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Congratulations on that Dennis,it`s a really good find.
My wife has for a long time wanted my beolab 5000 set up from the basement and up in the dinning room,
she has even bought a new piece of furniture for it and today i finally had time to do it.
Henrik.link
Location: Fredensborg Denmark
I can't quite figure out if I should leave it as is or bring the cabinet back to its original, glossy finish.
It's a common misunderstanding, that it was glossy from factory.
It wasn't.
It had more of a silky shine to it.
What a nice setup, Henrik.
Looking forward to bringing both of those brass tweeters back to original and make them play again. 😕
Martin
Very nice setup Henrik, congrats
Location: Mexico city
It's a common misunderstanding, that it was glossy from factory.
It wasn't.
It had more of a silky shine to it.
Sorry, I wasn't around back then to have known... 😁
I only have these photos for reference, where it looks very glossy to me, but maybe the Beolit 40 was different from the 39?
Nevertheless, there looks to have been put some kind of varnish on it at some point, so judging by the photos above, a glossy finish will at least look a lot more original than the state it is in now.
I've done a bit of research, and bakelite shouldn't be cleaned with anything alkali or cleaners that contain ammonia like window cleaner.
I did try cleaning the varnish off carefully with window cleaner before finding that information though, but it didn't do much and probably won't have removed more from the surface than a polish would.
I'm thinking of buying a less valueable bakelite Beolit from the same era and try out different polishing methods on that before working more on this one. Definetely not a job to rush.
Beautiful system you have put together, Henrik! Enjoy - and make sure to hold on to that woman, I've heard they're few and far in between! 😂
Shiny things look good in ads.
You can treat bakelite much like you would metal.
You can use f.e. Brasso for polishing.
Martin
As some of you might have seen earlier in this thread, I bought a pair of Beolab1's for my bar. As I wrote, I think it lacks a bit of bass, compared to the Penta's.
So now I have just bought this beautiful Beolab 11 sub in red.
People here on Beoworld have discussed, if a BL 11sub would add anything to the BL 1 speakers - or only a BL 2 (or 19) would.
To answer the question: Does a BL 11 add anything to the BL 1's? Yes, it does. Does the BL 11 add anything to the Penta's? No.
And now it's time for a beer and some good music 🙂
My B&O Icons:
The BL11 is still such a great little subwoofer with design and elegance. Happy listening.
Finally managed to assemble my odd Beosystem 4000/5000. Picked up a 'Beocord 4000' last week. I already have a Beocord 5000 with rosewood trim, that says Beocord 4000 on the red label at the back, but it is nice to have finally found one with the matching model number printed on the front.
From the top; Beogram 5005, Beogram CD 50, Beomaster 4000 and Beocord 4000.
linkHope to find a Beogram 5000 with rosewood trim like the one at Struer Museum one day, but for now this will have to do. 😕
/Dennis
Consider me jealous! Nice 👍🏻
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