What do the members here think of these?? B&O S75

tophatjohnny
tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
edited October 2012 in Vintage Speakers
Hope I'm not stepping into dog poo here, but I found these on eBay for not too much dough. I didn't buy them but sure thought they looked cool. I call my brother in Sacto Ca to ask his opinion and here;s what I got "Bang & Olufson are made to look cool, not sound good" so I thought to bring it here and see if anyone here knows of this brand?? I never heard of it myself. The seller is the original owner and bought them back in 78-79 and the come with original cord all said to be in perfect working condition. Are they junk??
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"if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,965
    edited October 2012
    Your brother is well informed. Just my opinion of course, but I never heard a piece from them that sounded good enough to make me open my wallet.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited October 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    Your brother is well informed. Just my opinion of course, but I never heard a piece from them that sounded good enough to make me open my wallet.


    Thanks Tony.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,446
    edited October 2012
    at least they used the peerless tweeter:eek:
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited October 2012
    Agree, they sound OK, but they put their energy into modern design rather than performance.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited October 2012
    Their speakers were quite good in the European polite, quick, refined idiom - if you like the vintage Polk "monitors" you'll likely enjoy the b&os. They were quite expensive in their day. They used excellent drivers, and the better ones featured nice rosewood enclosures.

    I am still trying to understand how the OP couldn't know about bang & olufsen?! :-)

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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2012
    I have a pair of B&O S45-2 speakers and they are still one of the smoothest sounding of all the monitors in their size range. I believe they used mostly Seas drivers. I remember listening to the S75's, but don't remember the S80's. That series of B&O speakers with the S30, S45, S60, S75 is something you should experience if you find them in good shape and not butchered with modifications.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited October 2012
    They also used Philips and Peerless dome midrange and tweeter drivers.

    I've got a pair of S-45s from my favorite local emporium awaiting refoaming (and scrounging up a pair of two-pin DIN connectors of the proper gender) a-sittin' in the basement.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited October 2012
    mhardy - I'm in KC this week, however when I get back to IL next week I might have an extra set of the DIN connectors that I can send you. I'll pm you if I do. I converted my S45-2 to regular speaker connectors.
    DKG999
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited October 2012
    wow, that'd be fantastic! I have a pair of the wrong gender for the speakers :-(
    Send me a PM at your convenience (no rush).
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  • trav0810
    trav0810 Posts: 1,056
    edited October 2012
    I have always liked the sound of B&O systems. The receivers, turntables and speakers. What they are generally lacking is power, but I have always thought they sound "smooth"!
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  • Bugstyvy
    Bugstyvy Posts: 119
    edited October 2012
    meh....
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    edited October 2012
    Bugstyvy wrote: »
    meh....

    Is that bug code for something??
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • trosse1
    trosse1 Posts: 8
    edited October 2012
    Hey, have owned and used several components from Danish B & O in a long time.
    Most of the vintage is of very good quality hifi, first in the early 1990s, fell quality.
    Bang & Olufsen focused then more on fancy disign, it resulted in quantity electronics.
    I guess the speakers you are considering is a lot of good sound for little money.
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  • trosse1
    trosse1 Posts: 8
    edited October 2012
    If someone needs to make diy cables for B&O or B&o hifi components to other products, this is a very good link:

    http://www.hifi4all.dk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=32157&P%20N=1
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