Bang & Olufsen - Compleet Beosystem 5500 with Beogram 5500 Hi-fi set

This lot contains the full Beosystem 5500:

Beogram 5500 with mmc4
Beomaster 5500 Amplifier
Beogram CD 5500
Beocrod Tape deck 5500 ( needs new belt )
Beolink 4 remote control


The clean, streamlined design, devoid of buttons and dials, gave no indication of the massive potential beneath. Looks are deceptive, however. Below those polished surfaces was a technologically-advanced record player, tape recorder, radio and compact disc player, plus an amplifier that could more than hold its own among the heavyweights.

The modular design of Beosystem 5500 gave you complete flexibility in where you placed the different units. Stack them, range them side by side, or disperse them around the room. You could also acquire the system gradually - start perhaps with the radio/amplifier and tape recorder. Then treat yourself to the record player and CD player when you couldn't wait any longer.

Beosystem 5500 was made up of the following individual units:

Beomaster 5500
This was the brains of the system. Connected by Datalink to the record player, tape recorder and CD player it allowed you to remote-control the whole system via the Master Control Panel. The 2 x 60 watt/8 ohm tuner/amplifier gave you true hi-fi quality. Bang & Olufsen's Automatic Power Handling Control system prevented overloading and distortion, regardless of how many speakers were connected. You could preset up to 20 stations on the tuner, and the frequency synthesizer would take care of automatic search and fine-tuning of stations. The result - superb reception of LW, MW and FM wavebands, and impressive ease of use.

Beogram CD5500
The quality of this CD player took time to fully appreciate. Take, for example, the elegant disc tray with its completely smooth and silent drive. Or the way that the disc drive system was mounted to isolate it from vibrations. Perhaps you were most impressed by the way that a built-in circuit in the player compensated for the tiniest faults on the disc itself (contrary to popular belief they're not always perfect!) Finding tracks was fast and easy - just ask the Master Control Panel for the track number you wanted to hear. You could program tracks to be played in any order, or sample each track briefly. There was a light display which shows you the length of the track you were playing, and the remaining time on the disc - invaluable for recording.

Beocord 5500
This advanced tape recorder was close to professional standard, bristling with features you would love to use., There was Auto Reverse, letting you play or record both sides of a cassette as one continuous tape. And automatic adjustment of sound levels avoided annoying volume changes from one recording to the next. Then there was B&O's famous HX-Pro recording system which gave a vastly superior sound quality on the higher frequencies, creating a richer, more detailed sound image.

Beocord 5500 automatically adjusted itself to match standard, chrome or metal tapes. There was also the option of Dolby B or C during recording. During playback, the recorder automatically switched itself to the noise reduction system you needed. There was also of course, the refinement of automatic track search - just key in the track number and the recorder did the rest.

Beogram 5500 with mmc4 element
You couldn't do better than Beogram 5500 to look after your valuable record collection. The electronically-controlled tangential arm played the record at the exact angle that the original master was cut. This allowed the ultra-sensitive MMC 4 pick-up to give the most precise possible reading of the signals in the groove. And with a stylus pressure of only 1,2g, this extraordinarily gentle touch added years to the life of your precious records.
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