So after switching left and right channels onto the mute switch I now conclude there is a short in the left channel wiring between cartridge and  mute switch. Seems terminal as in no hope. I have bought another arm plus pivot on e bay and will try to re fit it.

Mike

Check under the black carriage cover.

Martin

Do you mean at the back of the tone arm where the wire drops down through the arm pivot?

Mike

Top cover of the sliding carriage, covering the arms fastening points etc.
Two small black screws and one silver.
Lift it off carefully as the leads can sometimes bind to the underside of the cover.

Martin

Hi Martin.

I changed the arm and refitted everything. All is now working. Sounds fantastic such depth in the stereo image.On another. subject. I got a Beogram 1800 with a working MMC5 cartridge..

Wires were broken by the arm entrance at the back of the arm. I tried to resolder some thin cartridge cable but to no avail. The two leads in question are the ground lead from the arm and the ground lead on one channel.

If I combine the two cartridge ground leads at the cartridge. and re separate the two ground inputs on the input to the small pcb board that connects to the phono leads will i get a stereo image?

Or shall I try to get a replacement arm?

Thanks for your inputs.

BTW what does that small PCB do?

Best Regards

Mike

Hi Saint,

I want to do the same thing, but I have a recently repaired and tuned with new soundsmith MMC cartridge Beogram 5000 connected to the Beomaster 5000.  (I also looked into the AT, but am hoping I can find a purer way to do this.  I want my digital recording to be as hi fidelity as possible, even picking up the pops and scratches that might be on my records.)

I could:

1. Get a pre-amp connected to RCA cables from the Beogram and an analog to digital converter as you suggest.

2. Connect the Beogram to the Beomaster with the 7-pin DIN and then use RCA cables to the Pre Amp out from the Beomaster and connect  an analog to digital converter.  The Beomaster would be the pre-amp.  I might even be able to program a mix of record, cd, and tape to be output to a single file . . .

I think #2 would get the purest Beo-sound, but might introduce issues or not be as good as #1.

What do you think?

(I hope to take the digital files with me to listen on the road, but I know the sound will not be the same.  Worth a try.)

AKML wrote:

Hi Saint,

I want to do the same thing, but I have a recently repaired and tuned with new soundsmith MMC cartridge Beogram 5000 connected to the Beomaster 5000. (I also looked into the AT, but am hoping I can find a purer way to do this. I want my digital recording to be as hi fidelity as possible, even picking up the pops and scratches that might be on my records.)

I could:

1. Get a pre-amp connected to RCA cables from the Beogram and an analog to digital converter as you suggest.

2. Connect the Beogram to the Beomaster with the 7-pin DIN and then use RCA cables to the Pre Amp out from the Beomaster and connect an analog to digital converter. The Beomaster would be the pre-amp. I might even be able to program a mix of record, cd, and tape to be output to a single file . . .

I think #2 would get the purest Beo-sound, but might introduce issues or not be as good as #1.

What do you think?

(I hope to take the digital files with me to listen on the road, but I know the sound will not be the same. Worth a try.)