I am so overwhelmed with the volume of materials I have to sample I don’t even have time to think about it all that much. Just checkout the many threads like:
I am actually in Melbourne, once the most locked down city in the world in this crazy year. But I used to work at Marton off Palmerston North. There was only one traffic light in Marton at the time. It brings back some very fond memories.
Wow, thanks to google map, I just took a virtual tour back to the office in Marton, NZ. Omg, it’s still there and the motel I used to live in and the mini-mart in between. Still I don’t find any traffic lights. I never knew where the one and only light was, I was told there is only one. I was working there back in 1995, a quarter of a century ago.
B&O found 95 of them (to celebrate their 95th anniversary) and have restored and updated them to create a limited edition. I think it looks absolutely stunning.
I think it’s a matter of taste, the first job of a turntable is to sound good, the second is to look good - after all generally it is the pinnacle of the system .
I too struggle with the champagne colour but I guess some might really like it.
It reminds me that I’ve got an old B&O 4002 somewhere around (probably in the barn) in need of repair and restoration. Either that, or possibly waiting for a trip to the tip…
I have the same problem with much ‘nostalgia’ related products including the ridiculous prices being paid for old Cortinas and Capris that I once owned. They were good in the day ( although I don’t apply that to my dislike of overpriced music centres) and can see no sense in paying inflated prices for out of date products that have been bettered since. The music centre should go in the back of the Volvo 144 estate and both should be left at the tip.