After almost five years of waiting and wanting, I finally treated myself to a Christmas present and bought a matching Beogram 7000 in black to go with the rest of my 7000 System. The good is the unit is in very good cosmetic condition and the seller packed it very well. It arrived from Germany, so it survived a trip half way around the world without any damage.

The bad, the seller didn't put the chassis in transport position or disassemble the platter. Parts got loose during shipment. I found the cartridge loose inside the player. But overall, I am happy with the seller and understand that things happen during shipment, especially international.

I think I managed to get the player working, but there's a couple of outstanding issues:

No. 1 is the sound signal is very weak and has a lot of noise. I have to turn up the volume very high to hear any signal. The needle skips very easily. I am not sure if the cartridge is bad, or if there's something else wrong with the beogram? I'm running an MMC-2 with 1g of force.

No. 2, the sub-platter wobbles slightly. I suspect the spindle is not centered on the axis of rotation, or may be bent. I carefully sanded down where the sub platter was rubbing against the chassis, but that is only attacking the symptom and not the root cause. I would prefer to get the spindle centered and eliminate the wobble. Does anyone know how I can fix the subplatter? Or is there anywhere I could send it for service?

I posted a short video of the beogram in action so you can see and hear both problems. Sorry about the poor quality video in advance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfrrY90e16s&feature=youtu.be

Any constructive feedback would be appreciated. I am looking forward to having a complete System 7000 up and running soon.

The next thing on my B&O bucket list would be an Attyca stand. They're very rare in the U.S., so I may build a replica instead...

Thanks,

Brian