$48,000 Saint Laurent Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series Turntable is Uber-Limited

• Limited to 10 units globally, priced at €30,000 (AUD$48,000) each.
• Saint Laurent and Bang & Olufsen’s fifth luxury collaboration.
• Restored 1970s Beogram 4000c turntable with modern upgrades.
• Features solid ziricote wood case and Saint Laurent detailing.
• Fully integrates with contemporary home sound systems.

They say money can’t buy happiness, but it might get you this €30,000 (approx. AUD$48,000) Saint Laurent Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series turntable that’s been taken straight from the 1970s and “restomodded” by fashion designer Anthony Vaccarello and Bang & Olufsen, the same audio brand that created them back in the day.

This marks the fifth collaboration between Saint Laurent and Bang & Olufsen, and the designer brands have joined forces to create ten ultra-expensive, high-end turntables that take original Bang & Olufsen Beoplay 4000 series turntables and modernise and refresh them at the B&O home in Struer, Denmark. These units are disassembled manually and then thoroughly inspected to assess each unit’s needs. Once that’s complete, every single component of each Beogram is cleaned, new parts are added, individually tested then fine-tuned, and hand-crafted Saint Laurent elements are applied.

The heart of the unit is then upgraded and taken into the modern era by installing a preamplifier and adding a new pickup cartridge – to make the Beogram easily integrate with its new owners’ contemporary home speaker setup.

The previously released Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series turntables are nothing to turn your audiophile nose at, but when you add Saint Laurent detailing they enter a completely different league. In this regard, we’re talking about a solid ziricote wood case, individually numbered, with accented aluminium details, and an etched logo to round out the exclusive design.

Spending this much money on a turntable, you’ll want to hope that it works with your speakers, and we’re pleased to say that because of the new pre-amp, it will fully integrate with all contemporary home sound systems.

Here’s what you get in the box when purchasing your Saint Laurent Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series Turntable:

• Beogram 4000c
• Pickup and record brushes in special pouch
• Fabric power cable
• 5-pin DIN signal cable
• Phono/Line signal adaptor cables
• User Manual

The Saint Laurent Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series Turntable is limited to just ten units globally, priced at €30,000 (approx. AUD$48,000). If you want to get your hands on one, they’re available in SAINT LAURENT RIVE DROITE stores in Paris and Los Angeles or on YSL.COM linked below.

Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4000c Series Turntable Specification

• Pickup Cartridge and Stylus
  • Pickup Cartridge: SMMC 20 CL (Moving Micro Cross principle)
  • Stylus: Nude Contact Line Diamond
  • Recommended tracking force: 1.3 g
• Tonearm
  • Tangential tracking
• Frequency range
  • 50, 60 Hz
• Playback Speed
  • 33 & 45 rpm
• Controls
  • Automatic pickup movement
  • Automatic record-size
  • Automatic speed selection
  • Electronic lift system
  • Dial for speed: 2 pointers
  • Drive system: Belt
• Wow and flutter
  • Wow and flutter, DIN: <± 0.05 %
  • Wow and flutter, WRMS: <± 0.025 %
• Rumble
  • Rumble DIN unweighted: > 42 dB
  • Rumble DIN weighted: >65 dB
  • Speed deviation: < 0.02 % Speed control range: > 6 %
  • Dial for speed: 2 pointers
  • Drive system: Belt
• Motor
  • Controlled synchronous
• Stylus pressure range
  • Stylus pressure range: 0 – 1.5 gram
  • Channel Separation 1000 Hz: > 25 dB
  • Channel Separation 400 – 10.000 Hz: > 20 dB
  • Channel difference: < 1.6 dB
  • Intermodulation: < 1%