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If you have to ask..........................................................$11,000
1 posted on 10/09/2020 11:22:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
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$11,000. Yikes. I still have my Sansui turntable I got in Japan in 1971. $50.


2 posted on 10/09/2020 11:25:15 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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I had not heard of Bang and Olufsen until in the mid 1980s, when I was on a friend’s motorboat. He literally brought his B&O speakers and turntable (and some albums) on the boat, you know, “for tunes.”

As we cruised around the lake at high speed, it literally did not miss a beat.


3 posted on 10/09/2020 11:28:03 AM PDT by PGR88
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Sweet!


5 posted on 10/09/2020 11:38:54 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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I have one of these from the 1970’s, a lower model though.


7 posted on 10/09/2020 11:40:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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Still not gettin’ the vinyl revival thing. I understand it supposed to be a more robust sound than digital but vinyl is still suseptibale to heat and wear no?


9 posted on 10/09/2020 11:42:37 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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I love analogue - but not that much.

I still spin vinyl on a regular basis - my 19 year-old daughter gets a kick out of it (cave-man dad).

11 posted on 10/09/2020 11:43:30 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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Funny this is posted today.

Good buddy years ago had b&o system to envy

Anyway, just got the call from local audio store that my speakers are built and ready to be delivered. I’ve wanted then since college but could never afford them.

Klipsch LaScala

If you’ve never heard these folded horns you’re missing sound like you’ve never heard!

Took eight weeks for then to be made for me and I’m so excited to get them next week. US manufactured and glad to support their company craftsmanship.

...then on to tuner, amp & turntable

Not a real audiofile here, but those speakers are AWESOME to behold.


15 posted on 10/09/2020 11:47:34 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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I suspect to the cork sniffers in the audio world that ‘updates’ part is a deal breaker. It’s just a replica when they do that, and to high end audiophiles originality is important when talking about vintage components or even modern reissues of such. Some would prefer inferior but authentic tone over ‘new and improved’.


19 posted on 10/09/2020 11:49:38 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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Thanks, but I will stay digital. Maybe if you have a $100k and new vinyl it might sound better. I was anal about my albums back in the day, cleaning everytime and so on. Vinyl wears out and gets scratched. If you use quality recordings, digital sounds great. Also note I have always been an audio snob.


23 posted on 10/09/2020 11:53:56 AM PDT by dgbrown
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Sold. Now if I could only find a Marantz 2270 Receiver and two 12-inch JBL speakers, I’d be back to the future.


28 posted on 10/09/2020 11:57:10 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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My parents still have a 1976 sleek B&O console with a record player and tape deck.


30 posted on 10/09/2020 11:59:36 AM PDT by Katya (lacking in the feelings department)
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If you have to ask..........................................................$11,000

Good grief - and I thought the revived Technics turntables were overpriced.

I bought a very decent VPI turntable for under $2000 about 5 years ago. The vinyl revival has resulted in a lot of new turntable options using modern components which don't cost too much.
31 posted on 10/09/2020 11:59:57 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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These were crazy eccentric when released. Snobbish to consider a linear tracker but this thing is out of the park in every dimension.

I’ll stick with my Yammy PX-3.


32 posted on 10/09/2020 12:00:12 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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I had a couple of Technics turntables. Don’t even remember what we had at WVGS (The Voice of GA Southern)


40 posted on 10/09/2020 12:16:46 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Organ donation? I'll take a Hammond B3!)
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My B&O 1900 receiver is still badly missed ever since some jerk stole it from my storage locker.

But my Beogram RX 2 makes up for that.


46 posted on 10/09/2020 12:30:02 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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FWIW, I know a guy with a high end audio business. His business is booming during the stay at home "plandemic." He does a lot of internet and international sales. - Liquid HiFi
49 posted on 10/09/2020 12:33:39 PM PDT by Perseverando (Antifa, BLM, Libs, Progs, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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Beautiful.


52 posted on 10/09/2020 12:38:53 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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BRAGGING RIGHTS!

I still have a working ELAC/Benjamin Miracord from 1967. Once in awhile I actually play some of my old record collection on it just to make sure it is still working.


55 posted on 10/09/2020 12:46:19 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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I went to a B&O product show in Jerusalem back in 79. So far ahead of their time. Infrared controls.


56 posted on 10/09/2020 12:50:06 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Cloward-Piven is finally upon us.)
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BKMRK.


58 posted on 10/09/2020 1:02:12 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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