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I went to a thrift shop today and this is what i found:
Looks a lot like BeoSound 9000 right?
Made in plastic?
Brengen & Ophalen
You know... I see no moving laser mechanism in there, so I assume it has four lasers....
if B&O could have made a CD player with six lasers, the change between discs could have been instantaneous as opposed to a clamper scooting it's way up and down. Would that have been better or worse than the BeoSound 9000 ?!!
back on topic though, yes - it looks awful, and it's a shameless copy of a B&O classic.
Lee
:) Yes made in plastic and indeed it looks awful. It does have 4 lasers but i don't think it's better than a moving clamper.
It was just wow a beosound for a second until i looked a bit better. A big disappointment
Oooo - here's one with a pair of Lab 1's:
Woof looks hideous. Who made this?
i actually like the clamper moving up and down. I think it is great precision engineering.
BV11-55, BS9000, BL1, BL19, Transmitter 1, Beo4, Beocom 6000, BeoTalk1 200, Sennheiser HD600, McIntosh MHA100
Sharper Image sells it.
It is called Elta 2461, you can find more images on Google. Elta is a German manufacturer of household appliances.
I saw it a few years ago in a shop. When you opened the lid it had to check for each of the four (!) cd mechanisms whether a cd was loaded. Very annoying if you ask me. And plastic all the way...
this really shows the skill set of the B&O design team and how it is hard to replicate what appears and never is a simple design.
I believe Amstrad in the UK tried a similar copy of the Century with alarming effect.
we tend to forget there is more to design than designing.
MediaBobNY: Oooo - here's one with a pair of Lab 1's:
Is the guy with the pad blasting it out into space? If so, that's a good move and a correct decision..
--mika
Price? 199?!
Horrible!
Too long to list....
75 in the pawn shop