You are reading a single comment by @TRA and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
TRA-
Yeah, me too.
Beogram 4000 is considered to be one of Jacob Jensen's most fundamental designs and is a fine example of his purist approach. One of the most-awarded industrial designs in the world and an example of both technical and aesthetic breakthroughs in one product...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHlArr-CWdA
Two things I love: the illuminated logo on the second arm with the photocell that 'sees' the record and its size / track breaks; and it's dance-proof (part of those groovy Danes' original concept) thanks to the heavy zinc chassis, suspended on leaf springs, and isolation system.
(Don't get me started on Dieter Rams / Braun. #designgeek )
deleted
You're of course welcome to your default audiophool opinion on B&O, but that line's really not true at all. Just one example, of dozens... Jacob Jensen's Beogram 4000:
A completely new product designed and built in Denmark, with numerous innovations such as intelligent automation and tangential tracking, requiring all-new components. Sounds excellent, looks incredible for 1972. (Yes, a Garrard 301, Technics SP10, Linn Sondek, and more flavours of turntable aren't bad either.)
Sure, B&O have also bought in components, but the likes of Naim don't make CD transports, DAC chips, transformers and so on, of course.
This recent book is pretty good on all this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Impossible-Olufsen-Design-Story/dp/0500518351/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456505463&sr=1-1&keywords=olufsen