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7th Dec 2018, 4:02 pm | #41 |
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Re: Hifi separates - how 'separate' do you go?
In the 1970’s we had the Dynatron dealership in the town and we had friendly competition with long standing B&O dealer in the town.
From what I saw of the mid range units the B&O were no better than the Dynatrons, the purchase was decided on the styling, the Sleek modern B&O style or the more staid Dynatron. The comments were we don’t like the look of the B&O but liked the Dynatron, similarly we had the opposite after looking at our offerings and said they would rather have the look of the B&O left the shop and presumably bought that. I can’t comment on the top range B&O but the Dyntron HFC90, I think that’s the model number, gave a good account of itself. We had the Rogers range in as well as the Hacker Class A amp/receivers, those to me were better devices.
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7th Dec 2018, 4:22 pm | #42 | |
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As a B&O user I hear this a lot, all show and no go etc, so I ask what the person particularly doesn't like about the Beolab 5000 system, or the Beomaster 4400, or the Beogram 8000, or the Beovox MS150, or the Beocord 9000, or the Beogram CD5500. Of course they've never heard of any of them (let alone used them), which is a bit like pontificating about French cities despite never having visited Paris... |
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7th Dec 2018, 5:26 pm | #43 | |
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7th Dec 2018, 6:21 pm | #44 |
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Re: Hifi separates - how 'separate' do you go?
That's the big thing about separates, you can pick things you like without having to buy into some firm's whole lifestyle.
The first B&O machine with a tangential, linear-tracking arm was the Beogram 4000. Its looks got it into the louvre and the museum of modern art but it wasn't all looks, it was backed up with some excellent engineering inside. I like them enough to have one. I think it's good enough to not have any other turntable. However, I've looked at the design of a number (not all) of B7O's amplifiers and I'm not attracted. My opinion. Others are welcome to have their opinions. I've been inside a number to repair them. I chose to go my own way on amplifiers. For tape machines, the Beocord didn't do it for me, so a Revox A77 does the job. Some of B&O's later speakers may be a bit better, but I think their speakers may have been their weakest point. They still don't have anything that competes with large transmission line jobs which are my preference. I haven't been out to find and hear a pair of their latest Dalek-like creations so I can't comment on them. I'm happy with what I have. I was very impressed with B&O's early tuners like the Beolab 3500 tuner (not to be confused with their tuner amplifiers) You pays your money and you takes your choice. And nowadays you can have a lot of choice for not much money. Open eyes and luck are more effective than big bucks. David
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7th Dec 2018, 9:37 pm | #46 | ||
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7th Dec 2018, 9:51 pm | #47 |
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Re: Hifi separates - how 'separate' do you go?
Scroll to the bottom of this page for more on the dirty world of 70s hi-fi reviewing. AM allegedly fiddled the results.
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8th Dec 2018, 12:45 am | #48 | |
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The piece de resistance to sell the parallel tracking B&O deck was to play a record and then thump the deck hard with my fist. The servos in the deck just did their stuff and continued playing the record, unlike just about any other deck on the market which would start the stylus skittering across the record if you so much as looked at them wrong. |
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