In 1967, B&O found themselves with a world leading Hi-Fi system in the Beolab 5000 but no suitable source for the reproduction of LPs. In a move now commonplace, they simply outsourced and used the motor unit of the Thorens TD124 Mk II – probably the best available to them at this time. They added their own ST/L arm and re-christened it the Beogram 3000.
This deck was sold in those areas allowed by Thorens which initially did not include the UK. A different model was supplied there.Highly sought after by collectors now despite really having little to do with B&O! Some even dispensed with the B&O arm and use an SME tone-arm.
These days the Beogram 3000 Thorens is a sought after model, offering probably the best performance of any Beogram. Because it is basically a Thorens deck, parts are readily available in re manufactured form.
The standard arm was the ST/L but a few were fitted with the rare ST/P arm. This was a 12″ arm but used the earlier SP2 cartridge rather than the SP8 which was fitted to the ST/L when used in the Beogram 3000.
The lid fitted was a lift off device and was high to clear the lift mechanism of the arm.
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Available documents are listed, if none are listed then please reach out to see if we have them.
Type | Language | Type | Type | |
User Guide | EN | BeoGram 3000 User Guide | ||
User Manual | EN | BeoGram 3000 User Guide | ||
User Manual | EN | BeoGram 3000 User Guide | ||
Service Manual Thorens | Multi | Thorens | BeoGram 3000 Service Manual | |
Service Manual | Multi | 5237, 5228 | BeoGram 3000 Service Manual | |
Service Manual | EN | 5237, 5228 | BeoGram 3000 Service Manual | |
Service Manual | EN | 5901, 5903, 5904, 5905 | BeoGram 3000 Service Manual |
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