The new limited edition Beosystem 72-22 Bang & Olufsen is a complete sound set based on an iconic design

To celebrate 50 years of the Beogram 4000 series turntables, the luxury Danish audio brand has created 30 new limited edition music systems exclusively for the US and Canada. The system is part of the Recreated Classics Initiative, a Bang & Olufsen platform that redefines long-lasting luxury with handcrafted circular making historical design pieces.

For more than half a century, Danish luxury audio brand Bang & Olufsen has been changing the face of industrial design with its components, speakers, televisions and even phones that have found their way into homes and museums around the world. Bang & Olufsen's first high-end creations were the work of one man, designer Jacob Jenson (1926 to 2015), whose Beolab 5000 system hit the market in 1968 and laid the foundation for 234 products during his 27 years of operation for this iconic company.

One such audio component was the 1976 Beomaster 1900 receiver, a wedge-shaped sculpture with touch-sensitive switches in an age of components with fussy knobs and bulky housings. But Jensen's most iconic design was his 1972 Beogram 4000 series turntable, which was recently unveiled as the first product in Bang & Olufsen's Recreated Classics Initiative, a program to reintroduce historic models in limited production series.

It is a rare product that achieves true classic status, maintains its design integrity over decades, and at the same time has the power to surprise new generations of audiophiles. The Beogram 4000 turntable is such a product, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of the range, Bang & Olufsen is producing only 30 new Beosystem 72-22 components in a limited edition exclusively for North America. Each hand-crafted configuration includes a recreated Beogram 4000c turntable, along with two Beolab 18 speakers, a Beoremote Halo remote control and a custom cabinet to accommodate LPs and connecting components.

Designed by Torsten Valeur, who has worked with Bang & Olufsen since 1995, the Beosystem 72-22 is housed in a solid walnut cabinet that cleverly doubles as a turntable stand, storage cabinet and remote Halo charging station all in one. The naming of the 72-22 system refers to 1972, the date of the turntable's original release, and 2022, the year of its recreation in the same factory – in Struer, Denmark – where the original turntable was made. Valuer used natural walnut and anodized aluminum, which the company calls a pearlescent, Titanium Tone, for the turntable and cabinet; subtle updates to the oak and brushed silver-aluminum finish used on the Jensen originals.

From the Beosound Core, the digital signal is fed wirelessly to a pair of Beolab 18 stereo speakers via a Beolab transmitter, also built into the cabinet. Similarly, you can stream music from various digital music services. You can even enjoy music in multiple living rooms via Beolink Multiroom from the Bang & Olufsen app, which can make it easy to connect to other Bang & Olufsen speakers that share the same network. Priced at 45,000 $, the Beosystem 72-22 is only available in North America and exclusively at Bang & Olufsen stores.