Bang and Olufsen system

[johnpopes]

Hi there, I am new to this, but recently I got ahold of several vinyl records, and decided it was time to get a system for it.

I found out this guy in my town selling a BEOMASTER 2000 tuner, a pair of BEOVOX P50 speakers and a BEOGRAM 1203 turntable, everything in perfect condition.

Although I have an audio studio at home with lots of vintage synths and devices, I am fairly new to this side of vintage audio gear, so can someone give me some advice about the fair value of a system like this?

I know stylus and cartridges are very expensive for the beogram models, and sound wise it's nothing much, but i am not a sound purist, I leave that in my home studio...

Thanks in advance for your help!

[Aural Addict]

No idea, but look around Audiogon.com... There are probably some on the for comparison

[dustbowl]

Congrats on getting back into vinyl. I dont know about the tuner, but I have seen the speakers around here in the $100-300 range. The TT is actually one of the more desired B & O's. I saw one on ebay the other day sell for $300. Really though, B & O was more about form than function IMHO (with the notable exception of their early linear trackers). I honestly think you could probably get a better system for the money unless you really like the looks or are getting a really good deal.

[fastdave]

The good news - From an ex B & O technician - is that their innovative side was powerful enough for them to have the first successful tangential tracking arm. Their speakers are mostly very, very good - especially the bigger ones. Their tuners were superb on auto tracking.
Bad news - their amps (or tuner amps) were delicate. The output stage would blow if one was to disconnect with any sort of volume, or do anything to the output stage - short it, for example - easier done than you think, people would drive a nail into the speaker wire or the dog might chew through it. Worse, though, it would always take the output transistors, the drivers and the protection diodes - always left me wondering if that term was correctly applied.
Lastly, they have always been very expensive, mainly because they are stylish peices of furniture. The japanese stuff at the time, like Sony, Technics and others, could blow a fuse for the above reasons, but rarely hurt the output stages.
Dave.