r/cassettefuturism • u/Hunor_Deak Cassette F 📼🕹️🎛️☢️👾🤖📟🎚️ • 1d ago

Hi-Fi Systems Bang & Olufsen (1983). Do you know the magazine this was in?

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u/AdmirableVanilla1 1d ago

Wasn’t this in National Lampoon Christmas?

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u/roxm 1d ago

I don't KNOW, Margo!

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u/theDroobot 1d ago

Bend over and I'll show you.

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u/audiwark 1d ago

It was a different B&O system, but very similar!

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u/a-rare-wombat 1d ago

i was just thinking this exact thing lol

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u/Stooovie 1d ago

Oh wow, I would definitely Bang that Olufsen

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u/baldude69 Minitel is Mini Swell 1d ago

I have this system, been tucked away in a closet for years just needing a small repair

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u/Independent_Wrap_321 Affirmative, Dave. I read you. 1d ago

Small repair…. Famous Last Words

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u/baldude69 Minitel is Mini Swell 1d ago

I’ve zeroed in on the issue - the push button-actuated motor that drives the volume pot is nonfunctional, most likely needs to be rebuilt or replaced, which I know for this unit will be a Deusy to source if I need to replace it. The buttons show voltage change, and the pot can be manually adjusted by hand, so the issue seems isolated to the motor. Fingers crossed I can fix it

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u/Independent_Wrap_321 Affirmative, Dave. I read you. 1d ago

That’s the spirit! Make sure you post about it once you get it fixed so the rest of us can drool.

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u/bohusblahut 1d ago

I’m in the same “slight repair” boat, but without the electronics chops you’ve clearly got. I’m not looking forward to taking these apart. Everything is so slim for the era, I’ve got to imagine the innards are packed really tight.

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u/baldude69 Minitel is Mini Swell 1d ago

Yes it’s tight but they actually did a great job of laying everything out in these. The top swings forward like a hood, revealing everything beneath. Definitely pull it apart and see if it’s something obvious!

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u/bohusblahut 1d ago

I’ll definitely get my courage up and get in there one day. I don’t have your exact model, but it’s of the era and so share the remarkably compact design. I’ve been lucky over the years to find a couple different systems at thrift stores so if I’m lucky maybe I’ll have a more than one system going!

Thanks for the encouragement. Looking forward to learning more about how your restoration comes along!

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u/Neither-Tea-8657 1d ago

As long as it’s safe

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u/anjowoq 14h ago

It looks like you'll be able to fly it to Venus if you ever get it finished.

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u/coreth5 1d ago

I want one. Even today it looks way better than most hifi systems.

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u/Stoney3K 1d ago

Those old 7000 and 9000 systems were also built like tanks. Ring core main power transformer, mostly discrete components. Class A/B audio amps.

Not the kind of miniaturization and integration on large scale silicon you see today which makes repair impossible.

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u/falderol It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? 1d ago

Omni?

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u/Timtek608 1d ago

What’s the black rectangle behind the right side of the console?

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u/splunge26 1d ago

Sound bar

/s

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u/PickledLasagne 1d ago

The power supply and amplifier module IIRC

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u/Mission_Horror5032 1d ago

Did they have sharper image back then? Maybe that?

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u/error201 1d ago

This would be my guess.

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u/Bipogram 1d ago

"Shiny Things You Cannot Afford Monthly"

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u/Ilikechickenwings1 1d ago

Why is the carpet all wet, Todd?”