Nice to see renovation of Beograms.
I bought my Beogram 2200 1979/80 for money I had saved.
It ended up at the attic after moving into a new house, since the panel in front and lid was broken and I could not start any play. I then had the idea of bringing it back to life again a few years back. I found a Beogram 2200 at a auction that was cosmetically bad but lid was fine as well as the front panel.
I swapped the parts from the donor to my Beogram and painted the white wood trims that had turned yellow. I sent the stylus to Germany for renovation.

It now bring joy to me in its full glory.

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Very nice!

Hi Steve,

A cheap Beogram is always worth it.

My best deal was a € 80 Beogram 4000 with a $ 70 SMMC20EN – brand new.

Great video Steve! Regarding your comment at 3m45s that it was the only B&O radial tracker with remote control: Beogram 2400 pre-dated Beogram 2000 this by 5 years, was radial tracking and had remote control (as did BG2402/2404) – the remote was of course the earlier ultrasonic version. I only know because my father had one ? I think BG2000 may be the first datalink-controlled turntable. EDIT: On second thoughts I think BeoGram 6000 (a BG2402 with new electronics) may have been the first datalink beogram.

The datalink was developed and first used for the Beomaster/Beocord/Beogram 8000, so the Beogram 8000 was the first beogram with datalink. The datalink code format and timing was the same as that for the infrared remote control used for the Beomaster 8000.

Thanks artig,

I suspected that I wasn't exactly right with that statement!  I should have said that Beogram 2000/5000 were the only Datalink controlled radial Beograms with full infra-red remote control...

Glad you liked the video - please tune in for the next one to hear it playing directly to Beolab speakers!

Kind regards, Steve.

Steve,

It sounds like an incredible buy at that price and it looks like it didn't need much more of an investment to get it properly working, outside of a cartridge.  I will be interested to hear how it sounds with the Beolab 4 speakers, but I am also wondering how well it would hold up to larger Beolabs.  Would larger Beolabs reveal the limitations of this turntable or cartridge?

A few years ago I purchased what was described as a new RX (without box).  It certainly wasn't and it even arrived with a broken tonearm, but I did take it in for repair.  $198 US later I got it back, but I haven't tried it out yet.  I guess the RX would be in a similar category as your 2000.  I do have an extra SMM3 cartridge and an unused pair of Beolab 4's with a phono preamp... maybe I will set it up somewhere.  I'm looking forward to your next video!

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Last week I found another Beogram 2000 for the same price which is in much better cosmetical condition, but where the pickup arm i broken off. I now hope I can combine the best from these 2 decks and get a decent Beogram out of it for almost the same bargain price that you got yours for

I now got around to combining the 2 Beogram 2000’s to one fine unit and the one that may end up as spare parts ( I am waiting for B&O to launch the Beogram 2000c upgrade program ;-) ) First a before picture with the non working, but cosmetically fine on the left, and the working one with the very scratched dustcover and stained aluminum surfaces on the right. The cosmetically fine one do have scratches in the dust cover, but not near the amount on the other unit. Login to view image Login to view image I noticed that the one unit has grey cables while the other one has black ones. The one with the black cables has a higher serial number, so might have been a little design change along the production life. Login to view image During the disassembly I leart the on the working unit one of the transport screws was still secured, and while it was wokring I had to do some height adsjustment of the platter after loosening that screw. Login to view image The front strip also had scratches on the aluminum on the working unit so had to replace that. It is held in place by three plastic clips that is secured with glue. At first I was not sure If I could get those plastic clips of without breaking them, but with a sharp knife and a little wigeling it was succesfull. Login to view image While I was in there I also replaced the belt and the caps. I did not change the speed trimmers as I do not have the equipment for testing the speed for now, so that must be for another time. On the non working unit i noticed that the motor rattles when I move it arround so it might have other faults that just the broken of pickup arm. And an after shot of the 2 units Login to view image So all in all a succes. It might need some tweaking of the speed and some other adjustments, but for now it is ok. Also the only thing I have with a RIAA amplifier for now is a Beomaster 2400 where the right channel is not working, so no in a hurry with the adjustments.

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Whilst the 5000 is essential as a part of the 5000 system as it matches correctly, when taken in isolation I think the Beogram 2000 is the nicest looking – sleek plinth styling and a full clear lid

One thing I have noticed is that the Aluminum line on the sides on the Beogram 2000 lines up nice with a Beosystem 4500 and the aluminum nearly matches the white color on the Beosystem 4500 Login to view image