Martin (Dillen)

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Here's a post to embarrass Martin (Dillen).

After Martin helped me in the restoration of a white BM 2000 (bought faulty from a Danish small ad) I sent off my BM1200 (bought new circa 1972) for re-capping, new lights etc. It's just arrived back. I have still to test it fully, but I am amazed at how smoothly all the slide controls work and Martin has somehow re-finished the badly pitted/ corroded  slide controls to look like new (even though not asked for). I know that Martin only does these repairs/ restorations as a hobby, and the postage costs to and from Denmark can be on the high side, but his services are well worth consideration if you feel that you don't want to tackle a B&O electronics restoration yourself.

Interestingly, with this last restoration, Martin discovered a badly installed major capacitor pre-dating the BM by at least 5 years. So much for the honesty of some main dealers selling repaired equipment as new (38 years ago, and long out of business.)

Thanks again to Martin.πŸ™‚

Graham

Hi,

I can only agree... Martin is very helpful.

 Zazou

 

Location: Strasbourg / France

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I'm in the club too... ( big fan of Martin πŸ™‚ )

I can say, he surprised me as well, he found for me BV 1700 in teak to mach my vintage system. And we make a deal. Those days I were very busy, and I didn't had time to make payment. One day my wife call me and she said " honey, postmen just bring to us another pair of speakers .... which I'm not aware of πŸ™‚ "
I was really surprised that Martin sent to me without receiving my payment at the first place ! Nobody will do that !

So, again MARTIN thank you very much, speakers are great and I enjojed them every since they arrived !!!

 

nmartin771 wrote:
I was really surprised that Martin sent to me without receiving my payment at the first place ! Nobody will do that !

Dear Martin,

Might you have a pair of BL5's just sitting around?

πŸ˜‚

Hardly he is old school. 😁

Yes Martin has a good heart. My B&O that he has had his well constructed hands on surely is in debt and so am I.

I could mention alot of examples but here is 2 at least.

My palisander BM8000 was a electronic mess when I got it. I took it straight to Martin and he fixed it. It was working great and 2 days later I had an option to pick it up ( 4 hours distance one way). I got it home late at night, plugged in the cord for 220volts and the fuses blew again! So that left the nettransformer which got changed and the BM8000 has been sounding great since and being stable.

My white BM6000 was dead. He went through it and noticed that some caps had been changed. Not Martins way but it was done okay and would be fine. Getting it home I found no remote working but he had the missing remote printboard (it was optinal back then) I could try.

Getting white edition Beovox S speakers was also posiple thanks to Martin. He got the Beovox S120 and white SC60 stand for me and it completes the white Beosystem 6000 with S80.2 and S120 in matching white. Yes foam rot and caps + stands for S80.2 were also part of it.

Thank you Martin! 

burantek wrote:

nmartin771 wrote:
I was really surprised that Martin sent to me without receiving my payment at the first place ! Nobody will do that !

Dear Martin,

Might you have a pair of BL5's just sitting around?

πŸ˜‚

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ Seriously, Martin is a top guy! He supplied me with belts for my Beocord 7000 and gave me great advice!

burantek wrote:

nmartin771 wrote:
I was really surprised that Martin sent to me without receiving my payment at the first place ! Nobody will do that !

Dear Martin,

Might you have a pair of BL5's just sitting around?

πŸ˜‚

Jaff, stay in the line ... I asked about BL9 first 😐

 

vikinger wrote:

Here's a post to embarrass Martin (Dillen).

Knowing how utterly selfless & unassuming Martin is, this will certainly embarrass him - but in a nice way. I don't think he realsies just how much we rely on him & how very much poorer Beoworld would be wouthout him.

I also know that he will certainly appreciate the thanks, Lord knows there have been enough occasions where people have just taken without any acknowledgement which can be utterly disheartening. It really is the appreciation of the vast majority of the membership which keeps him going where many would have thrown in the towel long ago. So I feel no shame at all in adding my name to Martin the "Beomeister's" fan club.πŸ€’

Chris.

By the way.

While we are at it. Thank you Chris! My CDX is still working greatly.

I got my palisander BM8000 and the CDX in the same deal. Electronics needed service and so did the left hinge.

No idea there but maybe another CDX turned up to use for spares?

Then I came across Chris during a search here on Beoworld. Got in touch with Martin and some weeks later my CDX was back in order.

 

Now personally I'm nowhere near as modest as Martin & will take any plaudits, anywhere & at any timeπŸ˜‚

Seriously though, it is a genuine pleasure to help if I can.

Chris.

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