ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022READ ONLY FORUM
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Sal:Great song. In fact that's always been my first go to song when auditioning speakers. Congratulations on the 18s, they look superb and I'm sure they sound even better :-)
BeoNut since '75
Aussie Michael:I'm listening to the Beolab 18 playlistI'm listening to it on the iPad to via AirPlay to the Apple TV which is plugged into the avant with the avant sending it to my Beolab 18 wisa
Mark Nowicki:Getting ready for Halloween, so I'm listening to: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Crazy Party Night ~Revenge of the Pumpkin~! (and other Kyary songs!)
Getting ready for Halloween, so I'm listening to:
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "Crazy Party Night ~Revenge of the Pumpkin~!
(and other Kyary songs!)
elephant:But I can't find the demo products BeoLab 18 you have !
Just emailed you :-)
Aussie Michael:Just emailed you :-)
my wife has just joined a book club..... I'm sure you know the format, group of people meet regularly, have a short list of books, vote on one that is to be read and they meet at a later date to discuss in detail.
and this got me thinking, apart from this thread do any of you guys do similar with music ?
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Where is the list?
M😉M
There is a tv - and there is a BV
Mark:my wife has just joined a book club..... I'm sure you know the format, group of people meet regularly, have a short list of books, vote on one that is to be read and they meet at a later date to discuss in detail. and this got me thinking, apart from this thread do any of you guys do similar with music ? we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
Mark: and this got me thinking, apart from this thread do any of you guys do similar with music ?
30 years ago, yes, all the time.
20 years ago, yes, every once in awhile.
Today, none of my local friends listen to music the way I do (entire albums). I can't even get my wife to sit down and listen to a record with me. It's just Spotify as background music for my wife and our friends.
Mark, I am not entirely certain that I understand the question, but if you mean formal reviews, well clearly we are not doing that here.
This thread is more what we found recently or just decided to play. Many times there are comments like we liked it, it reminded us of [fill in the blank], etc. But not a formal review.
I know I literally bounced off the walls with my new Bette Midler double PINK LP set and left no doubt that I thought the recording was “the neatest thing since sliced bread.” But I didn’t rate each song along with Bette’s delivery, which was superb, by the way.
Mark, if you are asking that we consider doing formal recording reviews: New, Old, LP, Cassette, CD, MP3….. I am not sure there would be enough enthusiasm for such a thread.
Maybe there would….. heck, I’d look at it if there were one.
Jeff
Beogram 4000, Beogram 4002, Beogram 4004, Beogram 8000, Beogram 8002, Beogram 1602. Beogram 4500 CD player, B&O CDX player, Beocord 4500, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 5000 T4716, Beocord 8004, Beocord 9000, Beomaster 1000, Beomaster 1600, Beomaster 2400.2, Beomaster 2400.2, Beomaster 4400, Beomaster 4500, Beolab 5000, Beomaster 5000, BeoCenter 9000. BeoSound Century, S-45.2, S-45.2, S-75, S-75, M-75, M-100, MC 120.2 speakers; B&O Illuminated Sign (with crown & red logo). B&O grey & black Illuminated Sign, B&O black Plexiglas dealer sign, B&O ash tray, B&O (Orrefors) dealer award vase, B&O Beotime Clock. Navy blue B&O baseball cap, B&O T-shirt X2, B&O black ball point pen, B&O Retail Management Binder
Rich: Mark: and this got me thinking, apart from this thread do any of you guys do similar with music ? 30 years ago, yes, all the time. 20 years ago, yes, every once in awhile. Today, none of my local friends listen to music the way I do (entire albums). I can't even get my wife to sit down and listen to a record with me. It's just Spotify as background music for my wife and our friends.
Rich, you may call me a friend!
I am a dedicated album listener.
There are a few amongst the Beoworlders, I guess. But probably not enough to start 'doing similar with music'.
Anyway, that would have to take place in another thread - this thread has a rather different approach (noted above).
By the way it/this thread is always good read - can be very inspiring (and pretty time-consuming, when you want to listen to all the nice stuff mentioned here).
MM
Rich:I thought he meant a local music club that operated like book clubs do. You know, record listening get togethers.
Ooops, how dense of me. At least now I am “educated.”
Sorry about that.
Piaf:a local music club that operated like book clubs do. You know, record listening get togethers
Actually we have something like that down here, each Thursday we meet 4-6 people, playing dice games and listening to vinyl, I´m the only one with a working TT so its always here in my house, It started out with dice games only, but when I started playing my vinyl, the other members started digging out their old vinyl records and bring them, so now the dice games just remains as an excuse to get together and listen to good music, some times we are telling the story of the memories that a song or melody has in it for us.
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
Hi Søren,
Sounds like ENORMOUS fun, very southern hemisphere. Good God I miss Florida!
Here in the frozen northland people say “I am sorry” for nearly every encounter and the idea of a turntable….. well Canadians have “heard” about them, eh? Sorry.
The few hearty souls that have come over to hear my Beogram 4000 have been overwhelmed and “intimidated.” Why? I have no idea. There was no need to compare the 4000 to their own systems, just enjoy it. Doesn’t seem to work that way, not yet anyway.
