History – Classic Audio

Classic Audio

A little about the first 12 years

2012 – Classic Audio offers dust covers for turntables
Customers can now order dust covers for Beogram 3000 – Beogram 4000 and custom dust covers

2010 – Classic Audio in the English magazine – HiFi News – February 2010 edition.
An article by Steve Harris about Mark Mason – who owns a complete Beolab 5000 system supplied by Classic Audio

2009 – Classic Audio can celebrate 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY

Classic Audio starts Pick-Up Service for B&O Pick-Up
Classic Audio has established an agreement with Axel Schürholz – Get. Schalplattennadeln in Germany. This means that Classic Audio’s customers can now have their classic B&O pick-ups refurbished with new needle tube and diamond

2008 – Classic Audio in B&O’s main catalog / customer magazine
Bang & Olufsen has written a 6-page article about Classic Audio in the main catalog published in June 2008.

2007 – Classic Audio is appointed Importer for Scandinavia
for Thorens spare parts produced by Schopper AG in Switzerland and Classic Audio establishes a web page for Thorens TD 124.
Classic Audio establishes listening and demo facilities for B&O – Quad and Thorens products.

Classic Audio establishes a special web page for Thorens TD 124

Classic Audio expands the Beolab website considerably
and the Beolab page is now in both Danish and English.

Classic Audio is offered a link on Beoworld home ice
The world’s best website – everything about Bang & Olufsen.

2004 – Classic Audio moved to new lovely premises on Venø
Due to a lack of space and the need for better workshop facilities, Classic Audio moved in 2004 to completely new premises on the lovely island of Venø, which lies a little north of Struer.
At the same time, a demo room was established with the aim that customers can experience and listen to the classic products before a possible purchase.

2005 – Classic Audio establishes a special web page for QUAD

2003 – Quad
2003 was the year when the very fine and reputable Quad was included in Classic Audio’s program.

2002– Revox – Thorens
Classic Audio assessed that these two brands met the criteria as a classic audio product. Classic Audio was also given some tasks in connection with the restoration and sale of several Revox and Thorens products.

2001 Foundation for total renovation.
Classic Audio starts development of its own precision measuring and testing equipment.

2000 – Basis for total renovation.
The basis for being able to completely renovate a classic product is the possibility of being able to obtain replacement parts that are necessary for a gentle, high-class renovation. Of course, the manufacturers cannot supply the parts and there is only one option, to find similar products. Classic Audio invests in a significant stock of quality products.

1999 – Classic Audio is established.
For the first few years, it was Bang & Olufsen’s classic products from the period 1965 to 1980.
This is the period when Jakob Jensen was a designer for Bang & Olufsen. In the first years, several products were acquired, in order to have a warehouse for sale as well as spare parts for a total renovation of the sold products and customer products.
Right from the start, it was especially the Beolab 5000 – Beomaster 5000 that was and is in great demand by customers and definitely among the products that epitomize a classic Bang & Olufsen product.