Bang & Olufsen - BeoCord 4500, New Belt Audio-cassette deck
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This Bang & Olufsen BeoCord 4500 cassette deck, made in 1988, is in good physical condition, has been refurbished with a new belt and is tested and working.
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With the BeoCord 4500, Jacob Jensen and David Lewis designed a cassette deck in the late 1980s that speaks exactly the same minimalist design language as the rest of the renowned 4500 series. No cold steel covered in protruding toggle switches, but a sleek, mirrored glass panel in a slim housing just 7 centimetres high. Thanks to its flat design, the deck can sit on a piece of furniture or be mounted flush against the wall.
The controls are pure Bang & Olufsen magic: a light touch on the ‘Sensi-touch’ glass panel silently opens the motorised lid to reveal the cassette. Under the hood is everything that makes it so comfortable to use. The deck features Auto-Reverse (so you never have to turn a tape over manually), automatically detects the type of tape inserted (Ferro, Chrome or Metal), and has a clever track search function that lets you skip to the next song by track number, almost as if you were listening to a CD. For recording and playback, a hard-wearing Sendust head, Dolby B noise reduction and B&O’s patented HX-PRO system deliver surprisingly clear, dynamic and pristine analogue sound. The main maintenance concern with vintage cassette decks—a dried-out or slipping drive belt—has already been addressed on this unit: the mechanism has been fitted with a new belt, so it now plays at the correct speed and fast-forwards and rewinds smoothly.
Supplied as a cassette deck with fixed connection cables.
Condition:
Neat vintage condition, with normal, light age-related wear to the housing and mirrored glass panel. Technically inspected, tested and fitted with a new drive belt; the motorised lid opens and closes smoothly, the touch controls respond well, and the mechanism plays, fast-forwards, rewinds and reverses correctly.
Specifications:
Model: BeoCord 4500 (Type 4961)
Designers: Jacob Jensen & David Lewis
Manufacturer: Bang & Olufsen (Struer, Denmark)
Year of manufacture: 1988–1994
Finish: Polished aluminium with dark mirrored glass panel
Type: Auto-Reverse stereo cassette deck with motorised top loader
Recording system: HX-PRO with automatic tape-type selection (Ferro / Chrome / Metal)
Noise reduction: Dolby B NR
Sound head: Sendust
Frequency response (Chrome): 30–18,000 Hz (± 3 dB)
Wow & Flutter: < 0.15% (DIN)
Signal-to-noise ratio (with Dolby B): > 64 dB (Metal), > 63 dB (Chrome)
Connections: 7-pin DIN (AudioLink / DataLink)
Controls: Sensi-touch on the glass panel or remote operation via BeoMaster 4500 (with Beolink 1000 / Beo4)
Placement: Freestanding on furniture or flush wall-mounted
Power consumption: 18 watts
Dimensions (W x H x D): 42.0 x 7.0 x 24.5 cm
Weight: 4.5 kg
With the BeoCord 4500, Jacob Jensen and David Lewis designed a cassette deck in the late 1980s that speaks exactly the same minimalist design language as the rest of the renowned 4500 series. No cold steel covered in protruding toggle switches, but a sleek, mirrored glass panel in a slim housing just 7 centimetres high. Thanks to its flat design, the deck can sit on a piece of furniture or be mounted flush against the wall.
The controls are pure Bang & Olufsen magic: a light touch on the ‘Sensi-touch’ glass panel silently opens the motorised lid to reveal the cassette. Under the hood is everything that makes it so comfortable to use. The deck features Auto-Reverse (so you never have to turn a tape over manually), automatically detects the type of tape inserted (Ferro, Chrome or Metal), and has a clever track search function that lets you skip to the next song by track number, almost as if you were listening to a CD. For recording and playback, a hard-wearing Sendust head, Dolby B noise reduction and B&O’s patented HX-PRO system deliver surprisingly clear, dynamic and pristine analogue sound. The main maintenance concern with vintage cassette decks—a dried-out or slipping drive belt—has already been addressed on this unit: the mechanism has been fitted with a new belt, so it now plays at the correct speed and fast-forwards and rewinds smoothly.
Supplied as a cassette deck with fixed connection cables.
Condition:
Neat vintage condition, with normal, light age-related wear to the housing and mirrored glass panel. Technically inspected, tested and fitted with a new drive belt; the motorised lid opens and closes smoothly, the touch controls respond well, and the mechanism plays, fast-forwards, rewinds and reverses correctly.
Specifications:
Model: BeoCord 4500 (Type 4961)
Designers: Jacob Jensen & David Lewis
Manufacturer: Bang & Olufsen (Struer, Denmark)
Year of manufacture: 1988–1994
Finish: Polished aluminium with dark mirrored glass panel
Type: Auto-Reverse stereo cassette deck with motorised top loader
Recording system: HX-PRO with automatic tape-type selection (Ferro / Chrome / Metal)
Noise reduction: Dolby B NR
Sound head: Sendust
Frequency response (Chrome): 30–18,000 Hz (± 3 dB)
Wow & Flutter: < 0.15% (DIN)
Signal-to-noise ratio (with Dolby B): > 64 dB (Metal), > 63 dB (Chrome)
Connections: 7-pin DIN (AudioLink / DataLink)
Controls: Sensi-touch on the glass panel or remote operation via BeoMaster 4500 (with Beolink 1000 / Beo4)
Placement: Freestanding on furniture or flush wall-mounted
Power consumption: 18 watts
Dimensions (W x H x D): 42.0 x 7.0 x 24.5 cm
Weight: 4.5 kg
Details
Era
1900-2000
Brand
Bang & Olufsen
Model
BeoCord 4500, New Belt
Multiple models
No
Physical condition
Good
Number of objects
1
Includes
No extra's, Refurbished
Designer/artist/maker
Bang & Olufsen
Serial Number
08223767
Year of manufacture
1988
Weight
4.5 kg
Functional condition
Tested and working/playable