Then there is the Seeberg which ALWAYS draws attention, but there has never been an occasion when someone didn’t have sensitive hearing, so no one has yet to enjoy this masterpiece of the fifties.
I know there are vinyl aficionados out there; I just got to find them.
yes I meant in a pub or arounds one house for coffee and spinning some new tunes and discussing
I like to open my ears to new music, it's a great discovery as we all know and I do end up taking on several on the reviews and recommendations on this thread.
Rich,
Ah the Søren touch on your BC3000. Makes all the difference in the world. Good choice in music, by the way.
I was listening to Sandro de Mexico on my Beomaster 2400 fixed by Benny.
Salute!
Currently prototyping a new layout in my apartment, trying to get a dedicated listening space set up.
Working my way through a recent discovery - the Little Comets.
My favorites so far areThe Violence is Out TonightIslesWestern BoyBayonne
Beo4 'til I die!
After a hard day fiddling with it's innards the Beogram 4000 is finally doing what it was meant to - playing a cheeky bit of Geoff Love nostalgic guilty pleasures!
Colour me impressed, no make that VERY impressed that it only took you part of a day “fiddling” with your Beogram 4000. It took me months of countless adjustments to get it right. Fix one thing and immediately something elsewhere went awry. However, I’ll say this, once you get your 4000 right, it stays right.
Enjoy the pinnacle of the B&O range of turntables.
I am delighted to tell you, you were lucky…. and GOOD for you!
My Beogram arrived shattered; details are old news here on BeoWorld, so I’ll skip that part.
However once the 4000 was made whole with help from Frede, the adjustments were madding. And I mean God-awful stretch your patience to the limit.
Get the tonearm to drop in the right place and it immediately picked up too soon.
Fix the pick-up and the arm began dropping like a guillotine.
Solve the tonearm descend speed and the tonearm refused to pick-up at all at the end of play.
This scenario was repeated more times that I care to remember.
Every single adjustment immediately cased a different problem and this went on for weeks.
At long last, once these “issues” were all corrected, they stayed that way….. now for over 8 years. (Well not counting shipping the 4000 back to Martin in Denmark only to find out it had the wrong size fuse.)
Anyway, glad you had an easier time. Enjoy your masterpiece that it is!
Been away for awhile work, dealing with some family issues. Plus I didnt want to come out and admit it, but I suppose I should fess up and show that I have been over to the "dark side" and I have to say that I like it. In fact I like it a lot.
I hope that this doesnt result in my immediate banishment from Beoworld but oh well might as well show you what I have done.
Quelqu'un Qui Sen Va - Francoise Hardy (japanese pressing) on a Dual 1245 and Tandberg TR1040. Outstanding sound. I have it all pumping thru the Redlines. so I havent abandoned B&O altogether. But now I have a small cold. Wondering what would be the best set of Tandberg speakers to mate it with and I am looking at a Solvsuper that is out on the bay right now.
God help me........
Hey Ricardo,
You might be aware how much I appreciate Tandberg….. although I have never so much as seen one of their amps.
I looked at a couple units on eBay, but they either needed a lot of work, or were priced in the Stratosphere.
Living in the land of Wal-Mart and Honda I have enough trouble trying to maintain my B&O gear… I hate to think how Tandberg would go over.
So don’t think of it as the Dark Side, Tandberg is still Scandinavian.
I have my own Dark Side and it is called McIntosh and I owned it long before I ever heard of B&O….. so I offer NO apologies.
Enjoy your Tandberg!
Ricardo: Wondering what would be the best set of Tandberg speakers to mate it with
Wondering what would be the best set of Tandberg speakers to mate it with
To keep this interesting, why not look for a pair of Sonab OA-5's
--mika
tournedos: Ricardo: Wondering what would be the best set of Tandberg speakers to mate it with To keep this interesting, why not look for a pair of Sonab OA-5's
Interesting is an understatement - probably all but impossible to find here in the USA.
Here is a video for Jeff and Soren
Ricardo,
Good God I know the feeling, “Impossible to find in the USA.” You should try Vancouver Island, a beautiful place but forget about high end electronics.
I have been searching for a Beolab 5000 for 2 ½ years and nearly as long for M100 or M150 speakers. (True, I found a great Beolab 5000, but chickened out…..)
However your link to Mireille Mathieu was a BIG hit….. you know me well. I can’t speak for Søren, but I imagine he’ll like it as much as I did.
I have Mireille Mathieu on my Seeburg jukebox, as well as Christian Anders. (Neither what you would expect from a Seeburg M100B jukebox from Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Thanks for the link!
Ike And Tina Turner played on my Philips transportable and batterydriven recordplayer.
Henrik
square4: Ike And Tina Turner played on my Philips transportable and batterydriven recordplayer. Henrik
Which came first the record or the record player ?
This is the only Prayer Meetin' I need.
Hi Ricardo.
I dont know the year of the record,but the recordplayer is from 1970.
So i should have played this instead,it is altso from 1970.