Peter wrote:

It would appear Martin has a rival! Welcome to Beoworld!

Indeed another collector !
And Alex happens to be a very good personal friend of mine as well. 😂
Nice to see your first post after lurking around for years, Alex. 🤒

Also a welcome to Spanner.  🤒

Martin

Hi Alex,

Welcome to Beoworld !!

Rudy

Spanner wrote:

Thought I'd give you my serial numbers as a first post.

Beolab 5000, type 5303, serie 02, No 65395

Beomaster 5000, type 2005, serie 01, No 15492

 

They are both just gathering dust at the moment, along with a Beogram 1000.

The beomaster and Beogram were completely dead when I tested them recently. The Beolab was in use until not so long back, but only one of the four speaker channels is working now. Not sure what to do with them, any idea what they are worth or how much to get them serviced?

Hello Spanner,

Welcome to Beoworld !

Thank you very much for your Beolab - Beomaster serial numbers. As you can see I am trying to find out how many are produced of these classic products so every individual product id is important and helps to get closer to the true quantity.

/Frede

The Beomaster and Beolab are well worth having restored - many of us have done just this and Classic Audio, run by Frede, specialises in exactly this.

You did however ask what these are worth. In non working order, very little - tens of pounds. A fully restored and certified pair will cost many hundreds. Whether it is worth this is clearly debatable. One does not see restored vwersions appearing on the market as on the whole they are restored to order and those ordering them would never part with them! You will find many owners will have the very top of the range modern equipment but keep a Beolab 5000 system as well.

The Beomaster 5000 is a broadcast quality tuner and the Beolab is an amplifier that is still well worth listening to with plenty of power. You could do with a better turntable though - B&O did supply a couple of decks to match the system - confusingly both were called the Beogram 3000, and even more confusingly, neither were fully B&O products!

Peter wrote:

The Beomaster and Beolab are well worth having restored - many of us have done just this and Classic Audio, run by Frede, specialises in exactly this.

You did however ask what these are worth. In non working order, very little - tens of pounds. A fully restored and certified pair will cost many hundreds. Whether it is worth this is clearly debatable. One does not see restored vwersions appearing on the market as on the whole they are restored to order and those ordering them would never part with them! You will find many owners will have the very top of the range modern equipment but keep a Beolab 5000 system as well.

The Beomaster 5000 is a broadcast quality tuner and the Beolab is an amplifier that is still well worth listening to with plenty of power. You could do with a better turntable though - B&O did supply a couple of decks to match the system - confusingly both were called the Beogram 3000, and even more confusingly, neither were fully B&O products!

Thanks for this advice. I just raised a new topic on my dilema, you must have replied while I was writing it. This does answer a few of my questions so cheers.

Recent purchase

Beolab 5000 (Teak) Type 5303 Serie 02 66428

Beomaster 5000 (Teak) Type 2007 Serie 1 16655

Saskwatch has a Type 2007 as well from reading this old thread!

So at least 2 of them!

Any chance of updated tables?

I did not 'see' this first 2007 type, tks for pointing it out for me and tks for you input.

Yes of course you can see the tables with the latest registrations.

...and the Beomaster 5000

I just joined the club!

Beolab 5000 (teak): Type 5303, Serie 04, Serial No: 31574

Beomaster 5000 (teak): Type 2005, Serie 01, Serial No: 16240

Hello all!

Here I am also!

Mine is a Beolab 5000 (no tuner yet) 5303, serie 08, in rosewood serial number 46619.

Will I ever find the matching tuner?