BANG & OLUFSEN has launched a 'Renovation Project' to restore some of its most iconic heritage products from past decades.

The idea is to... " refurbish, restore and reimagine the Beogram 4000 series turntables. The original products have been sent to the company's laboratory in Struer, where they are carefully disassembled and manually inspected. What then follows is a thorough refurbishment and restoration of moving mechanics and electronic parts to ensure that the product can integrate with current technology in a contemporary home. "

The first product to receive this by-hand restoration treatment will be the Beogram 4000 series of turntables (designed in 1972 by Jacob Jensen), which will be " ready for re-launch later this year " in limited quantities.

Pricing & availability to be confirmed.

As reported by - WHAT HI-FI? (4 Sept '20)


I wonder if, aside from an in-built phono-stage, A/D converter & USB output, what cartridge will be fitted to replace the special B&O plug-in mounting cartridges? (As I recall, Soundsmith acquired the rights to rebuild B&O cartridges)

The double linear-tracking arm is very cool, with sensor light on the inner arm for detecting the edge of the record.

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Wow, Jakob Jensen design, similar to Dieter-Rams. B&O did something similar with the Beolit radios where they would refurbish and you would be able to buy in their official stores (I was close to buy one more for the beauty of it). I'm not sure about the turntable's audio performance (which I would expect still to be good) but they do look really fantastic.

I have a slightly er seriously damaged plinth original 4000 that I long to restore when I can.

This guy is interesting;- look & search out older posts & other Beogram sites too.

beolover.blogspot.com/

Check out too, beolover's YouTube channel - lots of fascinating B&O restoration stuff.

eg.

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Thanks!

A wonderful resource sequence of posts on a 4000 restoration here:

beolover.blogspot.com/p/beogram-4000-restoration.html

3D printing the often fractured cartridge mount tongue extrusion fitted from within the square arm tube lower down that page, and here:

beolover.blogspot.com/2016/02/beogram-4000-replacing-broken-mmc-mount-with-3D-printed-replacement.html

Innovative !!

A very interesting project - and interesting timing when you consider the absolute dire financial straight that B&O are currently navigating.

Oops!

I just went back and checked, after seeing the 4002 page below - no, mine is a 4000 ! (corrected earlier post.)

Compare:

beocentral.com/beogram4000

beocentral.com/beogram4002

Found the restoration page as noted above:

beolover.blogspot.com/p/beogram-4000-restoration.html

It'll be interesting to see what B&O are doing.

The What Hi*Fi news article uses a lot of "R" words ... in order:

restore

renovation

restore

refurbishment

refurbish

refurbishing

recreated

Perhaps it's more the last?

Or do they have a warehouse full of NOS unsold that they'll modernise?

Perhaps when underway they'll offer a restoration service for $$$ & freight as well?

I doubt it, which is where the enthusiasts above come in.

Anyway, great to see this iconic table (and B&O brand) getting some love.

Update!

Bang & Olufsen is reviving the Beogram 4000, as well as other 'Classics'.

www.stereonet.co.uk/news/bang-olufsen-revives-classics

Similar blurb otherwise to the What HiFi link.

Nothing to see on the B&O page yet, as you'd expect, until it happens.

www.bang-olufsen.com/en

Jacob Jensen Beogram 4000 Record Player 1972
www.moma.org/collection/works/2483

Yea they’re not doing very well unfortunately.

BANG & OLUFSEN reintroduce the iconic 4000c Turntable in a limited edition

Available only in Europe for now, in late October for US11,000 (€10,000).

From the B&O website:

Bang & Olufsen’s Beogram 4000c Recreated Limited Edition sources 95 original units of this most iconic of turntables – marking our 95th year of creating remarkable experiences – restoring them for contemporary sound systems, while maintaining the timeless spirit at their core.

The belt-drive 4000c’s tangential tracking tonearm will be fitted with a B&O SMMC 20 CL cartridge (Moving Micro Cross principle) plus the addition of a built in RIAA pre-amplifier with hard-wired line level (RCA) and 3.5mm output.

Automatic pickup movement, automatic record-size, automatic speed selection, and an Electronic lift system.










(Each 4000c comes wrapped inside a solid oak box.)

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Looks gorgeous but $11k USD ?

Yeah I wonder what 'B&O SMMC 20 CL cartridge price' etc. alone.

I'm going to need a new one when I restore the 4000.

Previous sacrilegious thoughts of (reversible?) conversion at end of arm for a P-mount

Nice but too expensive!