Reading through these responses is a nostalgia trip!
For me I grew up with a Beogram 1500. The weight behind the lift/split volume/balance control was fabulous to the touch. And that gorgeous slow balanced tonearm and soft-edged raise/lower lever. Ohhh for a small boy all of that was sensory overload. I used to stand and stare at the stylus as it landed gracefully into the leader groove. Such fond memories.

As a teen I was stunned by the design statement of AV 9000! It was superb and looked so tactile in the glossy adverts in the Sunday newspaper magazines.
I went on a trip to London and stumbled across an AV 9000 setup in Harrods. I spent ages standing in front of it leaning and turning to see it from as many different angles as I could. Just praying someone would come over and express interest in it so the shop assistant would run the demo again. Curtains in a tv!!!!

And to stop myself from rambling on and on I'll be brief with the following:

Beovox: 1702 is in my mind the best pressure chamber bookshelf speaker. Mount a pair on some stands at ear-level. Toe in to crossfire just in front of your listening position and stick on the Nina Simone. Honestly they're gorgeous. Melting butter smooth and crisp as mountain air.

Beolab: Penta. Just beautiful and excellent with music, film and spoken word.

Beosystem: 6500 is just stunning. (But I love the 3500/4500 too.)

Beocentre: 9500. The Daddy.

Most iconic: Beosystem 2500.

Most comforting and familiar: Beolink 1000.

My first and by far favourite TV, the glorious Beovision 3 32, imposing, awesome sound and different to all other TV’s at the time.

From what I own(ed); BS9000, Shape, Beogram 4002.

Special mention for Beosound 5 Encore: the operation was so nice that I never used a  remote with it. But thhe internals where badly designed and therefore never had a software update.

And it looked so good

My favorite is the BM 1900 I got as my confimation present back 1979 from my parents and later on in 1984 I added a 2nd hand BG 8000. I still own both.

Now I use on daily bases my Beosystem 7000 with a pair of Beolab Penta mk 3 operated with Beolink 5000/7000. All has undergone a renovation.

Mine are:

Beosystem 5500

Beovox Penta

Beosound 9000

Beogram 4002

Beolab 5

Beosound 3200

Beosystem 5500 and Penta since it was what my grandfather had in his home, and it was what got me into B&O when I inherited it and had to figure out how to repair it.

Beosound 9000 being a childhood memory from I was 12. I was in a classmates birthday party, and her father had a Beosound 9000 hanging on the wall. My classmates and I was in awe: "WOW! 6-cds!!! How much does it cost?". The answer was a very dry "Enough."
Ironically that exact unit ended up in my possession 25 years later.

The Beogram 4002 since I have restored about 10 units. Seeing the 95 anniversary restoration done by B&O, I went "I can make that."

I remember the first time I heard the Beolab 5´s in a store in Norway in 2013. I said to myself "That is the goal. If those are ever in my living room, I´m done.". 10 years later I carried a pair into my apartment. That was a very happy moment in my life.

Beosound 2300,2500,3000,3200, and ouverture has something very magic to them.

I have had most of the older things in my time and have given almost all away. The ones that really impressed:

Beolab 5000 system - the 60s amplifier and tuner along with the Beogram 3000 (had both the Thorens and Acoustical versions - the Thorens is the better). Beovox 2500s to go with the real speakers!

Beogram 4000 - beautifully built - the best of the series.

Beolink 7000 - still makes me smile - use mine with a BC9500 but rarely.

Beolit 700 - just a fantastic sounding radio which looks great

Beolab 5 - made B&O a maker of really high end speakers - I am sure the 50 and 90 are better now but the 5s were the real turning point.

Confess to being unimpressed with most of the TVs after the Avant CRT. I have an 11 which is less easy to use than my LG sets and the new remotes are awful - the Beo4 is far superior. Beolink 1000 possibly better still!

 

 

My BS9000 has been delighting me for 25 years. OK, it's on its third CD drive but that's OK given the amount of use it's had. I replaced the original speakers that came with the 9000 (Beolab 8000?) with a pair of Beolab 1 speakers. That was in 2004-2005. Still with me and still look and sound fantastic.

Mostly nowadays, I stream music through a BS Core but I still like to play CDs too. I believe they sound better than any streaming source. I also have a Halo but, to me, it's just a cool-looking, overpriced volume control.