I really don't know what I would have bought, if there was no B&O...

I would probably never have had a record player.
I started buying B&O when I was a teenager. I think I was 13 when I bought a Beogram 1203 and shortly after a BM 901.
I remember most of my friends back then only had cassette decks. And I would probably also have bought a cassette deck instead of a turntable, as I thought (and still think) that almost all other turntables were/are so damn ugly...
So I would have started with some stereo system with a cassette deck -and would later have bought a CD player, when that came around.

-and then I would probably have thrown it all away today and only use Logitech Duet with some hifi-system -or a Sonos system - with my phone/tablet today.

But - luckily we have B&O. So I have B&O all over the house -and still enjoy to play CD's, records and even a cassette now and then -along with wifi music from my phone or NAS - or streaming content from Spotify etc. - over my B&O systems...🙂

@ouverture - 

So, the kids destroyed your B&O-life 😳

MM

I would probably buy speakers from B&W, amplifier and DAC from Mcintosh, and I currently do not own a TV but if someone produces a no nonsense 4K TV which I can connect to my Mac and it is at least 55", looks good and costs less than 4000€ I don´t really care who makes it, but today no such TV exists. By no nonsense I mean smart TV, built in speakers (B&O has pretty good built in speakers but most other manufactures don´t)... Actually my dream TV would be a 60" version of the apple 30" cinema display with 4k res, no other features, just a simple monitor.

Millemissen wrote:

@ouverture - So, the kids destroyed your B&O-life

If B&O didn't exist I'd be a heck of a lot richer than i am now that's for sure, but all I'd have to encourage my kids to buy what is just a lot of cheap looking uninpsprational tat.

Thankfully I'm poorer and we are all richer in the knowledge at least one manufacturer still can make magical products that stand out from the crowd, and they don't accept normal or average.

Tonker wrote:

If B&O didn't exist I'd be a heck of a lot richer than i am now that's for sure, but all I'd have to encourage my kids to buy is a lot of cheap looking uninpsprational tat.

Thankfully I'm poorer and we are all richer in the knowledge at least one manufacturer still can make magical products that stand out from the crowd, and don't accept normal or average. Beovision 11-46, Beovision 8-26, Beovision 3-32, Avant RF 28, Beosound 8, Beolit 12, Beocom 2, Beotime, H6 and Form 2, Beo 4's and a 6.

I have been exploring the darkside for several years now (from 'window-shopping' perspective that is, not actually buying). The exciting part is that I really don't have any biases or special connections with the luxury audio brands. 

So far I have gravitated to say most of what I would pursue is listed in previous posts.

As far as systems go, I would ultimately end up with vintage Altec Lansing as speakers if I stayed vintage.

The new HARMAN luxury group certainly has my attention still. The JBL Everest D66000 would be my speaker of choice and a pair of Levinson No. 53 monoblocks with a stack of Levinson in the middle as well.

McIntosh comes in at a close second. Seriously sinister looks there - very cool.

Quad makes the top three. I would equally love to stare at the scientific accomplishment that is the ESL - 29xx and a shelf full of that brilliant, caged QUAD tubey goodness. The Quad classic line is truly drool worthy.

Fourth place is Boulder Amp company. Simply for the jewelry-like billet aluminum casework. Outstanding. 

If Yamaha still made their pro-PA amps in solid state class-A, this would be a very different lineup. I've never seen so much billet alu glory in an attainable amp before.

As far as video goes. Nothing GRABS me the way the BeoVision 9 does. And I mean nothing. The BeoVision 9 may be the only TV I ever purchase. EVAR. I'll never watch it, except for the odd DVD/Bluray concert, live recording etc. TV does not have the appeal to me as it used to. I have better uses of my time.

ATC 🤒

Would probably use a Revox B-series system in place of my Beolab 8000 set. A Pioneer SX-1080,Technics SL-1600 mk II, Nakamichi RX-505 and some big ass JBL speakers otherwise...

If B&O didn't exist....

....we would have to start a company like B&O.

MM