What is my Beocenter 7002 worth?

I don't have permission to post in the "for sale" forum so that's why I'm posting here. Just trying to get an idea what it might be worth. Everything works except for the automatic arm/needle. when I press play the record spins, the arm moves over, drops down onto the record but 1 second later it lifts up and moves back to its resting spot again. It was moved once from my great aunts house and probably didn't like that.

rough idea what it might be worth? I'm still using the speakers, I replaced the foam and sound great but I'm not using the stands if anyone is looking for a pair?

thanks, any help is appreciated.

 

Hi and welcome on Beoworld,

I "bought" a 7002 last year, fully functional and aesthetically ok, for... 1€

The older things are worth what people are prepared to pay.
For some people it's just old junk with no ways of making operation more difficult than needed (read: it has no iPhone support over
the internet, through your router, your firewall and your ISP - if your iOS supports it and you can find the app to do it) and it doesn't even
support MP3.
To others it's a classic piece of design from the hands of the world-famous industrial designer Jacob Jensen in real eloxated aluminium
with what was the best possible technical stuff that the engineers in Struer, Denmark could manage to fill into it.
It was really top notch when it comes to combined systems at its time (and still beats all the black plastic things, no matter if they
have SONY, TECHNICS or whatever printed on them).

I have seen bad examples go for more than 100 euros and I have seen really good and recently serviced ones with a good cartridge go
for more than 700.

I get parts requests almost every day from owners re-discovering these wonderful machines, so interest is growing. 

Ebay and similar sites are good places to look up the value of things, but don't just take a snapshot - look over a period of time, weeks, months to
get the real picture - and check what sells rather than what's listed.

CB was lucky. We cannot all rely on being that.

Martin

Dillen:

The older things are worth what people are prepared to pay.
For some people it's just old junk with no ways of making operation more difficult than needed (read: it has no iPhone support over
the internet, through your router, your firewall and your ISP - if your iOS supports it and you can find the app to do it) and it doesn't even
support MP3.
To others it's a classic piece of design from the hands of the world-famous industrial designer Jacob Jensen in real eloxated aluminium
with what was the best possible technical stuff that the engineers in Struer, Denmark could manage to fill into it.
It was really top notch when it comes to combined systems at its time (and still beats all the black plastic things, no matter if they
have SONY, TECHNICS or whatever printed on them).

I have seen bad examples go for more than 100 euros and I have seen really good and recently serviced ones with a good cartridge go
for more than 700.

I get parts requests almost every day from owners re-discovering these wonderful machines, so interest is growing. 

Ebay and similar sites are good places to look up the value of things, but don't just take a snapshot - look over a period of time, weeks, months to
get the real picture - and check what sells rather than what's listed.

CB was lucky. We cannot all rely on being that.

Martin

I agree with Martin here.  I have a boxed Beocenter 7000 which I still use after a full overhaul and service and a new cartridge.  It really does sound fantastic.  This range of Beocenters was some of B&O's finest work in my opinion.

I probably paid £100 for mine in good cosmetic condition. Original box, manuals etc. will add to the value as will the cosmetic condition.

The cartridge is also likely to be worth that price alone if it is in good condition.

Ben

Hi,

I had one of these but had to sell when I moved to Sweden. I bought it ca. 10yrs ago for 100 Euro including speakers. It even came with an extra cartridge, but then later I exchanged that with the seller for an B&O vinyl record holder clamper (two round plastic discs, some fabric on the inside and connected at the bottom, meant to be able to hold your record without touching / damaging them).

I still regret selling it and I also regret exchanging the cartridge for the 'clamper'.

 

Dillen:

CB was lucky.

Probably yes, but not that much...

I took it because I needed spare parts for the 7002 of my father (broken aluminum hinge).

I can regularly see 7002 on sale in France (Leboncoin.fr) for about 50€ or less.

thank you all for your replies, gives me some things to think about.