B&O BeoGram 5005 Tangential Turntable Record Deck

• Optimum Pivot Point patented suspension secures against vibrations giving 'dance-proof' playback

• Polished aluminium anti-static platter and lighter colour styling provide a more refined, greater quality look

• Shelf-mountable (Genuine B&O 'floating' turntable shelf available form me - please message through the contact details)

• Slim profile and minimalist design gives a really stylish look

• Tangential tracking keeps the stylus at the optimum angle for unrivalled contact and signal reproduction. You'll hear all the nuances of the recording, often sounding like a different (better) track

• Repeat function lets you hear the same tune again and again

• Datalink compatible so controllable remotely with a beolink and the appropriate receiver/amp - how cool is that?
  

• Stylus sold separately - some brilliant new old stock available in my other listings

Manufactured: 1985 - 1987
Designer: Jacob Jensen
Colours: Aluminium

This good-looking tangential record player had a unique tone arm suspension system among its many outstanding features. Optimum Pivot Point (OPP) was designed by Bang & Olufsen to give you the most faithful possible sound reproduction. The pendulum suspension isolated all vibration at the back of the tone arm so that the sensitive stylus tip was completely unaffected. It also had electronic Servo-drive and was fitted with the MMC 4 cartridge. The stylus pressure was 1,2g.

Facilities: search function - backwards and forwards; repeat playing of records; Datalink for remote control connection to Beosystems.

The Beogram 5005 was the first model in the series that would be the last new Beogram design. In both technology and appearance it was basically the same as the Beogram 7000 that was deleted from the range nine years later. This series of compact tangential tracking turntables would become very popular, and would eventually encompass 12 separate models. When launched, it fitted into the range between the various derivatives of the Beogram 1800 and the top-line Beogram 8002.

The Beogram 5005 was introduced as a replacement for the Beogram 5000. The main change was of course the use of tangential tracking, a desirable feature in the Beosystem 5000 for which it was intended as it enabled the arm to be moved easily by remote control. The keys and software to do this already existed within the Beomaster 5000/Master Control Panel 5000 as this function also worked with other, earlier models, such as the Beogram 8002. In keeping with other Beosystem 5000 components, the Beogram 5005 used the same cabinet style, size, colours and finishes as the Beomaster, allowing for many visually pleasing placement options. The only slight discontinuities were that the lid “open” function, and thus the front panel legend, had been removed as the lid now was on a simple counterbalance spring and had no release catch, and that the orange “standby” dot had been removed because the new software removed the “standby” Datalink function from the machine. This was a great improvement as it was now possible to stop and change the record mid-way during play without using the remote control or switching the system off, something that had not been possible with the Beogram 5000. The Beogram 5005 lacked the elegant light that had been fitted inside the lid of the Beogram 5000, but instead had a tiny spotlight at the back that was focused on the pickup area. This was switched on automatically when the arm was under manual control.

The Beogram 5005 carried forward all the important styling cues from previous tangential-tracking Beograms. The simplified nature of the construction rendered the important ones redundant however, reducing what had been engineering necessities to simple decoration. For example, the radial bars on the platter, which had previously been used in other models for record size detection, now served no purpose as record sizing was done by weight, as it had been in the Beogram 5000. This also meant the second arm was also not needed, but it remained all the same, and served only to carry a speed indicator light. Because the second arm now had no record detection function, it was moved to the right of the tonearm proper. Inside the Beogram 8000’s “tangential drive” direct-drive motor was not fitted, instead a simple belt drive arrangement and DC servo motor, as had first been seen in the Beogram 1902, was used.

The designers had even arranged to use gears driven from the turntable shaft to drive some of the mechanical functions, this did allow some mechanical functions, such as the returning of the arm to its rest position after the end of the record, to work far more quickly than had been the case with the previous tangential tracking models.

The Beogram 5005 finished the Beosystem 5000 off nicely, making multi-room operation of the turntable a practical possibility. As often happened with B&O, what had been a mid-range model would, in later forms, graduate to the top of the range as the more complex and expensive models above it were discontinued. The Beogram 5005 was replaced by the almost identical Beogram 5500.

This was the first of the lightweight tangential decks which were to become the mainstay of the Beogram range. The expensive tangential drive system of the 8000 was dropped and even the tangential arm mechanism was considerably simplified. They did however look the part and allowed far more control using a remote than the earlier radial 5000. Many owners of Beosystem 5000's 'upgraded' their systems with this deck but would miss the overhead light built into the lid of the 5000

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