When I saw beocenter 7002 I was still at elementary school and I was thrilled by the design... Years later I found myself sticking with glue the beosystem 2000 over my bed! sometimes I were listening to music and thought it came from the Beovox CX100 that were also attached to the photo !one left and the other on the right... but until then I didn't know the cost to buy one Bang & Olufsen system....!!! I was deeply amazed by design and couldn't resist say "goodnight" every night before night sleep.

then one day in a hi-fi exhibition It was actually love at the first sight! Beolab Pentas and the magnificent Beocenter 9000..... Still , after so many years when I bring back that memory I 'm speechless and shocked!

but the biggest shock was when I asked for the price! 1.500.000 drachmas was the answer! ENOUGH to buy a small studio at that time, or a piece of land!

 now after 20 years, I am a proud owner of a Beosystem 7000 which I adore , among other B&O goodies that I have bought! still I haven't found my first love, the beosystem 2000... Sometime..maybe!

Thanks to the fellow that opened this post! Very relaxing topic... It brought me back to my youth , where dreams were pure and had no chance but to remain unspoilt and DREAMS!

Dear All:

It's the little things--I was in need of pair of earphone that I could I just and did not have to put them in my outer ear canal.  I do not like listening to music via earphones.  While in grad school, I needed to view a multitude of video tapes.  The only place I could do that was at the library. (Less than a year ago I bought my first tele; though, the BV 7 is only used for watching movies and education videos for my post-grad work.  It remains unattached to any aerial signal.)  

I went into the B&O store and noticed all of the wonderful sounding and looking equipment.  Not detered from my mission, the sells person showed me the A8s.  I was hooked.  The quality of the product, adjustability, workmanship, and sound were I was looking for.  But what closed the deal was the fact that I could pivot the speaker away from my outer ear canal and still be able to hear.

Now I have several other pieces.  The A8s were donated to my sister.  Most recently I acquired a used mint Beocentre 9300.  I am looking for the old cubed speakers.  Any idea where I could get a pair?  I keep checking ebay regularly.

Dario 

The BC 9000 - just touching the load button on either the tape or cd and the panel disappeared silently and quickly - this was experienced at Rackhams, Birmingham. I knew I wanted the BC9000, it would be a while before I could get anything B&O. A few years down the line, I became a happy owner of a BC9500/Beolab150/RL140 combination.

😁
 

The remote control of the Beocenter 7007 I bought in 1983.

It was magic - I could control everything from different rooms in my flat, in 1983!

Seem to remember it looked like this one?

spthomas wrote:

In the 70s when I was in college I saw a catalog with a picture of the (I think) 1900. It was just so cool. Didn't buy anything though until after 1992 when I saw a BC9500 and BL8000 together in a store- I had to have it. In the 70s I worked at an organ factory and made a pipe and a stand with a simple wooden block for the base. I added a flexible tube to it like is used to route air to a facade pipe. The 8000s were strikingly similar- how could I not buy them?

 

Pipe at my parent's house in the 70s: 

My house today: 

 

Jandyt wrote:

What a brilliant thread!
I wish I'd thought of this for a Wed thred©

Andy T.

Were Wed thred© rules different in 2008???

I definitely fell for the Beogram 8002, and later the Beogram 4002, immensely beautiful machines...

-Søren 

vikinger wrote:

Jandyt wrote:

What a brilliant thread!
I wish I'd thought of this for a Wed thred©

Andy T.

Were Wed thred© rules different in 2008???

exactly my thought :)

a thread that was a chorus of whoop-whoops

For me it was a BC9500 with matching 9500 turntable at a friend's place. His house was wired with CX 100s in every room except for a few rooms that had IWS. I drooled every time I went to his house, but he never let me play with the remote (a Beolink 1000) or touch the 9500🙁

He now asks me for advice on all B&O, and all of his CXs have foam rot.... The system still looks magnificent though!

Since I have become an adult (and have $$), B&O has consumed me.... and I love it!! 🤒