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Here's a newbee question...what were your best B&O finds and where? I've just discovered B&O products and I'd like to focus on building a music system...thank you in advance for any guidance. I'm in San Antonio by the way... V/R emc
One of my best finds, and also one of my first, was a BM 901 for USD 20.00 on Ebay, but you will have to be careful, most vintage B&O items will carry the highly infectious BeoVirus.
Most of my items I have bought on US ebay, some I bought from other members, so surfing the auction sites and keep reading and searching the forum, is where to start, a long Beoworld membership gives you the best possibilities to get know how and to learn about B&O, staying active on the forum will bring good friends, help and advice.
My best items ever is until now are these ones, a very generous member gave them to me for free, he also wouldn't let me pay for shipping, thats Beoworld.
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
usafmsc: Here's a newbee question...what were your best B&O finds and where? I've just discovered B&O products and I'd like to focus on building a music system...thank you in advance for any guidance. I'm in San Antonio by the way... V/R emc
I have three great pieces from another member, four pieces locally from Craigslist, a lot of US Ebay (more than ten pieces for sure), and one piece purchased new in about 1990.
One of my all time great finds was on Craigslist. I bought a fully functional Beomaster 1900 from the original owner for $50. He threw in a pair of Beovox CX50s that had foam rot. Took just an evening and $25 to bring those back to good as new.
Two years ago I used to bid on Ebay for just about every Beomaster 2400 that came up advertised as "untested." Never bid more that $25, and eventually I got one that was cosmetically perfect that didn't work, and a second that looked awful but was fully functional. I combined the two and couldn't be happier with the result.
You'll see a lot of B&O on US Ebay advertised as "untested" because "I don't have the special cords." Bollocks probably, but you may get lucky and find a bargain that's fully functional that others won't risk bidding on.
Good luck with your search. Any system you have in mind?