To celebrate the tenth anniversary of one of our most iconic designs, the Beosound A9, we have invited some of the world’s most exciting visual artists to contribute to a unique project. The Art of the A9 sees the distinctive circular canvas reinterpreted via a series of highly limited edition artworks, available in small batches local to each of the specially commissioned artists involved.
As good as it sounds
The A9 doesn’t look like any other speaker. That’s the point. We understand that the days of hiding your stereo are over. We designed Beosound A9 like a beautiful piece of furniture — with carefully selected materials and uncompromising attention to detail. The result is an iconic piece of music design you can put on display anywhere. And we mean anywhere. Our built-in room adaptation technology adjusts the sound perfectly to its surroundings, so you can enjoy our Signature Sound wherever you position your A9, delivered via a powerful 1500-watt digital amplifier system.
Born and raised in Memphis, MonoNeon started playing early in life thanks to a musical family. Church gospel, southern soul and blues defined his early years. Later, a two-year-stint with Prince marked his breakthrough. But MonoNeon isn’t only about boundary-pushing sound. Influenced by avant-garde artists like Frank Stella, Hilma af Klint and Marcel Duchamp, he transforms sound into a beautiful, sensory experience rooted in art.
“ It’s a continuity of what we do usually, our styles often coincide even when we don’t work together on the same image. “
His design for Art of the A9 reflects a contemplative nature, musical discovery and a distinct love of quilts. Not to mention the idea of being loud.
Timeless, for 50 years and counting
The Beosystem 72-23: Nordic Dawn Limited Edition
1. A timeless work of art
At the core of the system there is still the Beogram 4000c turntable, recreated in a unique triple copper tone aluminium finish in the tone of honey, ginger and amber. The aluminium finish is combined with a crafted solid Birch wood panel reflecting a light, clean and minimalistic Nordic touch. The turntable is accompanied by a modern pair of Beolab 28 speakers customized in matching Ginger Tone and Birch Wood finish to deliver a refined stereo sound experience.
2. Infinite connection possibilities
The system is controlled by a customized Beoremote Halo in Amber Tone finish and a purposefully crafted Bang & Olufsen Birch wood turntable furniture, which also constitutes a connectivity hub for smart Bang & Olufsen ecosystem integration, convenient storage of a vinyl record collection and a build-in wireless charging station for the Beoremote Halo.
Rethinking the future
When Jacob Jensen designed the Beogram 4000 Series turntable in 1972, he was looking to the future of audio design. His aim was to completely rethink the turntable to achieve a better-performing product that would stand the test of time. ‘No-one should care about how bridges are built – the point is to find out how to get to the other side in the best possible way,’ he explained.
An integrated, collectable classic
Consisting of the recreated version of the Beogram 4000c turntable – this time individually customised by hand in pearl-blasted titanium tone aluminium and solid walnut wood – combined with matching, state of the art Beolab 18 stereo speakers and a Beoremote Halo remote control, this fully integrated music system embraces the brilliance of Jacob Jensen’s 1972 vision and reimagines it for 2022’s discerning music lovers.
Specifications
- Anodised Aluminium
- Table Stand: 0.54 kg
- Wall Mounted: 0.32 kg
- USB-C
- Charging Time: 6 hours
- LCD touch display
- 12.8 x 11.1 x 11.7 cm (Diameter x Depth x Height)
Famously ‘dance-proof’, the turntable’s chassis is suspended on leaf springs to provide built-in ‘shock absorbers’ that protect the needle and arm from external vibrations – so the record will never miss a beat. The fact that the arms move inwards in a straight line rather than diagonally, as on conventional turntables, means that the needle sits at the same angle in the groove as when the vinyl was cut, for a more faithful sound reproduction.
A 50-year-old design classic, seamlessly connected to contemporary music technology for a truly integrated sound system, the Beosound 72-22 is the epitome of Bang & Olufsen’s philosophy: the perfect marriage of design and craft working to provide the best experience for current and future generations of music lovers.