Interesting news from Denmark (re: b&o, not Greenland!)

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
in 2 Channel Audio
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-23/bang-olufsen-soars-after-chairman-says-he-s-ready-to-sell

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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,054
    So B&O is for sale, unlike Greenland. I suppose we could just invade Greenland and take it over though, as we do have an election approaching.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,441
    Why not the Russians do it.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,414
    B&O.... thought that was a railroad I could acquire on a certain board game.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    B&O.... thought that was a railroad I could acquire on a certain board game.

    both had some pretty sexy rolling stock, so to speak.

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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited September 2019
    Are they not already owned by Harmon? I cant find thier stocks on Robinhood. Them or Harmon.
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,188
    Ahem... that’s Harman please... as in harman/kardon... now part of Samsung. ;)
    Alea jacta est!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Kex wrote: »
    Ahem... that’s Harman please... as in harman/kardon... now part of Somsing. ;)

    fixed that for you...

    B)
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  • Kex
    Kex Posts: 5,188
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    fixed that for you...

    B)
    So true... I’ll never buy another Harman (or Harmon) product again... 😞 ... but then, I’d more or less decided that anyway, so... 🤔
    Alea jacta est!
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    I always loved the aesthetics of B&O gear! Never really heard them, components or speakers, although I do have a set of their headphones :)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Their loudspeakers used Danish (SEAS or... whatever) and Philips drivers in the 1970s and were quite nice, actually. Their

    The tts are kind of flimsy but actually work and sound pretty good -- their moving iron ("Micro Moving Cross" -- MMC) cartridges were excellent. Excellent enough that Soundsmith rebooted them when b&o threw in the towel on the phono cartridge market not all that long ago (early 2000s). :)

    Like Apple products, the b&o tts illustrate the best and worst of a closed-architecture "ecosystem". :p The very low-mass, high-compliance b&o cartridges were optimized for their arms, and vice versa.

    I have a TX-2 with an MMC-4; it's a second stringer here but it is a very capable tt/cartridge (still).

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited September 2019
    b&o's tape decks (reel and cassette) were pretty good sounding but not terribly robustly made; many/most of their electronic components didn't age (i.e., hold up) very well -- but when they were new, they were good. Expensive, but good.


    I am not sure there was ever a more elegant hifi product -- ever -- than the b&o
    Beomaster 1900 stereo receiver*. I couldn't really find a photo on line that does this elegant and very advanced product (for its time) justice! :/

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    These things were very slender (could even be wall mounted) and were chockablock with tightly-packed innards; they were pretty notoriously unpleasant to service or restore, I believe.


    Their tts and arms were quite good.

    David Hafler (Dynaco) imported and sold their arms, cartridges, record players and tape decks for a while during Dynaco's glory years.


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    * well, I guess the Museum of Modern Art (NYC) felt that the b&o tangential-tracking Beogram 4000 may have been the most elegant of all (as shown in my earlier post). :)
    The 4000 was way ahead of its time.


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  • CH46E
    CH46E Posts: 3,591
    edited September 2019
    Omg, Harman is really owned by Samsung now? I love old JBL and this breaks my heart. First Harman now Samshit?

    Anyone know if all of the JBL line is owned by Harman/ Samsllhit? Even the Synthesis, Array and Everest lines? Seems like they are the only series that dont share drivers with Infinity.

    I always wanted to hear a pair of these from B&O.

    https://newatlas.com/new-audio-benchmark-2500w-speakers-from-bang-olufsen/1949/
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Back when I was looking for wall speakers, I found these by B&O. Talk about style! :) I did end up getting some Polk in walls though!

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    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
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