Beogram with Beosound 9000?

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Andrew Tucker
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Posted December 15, 2017 at 19:01 GMT
#2098732

Soooo....  My girlfriend has a BS9000 masterlinked to a Beovision 8-32, and a pair of Beolab 4000 in her bedroom.  She told me yesterday that she would like to add a Beogram in there as well.  Is there an easy way to connect a Beogram to play via BS9000 or the BV8-32?  She really has no preference on the type of Beogram, she just want to be able to spin records.  I currently have a spare Beogram 1800 and RX2, but I would be open to getting another model if it would connect to the current system easier....

Any tips or suggestions?

Thanks!

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Guy
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Posted December 16, 2017 at 07:39 GMT
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Both the turntables that you listed would required a pre-amplifier before they could be connected to the AUX input of the BS9000.  To make the connection easier, you would need a newer (post -1990) turntable with built in RIAA pre-amp.

Steve at Sounds Heavenly has some advice here:

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Saint Beogrowler
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Posted December 16, 2017 at 11:58 GMT
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I used a BG3000 with an external preamp with the BS9000 once. Datalink in the BS9000 would have made it awesome. And a bigger table.

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joeyboygolf
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Posted December 16, 2017 at 12:35 GMT
#2098735

A Beogram 3500, 4500, 6500, 7000 or a 6000 QUAD will connect straight into the AUX port of the 9000 but there will be no datalink.

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ferrari458spider (archived2)
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Posted December 18, 2017 at 14:27 GMT
#2098736

Use the 'AUX' input socket on the BS9000 to connect any late model Beogram to BS9000 - you may need to have custom connection lead made.

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Andrew Tucker
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Posted December 18, 2017 at 15:01 GMT
#2098737

If I were to just use the Beogram 1800, is there a pre-amplifier that you guys would recommend?  

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joeyboygolf
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Posted December 18, 2017 at 15:58 GMT
#2098738

Tucker wrote:

If I were to just use the Beogram 1800, is there a pre-amplifier that you guys would recommend?  

You could do worse than one from www.phonopreamps.com

I can recommend TC-770LC as it has a higher gain to compensate for the lower output of B&O cartridges.

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