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Quick question.
I just bought a BeoGram 6000 Quad. The dustcover says BeoGram 6000, it has the CH4-lamp and the Quad-switch on the right side and quad is working.
But it says BeoGram 4002 on the back, where the red circle is, instead of BeoGram 6000, like it should on the pictures i can find online.
Is this because it is a variant of the 4002 and they reused the cabinet or did i buy a pig in a poke?
What does it say on the serialnumber label inside, near the transformer?
And on the operating panel?
Martin
Here's some pictures of the actual BeoGram.
5501 is a 4002 type number - the 6000 would be a 5502. However 4002s could be supplied with the CD4 electronics and were otherwise identical. I suppose either this left the factory like this or someone had a 6000 and cannibalised it along with a 4002 - would seem quite a lot of work to go to - though I did turn a 6000 into a
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Ok, thats definitetly not as it should be. Probably in the past somebody swap the parts and created "Frankenstein- Beogram6000"...
But basically the BG6000 is the same device as 4002 with CD4 PCB build in from factory as only diference. So if it works well, no reason to worry... 😕
I agree.
It's a Frankengram.
This was originally a Beogram 4002, and at some point it had the dustcover and operating panel from a Beogram 6000 fitted.
Martin
But what about the internal RIAA and the switch on the side?
It seems like an awful lot of work. The hole for the CD4 switch doesn't look handmade at all.
The only difference i can find from a 'real' BG6000 is the text on the back and inside.
Could it be an early release?
The hole for the CD4 switch is found on most Beogram 4002s.
Some holes are covered with a black paper-label.
Others have the switch fitted to fill the hole - but nothing connected to it.
Others again have the quad decoder and everything else needed to play 4CD.
The latter ones are identical to Beogram 6000 - apart from the lettering on the Beogram.
Martin
The hole for the CD4 switch is found on most Beogram 4002s.
Some holes are covered with a black paper-label.
Others have the switch fitted to fill the hole - but nothing connected to it.
Others again have the quad decoder and everything else needed to play 4CD.
The latter ones are identical to Beogram 6000 - apart from the lettering on the Beogram.Martin
I see. Thank you for the clarification. Well, at least it was cheap!
Yes, perhaps a bit odd, but It doesn't make it a bad performer.
Martin
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