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Dear members,
which wood do you like best on the Beosystem 6000 quad? And which one is it that is depicted in the photograph on the Beophile homepage (for the Beomaster 6000 quad)? Teak? Was there an oak version?
Thanks very much.
Cheers,
Kai
Mine is Rosewood, which is my personal favourite wood type on vintage B&O!
White does look pretty special though
Ben
Your white version looks spectacular! Also the condition seems to be great. However, finding working examples of these seems to be quite difficult. Can it be that roesewood looked different on the Beogram 4000 and on the Beogram 6000? My Beogram 4000 is very dark but the Beogram 6000 seems brighter but not as bright as teak. I'm confused...
Greetings,
All wood colours vary slightly obviously. Try looking on the serial number sticker, often they say P3, or T1 or whatever. That will tell you the colour of yours for certain. T is obviously for teak, and P is Rosewood.
(Unless of course the frames have been changed since they left the factory, which is very possible!).
The one on Beophile is absolutely teak however. That image was taken from the period catalogue of the time. It is hard to find a working example of one of these mainly because there are many different things to go wrong inside one. Not only that but they are immensely difficult to work on so many technicians will not touch them! You will get there in the end though. Another issue prevalent on many of them is the buttons which have a tendency to lift up after time. This is irritating and I don't know if there is a long term solution. Many of the buttons wear as well which happens on the 4002 and Beocord 5000 as well.
Dear Ben,
I've just received a working Beocord 5000. Is it reasonable to have it overhauled although it is still working? I mean, these things are getting really old now. My Beogram 4000 works like a charm without it having had any overhaul yet. I always hear about capacitor replacement and adjustments, but mine pleases me the originale state it is in right now so I don't see any need to change anything. What about the Beocord 5000 though?
Has anybody of you use the Beogram 4000 in quad mode? Is it worthwhile or not that spectacular after all?
Thanks very much!
Hi Kai,
As Peter has mentioned before (and many others) these are the most unreliable of B&O vintage items! There are a few working ones around though, so it really is up to you! You may spend quite a bit of money on new caps etc. to still find it chewing up tapes!
Basically, if it is working right now I would leave it well alone!!
Thanks Ben. It's a hobby and I'm very patient on that. I don't need to get everything working by tomorrow. If it takes me some time, that's perfectly fine for me. Because if it's finished, I'll find something new anyway - so ne reasong to get anything finished early
However, I do need to find all components in matching wood. I will pick upt the Beogram 6000 in two days. However, from what I can see in the pictures it won't fit the wood color on the Beocord 5000. I thought it was easy with basically just Palisander and Teak to distinguish (white is obvious), but aparently, there's more to consider.
What do your perspex lids and covers look like? They will probably all be scratched, won't they?
I sense, this will become a long project.
Greetings!
Are the teak frames of the Beogram 4000 and the Beogram 6000 identical by the way? The rosewood ones apparently are not.
Honestly not sure, but I always thought the frames on all of the 4000/4002/4004/6000 were identical, but if I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me.
Manbearpig: Thanks Ben. It's a hobby and I'm very patient on that. I don't need to get everything working by tomorrow. If it takes me some time, that's perfectly fine for me. Because if it's finished, I'll find something new anyway - so ne reasong to get anything finished early However, I do need to find all components in matching wood. I will pick upt the Beogram 6000 in two days. However, from what I can see in the pictures it won't fit the wood color on the Beocord 5000. I thought it was easy with basically just Palisander and Teak to distinguish (white is obvious), but aparently, there's more to consider. What do your perspex lids and covers look like? They will probably all be scratched, won't they? I sense, this will become a long project. Greetings!
My perspex lids vary quite a lot actually. My Beomaster 6000 perspex has a few scratches and marks on which is really common for them sadly. Nothing too bad however. My 4000 lid is not in all that good shape with one large scratch. My 4002 is in very good condition though (all over)! Leslie on here has had some covers made where the lids have been too badly scratched so that may be an option. I have had some success with polishing kits and polish as well.
Sounds like you would be best waiting until you get the Beogram to decide the wood colours. All of mine are Rosewood, but of course the rosewood is all slightly different shades! My 4004 was a different shade again, so it really is just the nature of the wood.