Hi Jeff & welcome to Beoworld🙂

1. The bulbs have probably blown and member Dillen (Martin one of our esteemed technical advisors) can more than probably supply you with replacements. I'm sure he'll be along shortly with more detailed advice.

2. Best bet would be to refoam both woofers (the other one is probably also shot - if it is tacky then this is the case). Kits can be bought and it isn't too difficult to do if you have good basic DIY skills. If you need advice/help I can assist you here. Reconelab in Huddersfield can do the work, they are quite expensive but very good and highly recommended.

3. My personal recommendation for a B&O CD player would be a CDX which has phono outputs so will require a phono/DIN converter lead - available at any decent suppliers such as Maplins in the UK. Ipod connector leads are available from Lee at LifestyleAV. As for a way of connecting more than one item to the tape input I believe you would be best served using a CD/tape adaptor - not sure where you'd get one though but they do turn up now and again.

Chris.

EDIT :- Great minds and all that Peter😂😂

just beat me.

Hi Jeff, Peter was correct in that the CD/tape adaptor does have a DIN connection and RCA inputs.

Craig🙂 

Never knew about the RCA/phono inputs Craig, do you have one?

Chris.

Wiggster,

Welcome to Beoworld, nice system !

As already suggested, for the Beomaster 2400 (& -2) kits are available for recap'ing and for the panel lamps.

The cap kit is quite comprehensive, containing about 60 components. The lamp kit contains a full set of new bulbs of correct wattage. Both kits come with instructions.

The Beovox S50 speakers only have a couple of caps each but a kit is available for convienience.

PM me for details.

Martin

Thanks for all the responses! Sounds like the jobs aren't too daunting after all!

Have checked for refoaming, and will certainly try my hand at a kit first before shipping the slightly weighty speakers off to be repaired. I have a perfectly good set of JBL's that I can use until then, as I don't want to cause more problems.

Just seen a CD3500 on ebay, and have put a tentative bid in- am a bit wary of old cd players though- are the lasers liable to deteriorate or break after a certain period of time?

Also, more questions come before the weekend- I am going to give the whole thing a thorough clean, after the usual warm lighly soapy water treatment, is there anything you would recommend for cleaning up the aluminum?

Thanks again, and am looking forward to cultivating a healthy obsession with this system!

Cheers

Jeff
 

I wouldn't worry too much about the laser on the CD3500. To all intents and purposes it is identical to the CD4500 but can be bought much cheaper due to the matt grey finish as opposed to polished aluminium panels - I have never heard of one of these going wrong. As it is a later generation to the CDX then I wouldn't envisage any problem for quite some time.

For cleaning your brushed aluminium panel I wouldn't use anything more aggressive than Isopropyl alcohol. Don't be tempted to use methylated spirits as this will affect the perspex panels if you encroach onto them, nor any abrasive metal cleaners such as brasso etc.... Soapy water will probably do the job well enough any way 🙂

Chris.