What was your first B&O purchase and why did you purchase?

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Hi everyone,

Although I have 2 small B&O purchases (headphones lol), and am considering either some speakers or a TV to replace my ageing Pioneer Plasma, it got me thinking.... what was your first B&O purchase and why did you purchase?

Regards

Michael.

My first purchase was a Beocenter 9300. Read all about it here

Mine was a Beocenter 8500, then a beosystem 4500 and then a Beomaster 8000.

My first buy was a pair of A8 headphones.

I saw them in a catalogue and they looked great. I searched a store, listened to them and was about 75% satisfied.

I bought them, tested them at home and was 100% satisfied! It was a very expensive buying experience because they showed me how bad the iPod sounded and I had to replace it with a Sony Vaio Pocket (the best MP3 player I ever had!).

This was where the infection has begun😁

beocool wrote:
My first purchase was a Beocenter 9300. Read all about it here

That's a fantastic story :-)  Thanks for sharing.

Michael

A pair of Beovox S30's for  nominal sum from eBay about three years ago.

 

A succession of speakers an seperates had passed through my hands in the preceing few years that didn't sound as good as my fathers system based around his S30's so I decided to buy what he had!

 

It was the tip of the iceberg........

 

Simon

 

 

Michael wrote:

beocool wrote:
My first purchase was a Beocenter 9300. Read all about it here

That's a fantastic story :-)  Thanks for sharing.

Michael

Thanks, Michael! There are some similar stories

The first thing I ever bought was a Beogram 2400 from a dealer in Portsmouth that had a sale. I didn't even have an amp to connect it but I knew I had to have it.

Had to wait a year to hear it for the first time, I had to keep it in storage as there was no space on board ship.

The first bit of B&O I bought was a Beocom 6000. I have no idea why really. I was 16/17 at the time and lived at home, and I have never been the big blabbermouth, but I guess it was the cheapest way to get my hands on some B&O. After that I haven't bought anything but B&O, kind of expensive hobby 🙂

My first purchase was a pair of Beolab 3 about a year ago. They worked with a Pioneer receiver and a Samsung LCD.

Within the past 9 months I bought then a Beosound 3200, Beoport to connect my iMac to the Beosound and quickly thereafter a Beovision 8/40. 

Recently I bought a Beolab 2000 for my Saunarium and just 3 weeks ago a pair of Beolab 6000 to be connected to the Beoport in my office room. 

Next project is to connect a Beolink Active to my second TV (Toshiba) in the Saunarium and use it with a pair of BL4000 (most likely). The BL20 will then move to my Terrace and play there during the summer time (cabelling is already done).

Have fun with the world of B&O. Its an expensive but wonderful hobby.  

Heribert

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