Hey welcome. That dealer got a good deal !

This story has everything I need, sex, drugs, deceit and a little bit of Pink Floyd thrown in for good value. :-)

You've reminded me I need to get a new copy of the Dark side of the moon album.

Welcome.

As I enjoyed telling the people I trained in wilderness survival. "If the terrain doesn't match the map as you remember it, it's best to go with the terrain." People here are into the details and specifics of B&O products to the point where they'll know when a cord cabinet seal was switched from light grey to dark grey on a specific model.

You should probably provide some links to the discrepancies you've found in the product pages! Though I doubt the terrain will shift much, once the misunderstanding's been cleared up.

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Hi and welcome to Beoworld

I checked on the BM 4500 and 4400. The site says BM4500 man 1988-1994 and the BM4400 1977-1980.

The photo's provided are correct as I own both items.

Regards

Ben

hi, welcome to beoworld!

whitefang wrote:

I had the Beomaster 4500, which appears in this site as the 4400, with man. dates of 1981-86.  I bought it in 1980, and the model was first seen by me in a magazine article around 1977

wow, that was confusing! (4400 from 81-86?) beoworld data appears valid (77-80), you had a 4400.

whitefang wrote:

I also had the Beogram 6006 turntable,  and the example shown of this product was different from the one I owned.  Mine was no wider than the width of the platter and tone arm assembly, and was controlled by flexible brushed stainless tabs located in the front right corner.

again, all data appears valid. as a betting man, you had a

burantek wrote:

 

again, all data appears valid. as a betting man, you had a 6000, not 6006.

More likely

Does say "no wider than the width of the platter and tone arm assembly" - which could mean this one:

But then there's mention of the brushed stainless steel tabs. And that probably means the 6000, as you say - but then it was quite a bit wider than the assemply. Map/Terrain.

burantek wrote:

whitefang wrote:

and was controlled by flexible brushed stainless tabs located in the front right corner.

again, all data appears valid. as a betting man, you had a 6000, not 6006.

my deduction was based on his "flexible brushed stainless tabs"

Would be interesting to know if it was a tangential or radial tracking that way you could narrow it down. However, as far as I can see the tangential decks are the only ones with the controls on the lower r/h corner but they all tend to be much wider that the radial decks of that period..and none of those have the controls of that type placed on the r/h corner.

Edit. I'm with Jeff on this. I would think that to remember the controls would be much clearer than the size of the unit. It probably was the slickest turntable to the OP at the time & if he saw it today would conclude that it is bigger than he remembered!

tan vs. rad would certainly settle it, though those tabs were certainly 400x-6000 territory, and i agree that none were exactly narrow...

this is rather fun!

it reminds of the old "photo quiz" thread -would love to see the crew put another quiz together!