Posts by Step1 (archived)
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beocenter 7700 Help!
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Feb 29, 2012 17:44Do American units have a voltage selector?
THE BEOWORLD FEBRUARY 2012 PRIZE DRAW
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 29, 2012 15:26Bludy eck I've made this one! Good luck to everyone :)
Beomaster 8000 'Barn Find'
in Imported Content (Unmapped) · Feb 28, 2012 20:00If I am to be really honest, if you haven't experienced B&O stuff previously this system might not be your best start! It really is quite a complicated beast!
Penta questions...
in The Workbench · Feb 28, 2012 03:49We have recently discuused batteries and stressed that they should not be used!
Beomaster 6000 quadrophonic
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 27, 2012 14:22unfortunately folks, from what I can see any 6000 quad with a nice to mint exterior is extremely unlikely to be a writeoff internally, unless hit by a thunderstorm!!!
Beomaster 8000
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 27, 2012 14:20VOX Pentas, M150's, MS150's RL140's / RL7000 S120's would all be happy with the 8000. A Beogram 8000, 8002 would be nice but tbh any of the non line level decks would be fine. How about a CDX / CDX2 for your cd source?
Just bought a Beolab 5000
in The Workbench · Feb 27, 2012 11:51No I didn't replace the level trimmers, as these were fine after a clean! Not sure what advice to give but it does kind of look like a commited job! BTW If you find a new source of these overly large pots then let me kno…
Beolink 1000 versions
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 27, 2012 11:45Does anyone know if you can switch loudness in/out with a mk3 control? I can achieve this with my mk2 using a shift command but not on my mk3... *I should add this is with my master 5500...
Electronics for beginners......
in The Workbench · Feb 26, 2012 08:29[quote user="tournedos"] [quote user="Step1"]I like the old school stuff :)[/quote] Me too - I got one of the Philips EE2000 kits from my father around 1979. He brought it from Germany and so most of the material was in …
Electronics for beginners......
in The Workbench · Feb 26, 2012 07:42[quote user="Søren Mexico"] [quote user="Step1"]Might be a good idea to purchase an electronics project lab or set, this will familiarise yourself with the basics and you can build little radios and transistor amplifiers…
Electronics for beginners......
in The Workbench · Feb 25, 2012 19:48Might be a good idea to purchase an electronics project lab or set, this will familiarise yourself with the basics and you can build little radios and transistor amplifiers etc. Not sure there is a website offering exact…
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW FORUM -- Pre-Launch Information
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 25, 2012 19:37Looking forward to this :)
The Audiophile & B&O
in General Discussion & