BeoCenter 1600

Beocenter 1600 was a combined FM stereo tuner, hi-fi amplifier and cassette recorder with extra operational convenience in the tuner section - facilities for presetting the 4 FM stations you listen to most frequently. The hi-fi amplifier was relatively powerful and had low distortion and a wide frequency range so that the tuner's excellent qualities could be exploited fully. The built in cassette recorder was very easy to use - recording level was regulated with the same sliding potentiometer on both channels and monitored by an illuminated indicator. A Selector switch was available to choose between normal or chromium dioxide tapes. Beocenter 1500 and Beocenter 1600 were at the time of their production, two of the market's most compact audio systems, but despite their small external dimensions they could fill a large room with sound. All the push buttons of Beocenter 1500 were of solid aluminium, and the solid aluminium front panel on the Beocenter 1600 was anodised - a process which was more expensive and more demanding but which also made the set more robust and resistant to marks and scratches. Combined with two speakers from the Beovox Uni-Phase range of loudspeakers, Beocenter 1600 would then make up Beosystem. 1600.