Beogram 5500 to Kanto YU5 speaker set up help

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The speaker in your photo seems to be just Kanto YU, basic model, so does not have input type selector…

Location: Eindhoven, NL

Steve sells the SubZero PPA-2 preamp with input gain and monitor level controls.

Location: Eindhoven, NL

Hi Emma, I sympathize with you at this moment, as I imagine you are overwhelmed with responses and suggestions! Nevertheless, your first thing to eliminate is the DIN5/7-to-RCA cable, as  where everything starts (or ends) is literally in the pinout compatibility from the BG5500 DIN5/7 plug to the corresponding female DIN5/7 plug on a DIN-to-RCA cable. So, either Sounds Heavenly (Beogram to non-B&O device phono preamp, amplifier, receiver, with internal ground link) or AV Connection (AV-advance B&O turntable adapter) cable should work, as both are specificaly wired to work with any Beogram turntable. Do note, again, that Sounds Heavenly cable does not come with a separate ground wire next to the two RCA’s, so is pre-wired to make it compatible with any non-B&O device, because not every preamp or amp/receiver comes with a ground terminal to connect to…

Location: Eindhoven, NL

Hello Emma, I need to clarify once again! Sorry if I was confusing you. As I had already said on Sep 17th, your best bet is to get the correct DIN-to-RCA cable, then go through your RIAA preamp to your speakers, as they do have an amplifier built-in. This should simply work…

Location: Eindhoven, NL

Hi Yann, Mark and Nebojsa,

Thank you so much for your continued help an invaluable - I am so appreciative! Apologies for my slow response, I am juggling trying to get this record player to work, while caring for my newborn baby!

In the first instance I have bought a new DIN to RCA cable from Sounds Heavenly as it does seem that B&O pins are wired differently - fingers crossed this works... will keep you posted!

Thanks so much again, Emma
😀 Make it work, so your baby will take it over and enjoy it

Location: Eindhoven, NL

You are welcome, Emma.

Location: Brittany, France

My B&O Icons:

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Infected at the age of 13 by a BG 4000 in Dad's Hifi shop.
So happy to report that with the new DIN to RCA cable from Sound Heavenly, the record player works! Luckily there doesn't appear to be any extra hum, (thank you Mark for the suggestion though)

 

Thank you so much to everyone for all your help - I never ever would've gotten it working if it weren't for you all!

 

While playing records today, we got some smiles from our son ❤️
Great! 👍

Happy for you, Emma.

Kind regards,

Yann.

Location: Brittany, France

My B&O Icons:

BeoCenter-9500.png BeoCenter-9500.png
Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beovox.png Beovox.png
Beosound-Theatre-.png Beosound-Theatre-.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoremote-Halo.png Beoremote-Halo.png
Beoplay-P2.png Beoplay-P2.png
Beoplay-H95.png Beoplay-H95.png
Beoplay-Form-2i.png Beoplay-Form-2i.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beolab-50.png Beolab-50.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Beocenter-2.png Beocenter-2.png
Infected at the age of 13 by a BG 4000 in Dad's Hifi shop.
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