Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 9000
Data[edit]
General:
- Manufacturer: Bang & Olufsen
- Model: BeoSound 9000
- Type: Complete system
Years of manufacture: 1996 - 2011 (Versions MK I , MK II, MK III) MK I => Type numbers 2521 - 2531 MK II => Type numbers 2561 - 2570
- MK III => Type numbers 2574 - 2580, 2592 - 2594
- Manufactured in: Denmark
- Colours: Black / Aluminium, Black / White (Limited to 1500 models)
- Remote control: yes
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 900 x 70 x 300 mm
- Weight: 11,5 kg
- Price at market launch: 5'650 Mark (1996)
Connections
- Power Link
- Audio AUX input
- FM antenna, AM antenna (fixed)
- Master Link
- Headphone output
- Digital Output (Coaxial)
Technical Data
- 60 radio station memory with naming
- RDS FM and AM
- 6 CDs
- 6 cm x 12 cm, 8 cm (with adapter)
- Frequency response 20 - 20,000 Hz, ±1 dB
- Typical: 101 dB, A-weighted
- CD naming (200 tracks), random play, track repeat, editing
- Remote control: e.g. Beo4
- More data at "Beoworld": [1]
Special Features
- CD's are stopped in the position in which they were also inserted. So the label is always aligned well readable. (except for CD's on which corresponding position information is not available).
- Several mounting options:
- stand (original price 650 Marks)
- horizontal (2054) and vertical wall mount (2063)
- stand for the table
- Glass top made of safety glass electrically opening
- Many service programs for independent error detection and calibration
- Fault memory
- Red main switch (MK I and MK II version only)
- Sensor technology that detects hand movements when the glass plate is open and reduces the advance speed of the CD carriage
- Display of the time
- Random mode across all CD's
- The control panel is removable and rotatable. If it is inserted rotated by 180 °, the writing on the LED display also rotates.
Remarks[edit]
- Other models of the same series:
- Overall systems:
- Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 9300
- Bang & Olufsen Beocenter 9500
- Speakers:
- Bang & Olufsen Beovox CX-50
- Bang & Olufsen Beovox CX-100
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 2000
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 2500
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 3500
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 4000
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 6000
- Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 8000
- Bang & Olufsen Beolab Penta
Pictures[edit]
- Picture: Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 9000
- Extract from brochure: Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 9000
Reviews[edit]
- A "design icon" from Bang & Olufsen
- "Beosound 9000 is the rebellion against mediocrity and black hi-fi boxes." (David Lewis, 1996)
- Audio 08/1996 - B & O's new system, hi-fi for the year 2000? (pages 06-11)