Bang & Olufsen BeoGram 4000 - Very Collectible

Fully Refurbished BeoGram 4000 Turntable in Oak.

Very Collectible and Sought After. Includes quality pre-amp & cables.

Manufactured: 1972 - 1974

Designer: Jacob Jensen

Colours: Oak

Perhaps the definitive B&O product.

Combining innovative, cutting edge technology, precision engineering, superlative performance and outstanding appearance in a tasteful, usable, relevant package, it set the standards for top end Hi-Fi. For a small organization like B&O to release a product like this stunned the audio industry, who were used to seeing a lead from the likes of Technics and Sony. Both these companies, and many others besides, tried in vain to imitate the Beogram 4000, but none ever offered a convincing alternative.

The Beogram 4000, as well as being a styling triumph, was a technical tour de force.

The large and weighty platter was belt driven by an electronically regulated servo motor, when idler drive and induction motors were still the norm. The user could easily vary the speed within small limits, if for example, it was desired to accompany a recording with a piano in a slightly differing state of tune.

The controls were large flush aluminium surfaces, which were sequenced by digital electronics beneath, when most turntables still relied on levers and mechanical linkages. What really set the Beogram 4000 apart though was the arm. Actually it had two, both of which were moved under the control of an electronic analogue servo, at a tangent of a fixed angular relationship to the record, keeping the pickup at the same angle to the groove as the cutter would have been at when the master was cut. This system was known as tangential tracking, and remained in use with minor updates until the last B&O’s last turntable