[H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Peter Köhlmann spake thusly:
>> [H]omer wrote:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>
>>>> [Apple] have become the Bang and Olufsen of the computing and
>>>> music-player markets.
>>>
>>> Great analogy.
>>
>> Yes. B&O is known for good looks. And little else Certainly not best
>> technology
>
> That's exactly what I mean.
>
> I've been an audiophile for years, and I remember back in the day when
> B&O buyers were a laughing stock. B&O was all hype, for expensive gear
> with no substance. It was perceived by such people as "chic", but then
> the audio quality was little more than mediocre, compared to similarly
> priced systems.
>
> Personally, I always thought that even the /look/ was a bit cheesy.
>
> What their equipment is like today I have no idea. I haven't looked at
> B&O gear since the 1980's. Are they even still in existence?
>
> Hmm. Just found their ASP powered Web site.
>
> 'Nuff said.
>
Well, to be fair, the equipment was typically very well engineered, the
Beolit 600 is probably the best analogue consumer radio ever built, and
the Beovision 3500 remains by far the best PAL television ever made.
Subsequent models have become less and less good, of course.
I agree that their audio equipment, whilst a significant cut above the
economically priced marketplace, was never really in the same category
as a Quad, Leak, IMF, SME etc. Even so, the equipment always /looked/
wonderful, so it had a peculiar following, and was well built.
I provided my parents with a Beogram 1500, which had been second-hand,
so I repaired it, removed the "loudness" wiring from the volume control,
and got them a set of respectable loudspeakers. They used it for about
20 years before it finally failed in an unrepairable way. You can't
argue with the build quality!
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