B&O never produced anything like that.

Martin

I know but it is possible with a preamplifier from another producer? High end?

Hi Christian0,

Why not look for a pre-owned B&O music system from the same era as the Beogram?  This will have a phono pre-amp built in to boost the signal, plus a radio in many cases and a good quality amplifier.

I can then provide cables and converters to safely use the Beolab speakers with ANY B&O music system, either old or new (even those without Powerlink sockets!)

Please let me know if this is of interest and I will be pleased to advise further.

Kind regards, Steve.

Few turntable preamps have volume control, because the idea is they produce a uniform output, only applying the RIAA frequency curve.  I have no personal experience, but here are two tube phono preamps with some kind of control:

a) Rolls "Bellari VP130":  Cheap, so who knows what quality its volume pot is, but reviewers liked it.  Also has a high-pass filter ("rumble" filter) and a mute switch.

b) Pro-Ject "Tube Box DS2": Expensive, but only has output gain selector, not an actual volume control: 40-65 dB in 5-dB increments, and you can't "turn it down" easily, just cycle through its five settings.

If you don't want to get a BeoSystem as Steve suggests (and that is what I would do, too) -- consider a full, normal, preamp which has a phono stage built in as a standard feature.  That will typically give you tone controls too, and certainly a pre-amp's volume control will be better than either of the two above...  Good luck and don't forget to post what you finally choose, and review it!!!

I have a Cambridge pre-amp from my Technics 1210 turntable to my Beocenter 9300 going to my Beolab 5's.

Sounds great.

Hi Christian,

Have you thought about Tim De Paravicini's mid priced tube phonostage - EAR 834P? It does have a version with a volume control. I've been using one for about 10 years, but mine has no volume control. Not sure if it is high end but I like the design and enjoy the sound it makes.

Regards

Lonnie

Thanks tot the advice and I choose the beocenter 9500 and hope this  can work?Any  advice how tot connect?

Hi Christian0,

Yes, this is a good choice.  the Beogram will connect directly to the Phono input of the 9500, no extra cables or pre-amp are needed. 

You then just need a couple of Powerlink cables to link the Beolab speakers to the Powerlink outputs of the Beocenter:-

BC9500 with BL8000 - one of the classics! Not really "high end", but that one would have been my choice too. For your BG 4004 you won`t need a preamp, because there is an inbuilt preamp on the phono socket. To connect your BL8000, just use two standard powerlink cables. Maybe you will need a fully wired cable, because BC9500 sends on/off signal via PIN1 and mute signal via PIN4, but I`m not quite sure about that....

Actually the BC9500 was my first Beosystem bought new in 1989, and I still have it. Enjoy your Beo!

Stefan