Our first purchase was a Beosound 2000/Century. I had a memory of being a child and entering a large department store and hearing an orchestra playing. I eagerly ran through the store looking for the orchestra only to discover it was a B and O demonstration. Years later my wife and I were in Chicago shopping and made an impulse purchase of the Beosound. 

My first purchase was a Beomaster 7700 system. Still working today after 25 years. Then followed by an LX 2502, standalone and working today after 22 years. 
In 2005 I started to build a m/l capable system which now includes B/L wireless, Avant, BS 3200, BS5 and various BL1 / BL2 / BL3. The ease of effort and the service, quality of sound and picture and ease of operating in different countries still convince me to buy...

BeoCenter 2300 + BeoLab 6000.  1998.  Had been married six months, had no audio whatsoever at home.  

The wife and I stopped at a Sound Advice store thinking perhaps of a Bose or Nakamichi, something small, modern.  We weren't thinking of B&O and weren't truly cognizant of the brand.  The sales guy showed us a BeoCenter hanging from the wall and played Rebecca Pidgeon's Spanish Harlem and we were 99% sold.  Which drove us to go a few miles down the road to the B&O dealership at Aventura (also owned by Sound Advice at the time) and we bought the stuff the same afternoon.  

It was a very, very lucky day.

Good question.

With the collection being what it is today it would be cool to think back a bit.

Let's see I had a JVC 3cd stereo system and got a Beogram 1202 from my parents.

One day I noticed an ad for a Beogram 2000 in another part of the town I was living in for not much.

I decided to go and have a look. The Beogram 1202 was fine and still is but I wanted to have a look and maybe it was something a bit newer.

The '80s Beogram 2000 was complete with MMC4 and I bought it on the spot for about 35£

Time went by and I later found the Beomaster and Beocord by accident not knowing it was a system. It got serviced and the next 3 years were great trouble free years and I moved for the Beolab 8000 with a white Beosystem 6000 comming too and the rest is history.

when and what ?

my tag says it :-)

[quote]First B&O (1976) was a 

First one. Back in 1980s when I inherited one! It's a Beomaster 1600, Beogram 1700 and a Beocord 1600 with S30s.

Still have them. 

But after that.............. it's really infectious!!!! I really cannot count what I have already bought in the meantime and really pleanty on "stock" at the moment.

It's really an addiction. But I just love it.

A BS1.  I was in search of the best sounding "all in one" stereo for my office (had looked at Bose, Denon, Nakimichi and a few others).  I heard the BS1 and that was it.  Seach was over.  To my ears, it sounded far better than anything else. It also helped that it looked cool, had a great remote, had some metal surfaces (vs. all plastic) and had a motorized antenna.  This led to a BS9000+BL8000, which led to a BS2, BL2, BL4000s, BeoPort, BeoActive. BeoCom1s, BeoCom3, BS3, BL3500, BS5/BM5, Wireless1s and BL4s... so  be careful, it can cost a whole lot more than the initial purchase price 😁

Stan

My first purchase was a Beomaster 1000 (White key version) along with Beogram 1000 and pair of non B&O speakers. All brought for the sum of £10. From a local free ads paper. Since then I have owned more pieces than I can remember.

Craig🙂

My first B&O was a Beocenter 9000 with Red Line 60.2's bought at Xmas 1987 when I was 15 years old.

My best mate at school had a father who had several sound and vision shops around the NW of england and had B&O dealership status. Due to this he allowed me a few hundred quid discount.

I had worked during school holidays for a couple of years & managed to save up about a thousand pounds.

That Beocenter 9000 & speakers was eventually passed onto my mother who had it for a further 10 years or so and it only recently gave up the ghost with the cd-mechanism.

Since 1987 Ive had loads of B&O and with the advent of the internet and ebay - now usually by second-hand items.

All in all I believe I have had 4 bang music systems and 5 bang tv's.

I like the brand a lot - but am very selective about which particular things I actually want to own. To be honest, at any one time, the majority of B&O's range are of no interest to me at all. For example - with the possible exception of a Beosound 9000 - I dont fancy any music center of the current range - so i'm totally happy with my Beosystem 7000 with MCP6500 together with Beolab Penta's and Avant Tv!! - ranging in age between 12 years and 20 years!!😕

Regards,

Michael

Hi Michael

My first purchases were made in 1983. I bought a BeoMaster2400, BeoGram2404 and S-45 speakers. I first heard a B&O system as a teenager at a local dealer and was blown away by the sound and style. The receiver was discontinued and was on sale so it was time to take the plunge and that's how I became infected with the BeoVirus.

John