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Dear members,
which is the best wirebound Beocom available? The Beocom 2000? What about the Becom 1401? Voice quality is of utmost importance to me. Features don't really matter that much.
Thanks!
Kai
Nobody using wirebound phones any more?
The 1401 should be sufficient. It's a very basic phone, but very effective
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If you get a 1401 make sure all the buttons work. I had two and the 9 key stopped working on both even though neither was used much at all.
Sonically I've never heard a better phone though.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Manbearpig: Nobody using wirebound phones any more?
Personally, I can't wait to get a land line and start acquiring BeoComs - the 2500, 3, and ESPECIALLY the 2000.
Beo4 'til I die!
I never liked the 1401 (aside from the sound quality). 'Found the cord too short and the base too light - so I was just dragging the base around when talking on the phone
I have two Beocom 2500's and one 1401.
Both saw service with an PSTN line to great aplomb, but I have changed over to a VOIP/IP telephone connection and dropped the PSTN line, and hence the two 2500's and the 1401 are linked through my VOIP router.
If anything, call quality has improved with the move from an analogue to a digital line, and of course the analogue Beocom phones plug straight into the ports on the back of the router - albeit in this case I run discreet extension cords using standard modular RJ11 leads/connectors.
For me a telephone is a communications tool that both needs to look nice, (as it is not hidden away in a cupboard, but is out on display), and requires the best possible transmission and reception quality in terms of sound.
This the two 2500's deliver in spades, with the 1401 lagging a little behind in terms of the fullness of the sound of the earpiece.
The other requirement for me with a telephone, is that I prefer to eschew a plethora of features that are either only occasionally used, or require the use of an instruction manual at the ready, to access them, but conversely greatly appreciate features that are meaningful on a daily use basis, and are easily accessed - i.e. superior ergonomic design.
Along with a very comfortable and light handset, these qualities the 2500's demonstrate to a very effective degree.
As long as they continue to operate, I will never part with them.
Superb phones and worth every penny I paid for them new at the time.
Hope this helps
John...
Summing up, the 1401 and 2500 seem to win. What about the 2000? I've always liked its design...
Can one use the Beotalk 1200 with any of these (even if unnecessary)?
Rgds,
MediaBobNY: I never liked the 1401 (aside from the sound quality). 'Found the cord too short and the base too light - so I was just dragging the base around when talking on the phone
I agree with your observations, cord was short and the base would/could move around and get pulled off the table easily. That being said they made good bedside phones, looked gorgeous, but a phone that you couldn't dial the US emergency number 911 from if you needed to in the middle of the night wasn't going to be a keeper.
Just wanted to ask again since things are getting more concrete now. I will be installing a analogue landline soon. As far as I've understood now, the 2500, 3 and maybe the 2000 are the ones to look for. But how do the three of them compare among each other?
Greetings,
No further opinions on the Beocom 2500 and the 2000? The 3 is not analogue and therefor probably out of the competition. I know, the 2500 is more modern than the 2000 but I'm particularly interested in the built quality and the quality of speech.