Bang & Olufsen Beomaster 4400 Retro Vintage Receiver, Mid Century Modern

Beomaster 4400

Ive noticed little by little audiophiles and designers are re-discovering cool, innovative well designed audio system from the 60s and 70’s particularly from Danish origins and designers.  I bet at some point in the near future these units will be a sort of functional artwork.  

This unit is not exception.  Its is a retro-cool as it gets.  Its wider than your average piece of audio equipment which looks amazing on a mid century modern credenza or table.  The wife acceptance factor is through the roof and this is great way to get your significant other to let you put a good pice of hifi in the room without running the look. 

If you are patient you will come across another 4400 but Im willing to bet the seller cannot guarantee that it works as specified.  We can!  This units has been fully tested and serviced.  It passes with flying colors and is able to bring in distant radio station without much effort.   All channels work as they should and the controls are quiet and responsive.  All bulbs work  and all switches are functional and noise free. 

Cosmetically this unit is a beauty.  There are no significant scratches or signs of use.  The metal work is pristine and the cabinet is gorgeous. 

Don’t miss your chanced to own a piece of European hifi history.  

From the Beoworld Site:

Beomaster 4400 was an advanced high-fidelity FM receiver which represented significant refinements in the design of domestic sound equipment. It incorporated a number of technical innovations and highly creative circuit designs which would not be out of place in a professional unit. In terms of technical finesse and power output, Beomaster 4400 was Bang & Olufsen's top of the line stereo receiver in 1979 - 80.

The amplifier's rated output of 75 watts RMS per channel (into 4 ohm speakers) provided more than enough power even in large rooms. There were DIN sockets for connecting a record-player, two tape or cassette recorders (one socket allowed monitoring), headphones and two pairs of stereo speakers. One pair of speaker outputs could be switched to ambiophonic use. In addition to the more usual controls and adjustment facilities, Beomaster 4400 had switchable high and low filters, a loudness control for physiologically compensated output at low volume settings and a linear function which caused the signal to by-pass all tone and filter circuits for truly unadulterated output. An overload indicator was provided to show when the amplifier's limit for undistorted sound had been reached. Transient Intermodulation Distortion (also called transistor sound) was reduced substantially thanks to carefully designed circuits upon special research at Bang & Olufsen.

Receivers and amplifiers with the ambio function were products which, apart from stereo, could also reproduce the ambience or sound information of a room. Ambient information was included on most stereo vinyl recordings but could not be reproduced by a sound system with two loudspeakers or an ordinary stereo amplifier. Bang & Olufsen systems with the ambio function had facilities which electronically subtracted the difference signal (i.e. the difference between left and right channels) which contained ambient information. This information was fed into two extra loudspeakers which were placed as side speakers in a room. Ambiophony was an extension of stereo reproduction and enhanced the sense of realism. It could be used with nearly all stereo programme materials.

The tuner was extremely sensitive and had low distortion levels over the entire FM waveband. Naturally, it incorporated all the latest technical and scientific advances such as a symmetrical Quadrature detector with the Phase Locked Loop stereo decoder which guaranteed low distortion and long-term channel separation on FM stereo programmes. The AFC (Automatic Frequency Control) circuit had characteristics which reduced inter-station noise during tuning. This circuit was also triggered automatically to eliminate loud 'switch' noise when changing between radio, record or tape programmes. There were six small dials for pre-tuning FM radio stations, so subsequent programme selection was just a matter of pressing a switch.

Beomaster 4400 could be made up as part of the Beosystem 4400, when linked together with other compatible Bang & Olufsen products.

BeoMaster 4400 Tuner/Amplifier Product Specifications

Types: 

2417 (1977 - Oct 1980) 

US 2419 (1977 - Aug 1980) 

Power output: 2 x 75 W / 4 ohms 

2 x 50 W / 8 ohms 

Speaker impedance: min. 4 ohms 

Harmonic distortion: < 0.05 % 

Intermodulation: < 0.1 % 

Frequency range: 20 - 35000 Hz 



Bass control at 40 Hz::+/- 10 dB 

Treble control at 12,500 Hz: +/- 10 dB 



FM tuner range: 87.5 - 108 MHz 



Power supply: 110 - 130 - 220 - 240 V 

Power consumption: 30 - 310 W 

Dimensions W x H x D: 57.5 x 9.5 x 28cm 

Weight: 10 kg 



RIAA amplifier: built-in 



Connections: Speakers 

Phono 

Tape 1 

Tape 2

The item will be professionally packaged and insured for safe transit to your home. 

Available for pickup in Ridgewood, NJ or Union Square NYC.

NJ Residents will need to pay NJ Sales Tax

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