Bang&Olufsen 4004 linear turntable+cartridge - $145 (Houston Craigslist)

candyliquor35m
candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
I don't think I want this. I'm pretty satisfied with my simple Pioneer and can buy a new cartridge instead. I'll help if anyone is interested in this. Has Tour been on lately? No affil.

http://houston.craigslist.org/ele/177696528.html
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,786
    edited July 2006
    so bad I could taste it. The model number was 4002, I believe.

    Settled for a B & 0 1900. Good sound, but very light platter, etc.

    Buy the 4004, better have some good dampeners for keeping the vibes out.
    Sal Palooza
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2006
    B&O defined waste of money in high end shops before Bose became the giant.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited July 2006
    Every time I hear about B&O equipment I think of that scene in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation when Chevy Chase nearly falls off the roof, clings to the gutter and I frozen missle from the bottom of the gutter flies out from the gutter, through the neighbor's window (Julia Louise Dreyfuss) destroying the B&O system:D
    Carl

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  • whitetruk
    whitetruk Posts: 308
    edited July 2006
    dorokusai wrote:
    B&O defined waste of money in high end shops before Bose became the giant.


    said like a audio guru,NICE
    I thought it was fairly amusing also. The Polk Ogre doesn't always get 'it'
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,898
    edited July 2006
    I quite like the b&o tangential tt's and use one (a later TX-2) as my everyday tt. It is flimsily made but sounds very good. I got it for $7.

    The biggest problem with the b&o's is the proprietary cartridge mount. The b&o cartridges were good (some were quite good), but they were expensive and are now no longer produced by b&o. There is a third party making cartridges to replace the last line's MMC-4 and MMC-2, but they are quite expensive. I don't know how they stack up to the OEM cartridges.

    I was lucky enough to get an MMC-4 from the b&o store in Boston just before they were discontinued. Surprisingly enough, the staff in the Boston store were extremely pleasant to deal with and happily mailed the cartridge to me in my deep fringe suburban location, so I didn't have to schlepp to Newbury St. (or Boylston St.) to get it.


    The 4004 was considerably better built than the later tangentials from b&o. If the cartridge/stylus is OK and working order is generally good, I would think $145 wouldn't be a bad price for one.

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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    edited July 2006
    You have some nice toys there! I never heard a B&O. I always thought their stuff looked slick. The Swede's are great Euro designers.
    Carl

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,898
    edited July 2006
    Actually, that is an older photo. The Paramours & the Pete Millet preamp/headphone amp are on hiatus, supplanted with an EICO HF-81. Not so pretty but dang nice sounding.

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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited July 2006
    I have the b&o tx2 with a mmc2 cartridge. It sounds excellent.
    but my denon will send it cowering to the corner. I also have the pioneer rt-909 reel to reel you have there on the floor. It's an excellent RR recorder.
    SRT For Life; SDA Forever!

    The SRT SEISMIC System:
    Four main satellite speakers, six powered subs, two dedicated for LFE channel, two center speakers for over/under screen placement and three Control Centers. Amaze your friends, terrorize your neighbors, seize the audio bragging rights for your state. Go ahead, buy it; you only go around once.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,898
    edited July 2006
    Yeah, the RT-909's not bad, and it's certainly nice looking. I was surprised that it doesn't do 15 ips. The 4-track TASCAM on top of it has 15 ips, but only takes 7" reels. Go figure.

    I wouldn't claim that the TX-2 is world-class, but for the $117 I invested in it, it sounds quite fine. I should've bought an MMC-2; it's an excellent cartridge.
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