Congratulations on your new addition. If I were to make any recommendations it would be to make sure all the guide rails and the long brass screw the tone arm assembly travels on are well oiled. Also check the condition of the belt that drives the tonearm assembly and connects to its servo, it needs to be tight enough so that its not slipping or the problem with only get worse and your needle will skip. Other than that these tables seem to do just fine so long as they see regular use (I find that if they sit around too long things tend to decay fast) and a little tlc. 

These later tangetials don't have the long screw for arm movement, it runs on a wire. If you go about meddling with the arm carriage, you might actually break off the wire (common problem) so I would just leave the thing alone.

Apart from the main belt (and eventually the servo belt) these need very little service. I would just enjoy and keep using it!

I have also just ordered a 8500 and I can't wait to get it set up. I hoep you still have fun and good use of yours.

So my 8500 arrived. YAY! At first the motor would drive too slowly so the record would come to a stand still. I decided to give the motor a bit of oil, and now it plays beautifully. Somewhere on this webpage I read that the 8500 didn't sell very well and that they are not as good as previous models. Does anybody know why? The 8500 seems to be just as good as my 3300 which I have placed in another room.

So my 8500 arrived. YAY! At first the motor would drive too slowly so the record would come to a stand still. I decided to give the motor a bit of oil, and now it plays beautifully. Somewhere on this webpage I read that the 8500 didn't sell very well and that they are not as good as previous models. Does anybody know why? The 8500 seems to be just as good as my 3300 which I have placed in another room.

The 8500 is as good as the 3300. It is basically the same turntable. So is the 9500, 9000, 3000 and 5500. The 4500 and 6500/7000 is also the same - but with build-in RIAA.

The earlier models, such as Beogram 4000, 4002, 4004, 8000 and 8002 were better, more advanced constructions. But the 8500 (and the others mentioned above) is quite good anyway.

I guess the only reason the 8500 didn't sell well was, that the Beocenter 8500 didn't sell well.

B&O made those turntables to fit visually with the sound systems. If you had a Beomaster 5500 you bought a Beogram 5500 - and so on...

1Henrik wrote:

So my 8500 arrived. YAY! At first the motor would drive too slowly so the record would come to a stand still. I decided to give the motor a bit of oil, and now it plays beautifully. Somewhere on this webpage I read that the 8500 didn't sell very well and that they are not as good as previous models. Does anybody know why? The 8500 seems to be just as good as my 3300 which I have placed in another room.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but after having restored a lot of different 35/45/65/7000 systems, in my mind all the record decks are 100% identical, the difference lies in design, the pickup, and the fact that the 5000/8500/9500 does NOT have the RIAA amplifier built in, since it is located in the beomaster/center.

/Weebyx