Living proof that big sound need not take up more space than a couple of ring binders, Beovox CX50 snuggled in anywhere, even as extras in a Beolink® system.
Beovox CX50 and Beovox CX100 loudspeakers were the smallest loudspeakers from Bang & Olufsen up to the time that the manufacture of passive speakers ceased in 2002. They were mostly used to place within a passive Beolink® system (MCL), although they could also be used as main speakers. Thanks to different colour combinations they blended well into most people’s décor.
Beovox CX100 finally ceased production in September 2003 – the last of a long and successful line of passive speakers.
Description:
Passive loudspeaker, aluminium cabinet, available in black, white and brushed aluminium.
Replacement drive units: Top drive unit for CX50/CX100 Part number: 411743
Mounting Options
BeoVox CX50/CX100 replaced C40 and was designed to be optionally mounted with the wall brackets supplied in the box.
By using smaller loudspeakers in the Bang & Olufsen range – like the BeoVox CX50 or BeoVox C75 passive speakers, all it took to fill out the sound even more was the BeoVox Cona, a passive sub-woofer.
Beovox Cona functioned almost like a prompter who ensured that the sound didn’t forget its ‘lines’. It worked on the principle that the human ear cannot detect in which direction deep tones are coming from. Beovox Cona, like the newer BeoLab 2, could therefore be placed anywhere in a room with the rest of the music system to give it a deeper, much richer sound.
Review by BeoWorld Member – Evan Bunner
The BeoVox Cona Having waited very patiently for a Cona to come my way, I finally stumbled across not one, but two BeoVox Conas on the internet. I quickly arranged a demonstration the next day. It didn’t take very long to impress me. I loaded the pair into my car with a great sense of satisfaction. However, I had to wait for some din plugs I had ordered off the internet before I could start using them, so my excitement was slightly delayed.
My excitement soon resumed once I received my din connectors. I hastily fashioned them together with some surplus speaker wire of mine and proceeded to connect one of the Conas, as originally directed, to my BeoMaster 4500. Being a passive speaker, it is very handy when you have your Power link ports all filled up with your favorite BeoLab speakers.
Being able to channel both left and right signals to one diver through the Cona’s dual voice coil feature allows the Cona to produce BeoLab level sound at a BeoVox level price. However, I find that combining two signals in a single driver does make the sound much choppier than say if you were to connect two Conas, one signal assigned to each. Additionally, this fight over the driver can create some enclosure rattle, something that can become annoying in heavier listening. I find that a stereo configuration generates much more natural sound.
Since it is a passive speaker, the driver is much smaller than what you would find in an average standalone subwoofer, mostly due to the fact that it has to be able to perform on less power, keeping the Cona from being power hungry. This directly affects the range of the speaker. Being slightly smaller than most standalone subwoofers, the Cona is slightly heightened in the frequency range, making it more of a musical speaker while slightly lacking in movie listening. The heightened frequency range is not very noticeable at higher volumes due to the great amount of bass the Cona can deliver higher up on the volume scale.
In usual Bang & Olufsen style, things are much more aesthetically pleasing and interesting than the bland norm that comes with most other loudspeakers. The BeoVox Cona is no exception.
Visually, the BeoVox Cona generates several comments. First off, one notices the size, very large for a single driver, especially that of 8 inches. This quality quickly earned the title “ottoman” by my girlfriend. So far I have not found a corner the Cona could not squeeze into, so it is a very practical size. They are very subtle but can also retain a good focal point in a modernly appointed room. The roundness of the Cona is a nice departure from the cubic trend of standalone subwoofers we are all used to seeing. I like to maintain the idea that the form of the Cona also serves a function. Coming from the same time period that gave us the Penta and Red Line speakers, I believe that the Cona followed a common trend set by the Penta and Red Line speakers in utilizing a unique cabinet shape to reduce internal acoustic reflections and standing waves by removing parallel surfaces from the construction.
For the first attempt at an individual subwoofer, Bang & Olufsen hit a home run. The sound is very rich and full. The bass is very tight and responsive, even on as little as 55 watts. The bass is light in quantity down low on the volume scale, but can still annoy the neighbors when you crank up the volume. This is definitely a piece for collector interested in past Bang & Olufsen products.
Telephones are for speaking into and for listening to, but why stop at that? When Bang & Olufsen developed their own, they were built on the accumulated knowledge of natural sound, the durability of materials and of logical operation and function.
Beocom 9000 was one of Bang & Olufsen’s mobile telephones. It was available in two models that used either the NMT network or the pan-European GSM network. The size of a glasses case and weighing under 300 grams, Beocom 9000 performed with the longest talk time on the market at the time of its introduction, relative to its weight
Beocom 2000, the classic telephone from Bang & Olufsen… what else is there to say?
Beocom 2000 was unlike anything which had been introduced by Bang & Olufsen before.
All the parts of the phone were made by the company itself and not imported from other manufacturers. A well-equipped telephone with extraordinary sound quality, a tradition carried on with all of the Beocom range of telephones.
The design is truly timeless. The display gave information on which number your were calling and the time connected. All standard functions were of course, also available, like volume control and numeric memories, and for the more advanced user there was a special headset available!
This phone was also available in a more simple version, Beocom 600, which didn’t have the display but had the same sound quality.
The memory bank of the Beocom 2000 enabled you to store your personal top twenty, and at the touch of just a few buttons you were connected. With display, bass reflex speaker in handset, 20 numbers of memory, quick call key for an often-use or ’emergency’ number, redial of last 3 numbers called, pause function, adjustable volume control, microphone mute (for secrecy), built-in speaker for listening, adjustable tone ringer with 8 settings plus off. There was even a hidden note pad which could be used by raising the lid on the right-hand side of the unit!
