Bang And Olufson Speakers

univera

Anyone ever listened to B and 0 gear? I have never heard them, but a pair of tall, narrow towers (not the aluminum ones) are coming up for action soon. Of course, I don't need anymore speakers, but...Just curious if they make the real deal stuff. I see they have a cult following for the Beo line gear and get decent money.

Dennis Gardner

Too much James Bond and not enough James Brown for me.............great asthetic designs, but weak in audio fidelity for the $$$ they sold for, kinda like Bose.

wingnut4772

Dennis Gardner wrote:

Too much James Bond and not enough James Brown for me.............great asthetic designs, but weak in audio fidelity for the $$$ they sold for, kinda like Bose.

I agree. I 'auditioned' one of their spaceship looking home theaters and thought that my old Polk LSI set up sounded way better.

dkg999

The older S45/60/70/75/80 speakers from the mid-70's to early 80's were very nice. The later S45-2's were a fantastic set of small monitors. These speakers used Seas drivers and the same Peerless tweeter used in the Polk Monitors. After that the company went to marketing hell!

VR3

Ive had one experience with B&O...

And they sound like body odor...

danger boy

Bang and Olufsen is some very good looking stereo equipment. but it's over priced and only so so sounding. Impressive to look at no doubt. Design wise i love the look of B&O gear over the years. I've only owned very few pieces of B&O gear.. and none of them did i ever keep.

Very Jetson's looking gear.

mhardy6647

b&o made some very respectable speakers in the 1970's using high-quality components (e.g., SEAS, Peerless, Philips). They get a bad rap for their style-conscious design and high price, but b&o wasn't (and even still isn't) Bose.



If you're interested in vintage b&o gear, the best source of info I know of is:
http://www.beoworld.co.uk/

The other b&o specialist I know of is:
http://www.sound-smith.com/
They seem expensive; I have no experience with them. I believe they are supplying replacement cartridges for the later b&o tt's.

PolkThug

Last time I went into the B&O store it completely reminded me of Bose.

dorokusai

The EARLY models are arguably great speakers even with high quality drivers. The later models were of poor construction and even worse components. The BEO gear and their siblings just performed the task, nothing special aside from aesthetics. At that time....they were pushed very hard on the market as high-end, and certainly could be perceived as such, but they weren't. That's of course, in hindsight.

They were the BOSE of the 80's as they were overpriced and underachieving. The resale value isn't bad for the gear but most sellers think they are worth more, so the market for them is very small.

They just aren't worth the time given there is much better gear on the loose for less.

George Grand

Couple of issues ago, Stereophile reviewed a pair of B & O's. I think the reviewer called them the best speakers he had ever heard. I think they were $70k, which shows me they can do it when they put their minds to it. They just can't do it affordable.

univera

Great info. I'm not positive, but I think they may be Beo 6000 (not marked), which seem to command a good price on F1's favorite site, Ebay. I may pick them up if the price is right and use them to finance a Bose whole house setup;) ......FYI-my dad loves his Bose three speaker, all-in-one surround setup. It pains me that he spent good money on it, but he ain't a hi-fi kinda guy....When you wonder who buys all that crap on the infomercials.....Dad.

PaintballFREAK

nope i need to look into it

ohskigod

PaintballFREAK wrote:

nope i need to look into it

thanks for the 25 most retarded friggin posts in the history of this forum!!!!!
all that to sell us that paintball gun I wouldnt be caught dead with. its officially the "why not just rent when your play" gun.

your off on the right foot, that statement might or might not be tinged with sarcasm :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: