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Back in August I bought a pair of BeoLab 12-3s, which then replaced my Beolab 8000 MK3s. I’ve yet to do a side-by-side comparison, but the 12-3s are without doubt a better speaker to my ears. The 8000s desperately need a subwoofer as the fabric moving in front of the bass port is audible to the point, that the speakers are useless when turning up the volume a little more than usual. The sealed cabinet design, dedicated midrange drivers and acoustic lenses of the 12s also make them superior to the 8000s IMO, and the two 6,5” bass drivers per speaker deliver a decent about of bass.
I do have a BeoLab 2 to handle the lower frequencies though, and as rear speakers I use a pair of BeoLab 3s. I did have a BeoLab 11 for a short period of time a couple of years ago and would like to try one out again with the 12s. I preferred the 11 over the 2 when listening to music, but one of them had to go back then.
/Dennis
I recently acquired a couple of remotes more in the form of these Beo4 hotel versions. I’m still missing at least one of the consumer versions of the Beo4 (DTV + V.AUX), but I have most of the regular versions now. Still looking for some of them in better condition though. And there are many different hotel versions, so the collection is far from complete.
The Cinema looks to have been used regularly, but a mint one is probably not easy to find. A mint Play-version should be fairly easy though. I have a Beo5 as well.
I also bought a Beo1 and my first BeoRemote One.
/Dennis
Added another couple of items to my collection of preproduction units yesterday. These fit in nicely with the other items I have from the same model range as they fill in some of the gaps between the earlier samples and units from the final production in terms of changes made during the development stage.
As some of you might know, I have a Beogram 3000 with orange text named ‘Beogram 5005’, a Beogram CD 50 with built-in control panel and a Beomaster and Beocord 5000 named 4000 with wooden trim and a different front panel design.
The newly acquired Beomaster 5000 has rosewood trim on the sides as well.
This CD 50 didn’t come with the fancy built-in control panel though, but upon closer inspection it isn’t identical with the ‘normal’ sample I have.
The CD 50 with control panel is quite a different beast on the inside. It was based on an Aiwa DX-1000 whereas the final model was based on an Aiwa DX-1200 according to this website, where a detailed comparison between the two CD 50s can be found.
The one I picked up yesterday doesn’t differ nearly as much from the production-version as far as I can tell. The display is bit different though and it looks like it might still feature a repeat function, which the production-version doesn’t seem to have as far as I can tell from the owners manual, but I have yet to use a CD 50, so I’m not entirely sure.
The production-version:
The early prototype:
The early protype has additional functions shown to the left of the segment display:
The newly acquired unit:
I’m still on the hunt for a Beogram 5000 with rosewood trim – it would be even nicer to find one named Beogram 4000. The seller had a red labelled Beogram 5000 as well but without wooden trim. That one he intented to use instead of his TX2, so it wasn’t for sale.
