Sign in   |  Join   |  Help
Untitled Page

ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022
READ ONLY FORUM

This is the second Archived Forum which was active between 1st March 2012 and 23rd February 2022

 

Bang & Olufsen Blank Audio Cassette

rated by 0 users
This post has 15 Replies | 1 Follower

Johan
Top 500 Contributor
Uppsala, Sweden
Posts 239
OFFLINE
Silver Member
Johan Posted: Thu, Apr 19 2012 8:20 PM

Hi everyone!

I have four of these: http://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=1078 (or at least I think it's those).

One of them looks like this:

The other three are fine.

Now, I'm not sure posting here is the right place, because I'm mainly interested in knowing whether there are millions of these tapes out there or whether they are rare? If they are rare, what are they worth? I have never seen these for sale (admitting I rarely check out ebay, but tend to stay on the local equivalents, because of the cost of international shipping).

Cheers

/  Johan

Gregg
Top 500 Contributor
Colorado USA
Posts 143
OFFLINE
Gold Member
Gregg replied on Sat, May 26 2012 4:41 AM

I have no idea what they go for, but I'm interested in buying them. ARe they still for sale?

Johan
Top 500 Contributor
Uppsala, Sweden
Posts 239
OFFLINE
Silver Member
Johan replied on Mon, May 28 2012 12:44 PM

Hi!

Well, I never really put them out for sale, I was mainly interested in knowing what they are worth.

/  Johan

9 LEE
Top 10 Contributor
Eastbourne, UK
Posts 7,218
OFFLINE
Founder
Moderator
9 LEE replied on Mon, May 28 2012 2:25 PM

*EDITED*

I have 162 of them - all new, unused and in the blue sellophane wrapping. Smile

Lee

 

Edited by Dillen
Beoworld moderator

Søren Hammer
Top 100 Contributor
Denmark
Posts 953
OFFLINE
Bronze Member

A note is that they are loaded with BASF TPII tape which is a cobalt enhanced chrome - some of the best out there.

Vinyl records, cassettes, open reel, valve amplifiers and film photography.

Large48
Not Ranked
Posts 32
OFFLINE
Bronze Member
Large48 replied on Mon, May 28 2012 3:53 PM

Lee, are the C60's or C90's?

Did they do other sizes as well?

Step1
Top 75 Contributor
Manchester, UK
Posts 1,268
OFFLINE
Bronze Member
Step1 replied on Mon, May 28 2012 5:22 PM

probably not the best person to offer you advice, Lee, but would it be better not to disclose that you have that many tapes Stick out tongue

Olly

9 LEE
Top 10 Contributor
Eastbourne, UK
Posts 7,218
OFFLINE
Founder
Moderator
9 LEE replied on Mon, May 28 2012 7:54 PM

Ummm... I have... errrmmm... 16.2 of them... and... ummmm.... Indifferent

Fair comment Step1 - I should have kept it a secret, but i'm always excited to share my finds with fellow B&O enthusiasts.

I did also post a link to my auction of them, which was rightly removed by Martin (Dillen).  My apologies! again, I was a little too excited... Embarrassed

Lee

Dillen
Top 10 Contributor
Copenhagen / Denmark
Posts 13,191
OFFLINE
Founder
Moderator
Dillen replied on Mon, May 28 2012 9:07 PM

9 LEE:

I did also post a link to my auction of them, which was rightly removed by Martin (Dillen).

Well, I was biting my lip doing it but.. err.. we have certain rules, you know...  Embarrassed

Not my listing but there seems to be some tapes of this type up for sale here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320915147671

They are excellent tapes even if no B&O decks, as far as I know, left the factory calibrated for using them.

Martin

9 LEE
Top 10 Contributor
Eastbourne, UK
Posts 7,218
OFFLINE
Founder
Moderator
9 LEE replied on Mon, May 28 2012 11:37 PM

Dillen:

Well, I was biting my lip doing it but.. err.. we have certain rules, you know...  Embarrassed

Absolutely!  

I 'forgot myself' and felt a bit embarrassed about it - and actually applauded you for doing it.  Just because I'm the site owner it doesn't grant me privileges beyond any other user, nor should it. 

I consider myself reprimanded... Geeked

Lee

Jonathan
Top 75 Contributor
Melbourne, Australia
Posts 1,811
OFFLINE
Bronze Member
Jonathan replied on Tue, May 29 2012 10:41 PM

LaughingLaughingLaughing

That listing says they're rare... You have 162 of them!!!!!

x:________________________

Peter
Top 10 Contributor
Earsdon
Posts 11,991
OFFLINE
Founder
Peter replied on Wed, May 30 2012 8:30 AM

That is why, for everyone else, they are rare! Big Smile

Peter

9 LEE
Top 10 Contributor
Eastbourne, UK
Posts 7,218
OFFLINE
Founder
Moderator
9 LEE replied on Wed, May 30 2012 9:06 AM

Peter:

That is why, for everyone else, they are rare! Big Smile

Laughing

Only Peter could come up with an answer like that.  Brilliant..

 

 

Anders Jørgensen
Top 200 Contributor
Denmark
Posts 350
OFFLINE
Bronze Member

I was fortunate to have 50 TDK MA-XG still sealed back in 2008.

The seller told me he had 3 of those boxes with 50 each.

I got the 50 he had for me and the adress on the box which I still have?

Factory 4 Bang & Olufsen in Struer

So they properly used metal tapes for calibration

Søren Hammer
Top 100 Contributor
Denmark
Posts 953
OFFLINE
Bronze Member

Friedmett:

I was fortunate to have 50 TDK MA-XG still sealed back in 2008.

The seller told me he had 3 of those boxes with 50 each.

I got the 50 he had for me and the adress on the box which I still have?

Factory 4 Bang & Olufsen in Struer

So they properly used metal tapes for calibration

They used the shells for alignment cassettes - loaded with BASF chrome tape - MA-XG's in their original form were an accessory to the Beocord 9000 as an alignment/calibration tape.

Vinyl records, cassettes, open reel, valve amplifiers and film photography.

Jonathan
Top 75 Contributor
Melbourne, Australia
Posts 1,811
OFFLINE
Bronze Member
Jonathan replied on Thu, May 31 2012 1:45 AM

Peter:

That is why, for everyone else, they are rare! Big Smile

 

he he

x:________________________

Page 1 of 1 (16 items) | RSS