buying a Beosound Century for the guest room as a nice feature. Can someone tell me if this is a good idea? Does the Beosound Century change much in it's 11 years of production or did the system stay the same?
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If you have other beo stuff in your home you might be better off with a product that can make use of masterlink.
If Archenoah is considering a unit for the guest room (exclusively). I would caution against something with masterlink, or at least getting a unit and connecting it WITH masterlink. I would prefer to have a guest unit unconnected to the rest of the system less the potential for unwittingly fiddling around with units in other rooms.
The Century is a wonderful little product, but have you considered the Beosound 1? Though it doesn't have cassette, it is a less expensive unit, less fiddly bits to go awry (no door, no door wires, etc), but has probably the features a guest would want the most: Radio and CD, and provides a very robust enclosure. Along with multiple not-delicate placement options.
Just my two cents :-)
Sal
The Century is a wonderful little product, but have you considered the Beosound 1? Though it doesn't have cassette, it is a less expensive unit, less fiddly bits to go awry (no door, no door wires, etc), but has probably the features a guest would want the most: Radio and CD, and provides a very robust enclosure. Along with multiple not-delicate placement options.
Just my two cents :-)
Sal
Sal is right. If you don't need Masterlink and a stand-alone is all you need, the Century but also the Beosound 1 are both worth considering. I own the Century, and I am happy with it although I never use the tape deck. I don't think it has changed in 11 years.
So bottom line is you can't do much wrong with the Century as long as the door sliding mechanism is in good condition as Sal pointed out.
Good point Sal! I did not consider the guests : )
You can not go wrong with a beosound 1 they are EXCELLENT. i miss mine. The sound was incredible and it was ridiculously easy to operate.
Oh, also, Guests can use the BS1 as a speaker for their iPods / other MP3 players as well.
Sal
Sal
I like Centuries which I think have a better sound than the BS1. The Century did have a few variants - some have AM as well as FM radio and the later ones have an aluminium clamper.
My B&O Icons:
I installed a Century on the wall in my oldest sons bedroom. It sounds great and is very "B&O". I have an audio cable hooked up so he can connect his MP3 player to it via aux.
I love the BS1 and considered buying one since the Century is no longer made. At almost the same time I found a very nice Century with the aluminium clamper in excellent condition, that included a beo 4 remote for $300 on E-bay. That pretty much nixed the BS 1🙂.
Can't go wrong either way. The BS 1 still interests me, just not sure where I would put it now.
Roger
Blimey Roger - that was a proper bargain!!!
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