Up to 1993 Beocom 2000 was produced with different coloured keys. However, from this time a more mellow design was offered with all the keys complementing each other. On its bright display with large characters the Beocom 2000 could offer you the last three numbers for redialling
BeoCom 1400 and BeoCom 1500 were the first in the ‘new’ series of Bang & Olufsen telephones after the classic BeoCom 2000. The 1400 and 1500 series had a keypad integrated into the handset and not within the base like BeoCom 1600 and 2400.
This made the phone very compact. However, the sound quality was just as high as the more expensive phones because the two phones featured the same type of bass reflex speaker. Since everything is integrated in the handset, Bang & Olufsen offered no less than five different holders. Three different holders for wall mounting, one simple, and one with a built-in notebook.
There was also a version with an infra-red module to control the volume on main Bang & Olufsen equipment. Two table bases were also available, with and without the above-mentioned infra-red module. The main difference between BeoCom 1400 and 1500 is that the 1400 didn’t have memory capabilities or volume control.
BeoCom 1400 and BeoCom 1500 were the first in the ‘new’ series of Bang & Olufsen telephones after the classic BeoCom 2000. The 1400 and 1500 series had a keypad integrated into the handset and not within the base like BeoCom 1600 and 2400.
This made the phone very compact. However, the sound quality was just as high as the more expensive phones because the two phones featured the same type of bass reflex speaker. Since everything is integrated in the handset, Bang & Olufsen offered no less than five different holders. Three different holders for wall mounting, one simple, and one with a built-in notebook.
There was also a version with an infra-red module to control the volume on main Bang & Olufsen equipment. Two table bases were also available, with and without the above-mentioned infra-red module. The main difference between BeoCom 1400 and 1500 is that the 1400 didn’t have memory capabilities or volume control.
Beocord VX7000 video cassette recorder was operated and programmed with the Beo4 remote control (although could equally, if not be better controlled, through the previous two-way Beolink 5000 remote control unit) through Beovision MX models.
All channels stored on the TV were simultaneously stored on the VX7000. In 1995 a new model was released specifically designed to operate through the Beo4 remote control unit and lost the two-way communication that had been one of its greatest selling points.
Features: hi-fi stereo VCR; NICAM/A2, PAL/NTSC converter; Beo4 remote control (1995 models onwards); black fascia; cabinet in the same colour schemes as the Beovision MX7000 plus black.
A special Bang & Olufsen feature was ‘spontaneous videotaping’. If you wanted to record the programme you were watching it was simply a matter of pressing ‘record’ twice on the remote control handset – and the VCR would automatically find the right channel and start taping.
You could with Beocord VX5500 play back in slow motion all the way down to still. You could use the picture-in-picture module with the VCR and the B&O TV on which you had it linked up to and it was also possible to keep your video tapes organised. By using a graphic ‘notebook’ you could name every video tape you record. Then you use the Beolink 5000 or Beolink 1000 terminal to simply order up the number of your recording.
Designed by David Lewis, Beocord VX5000 was the flagship of the range in the late 1980’s, with the ability to display live pictures from up to nine different channels simultaneously. A TV guide that was hard to beat! The VX5000 worked best with a Bang & Olufsen TV, simply because they were made for each other. You could choose from either the contemporary MX or the classic LX series.
Beocord VX5000: the multi-role video recorder
Designed by David Lewis, Beocord VX5000 was the flagship of the range in the late 1980’s, with the ability to display live pictures from up to nine different channels simultaneously. A TV guide that was hard to beat! The VX5000 worked best with a Bang & Olufsen TV, simply because they were made for each other. You could choose from either the contemporary MX or the classic LX series.
Step by Step
When you wanted to analyse a Wimbledon championship down to the last detail you would find the slow motion facility a real boon. And of course it was superb for picking up tips to improve your sporting style. You could also freeze frames, not only on video, but also in the middle of a direct broadcast; the picture quality remained at its impressive best.
We all know how complicated programming some video recorders can be. With the Bang & Olufsen range you don’t need a degree in pure maths to succeed. A ‘menu’ on the screen gave you straightforward instructions. So easy that you would want to take advantage of programming that lets you preset recordings of up to six different programmes up to one year in advance!
There was a very handy Search function too; acting like the ‘Track Searching’ on an audio cassette recorder, it took you to the programme you want with minimal fuss and bother.
Video or all-night music
The VX5000 gave you the choice of either four hours of video, or up to eight hours of top-quality hi-fi sound to last the whole night through!
Beocord VX5000 was designed specially be use in conjunction with Beovision MX5000 TV when, together, you could pull in a live picture from another channel on the screen while you continued with the programme you were already watching. Very handy when you were waiting for a specific programme on another channel to start. Much the same could be done in later years with the advent of Picture-in-Picture – a module bought as an accessory for fitting into your television.
Beocord V6000 was a hi-fi stereo video cassette recorder designed to work with Beovision models ME6000 and MS6000.
Together they formed an integrated unit in which TV and video cassette recorder automatically share all commands and can be operated by the same remote control. This combination was designed to be used as a standalone TV/VCR combination. The VCR had all playback facilities as any standard VCR. It also had VPS/PDC and NTSC playback. The video recorder was controlled via a Beolink 1000 handset through the Beovision television.
Bang & Olufsen’s new generation of TV and video systems at the time that the V6000 was released, made it simpler an more comfortable to watch TV. All data stored in the TV: time and programme channels, were automatically stored in the VCR as well. The same applied when you connected your TV and video recorder to a Beolink system – the clocks on the various units within the system were automatically synchronised.
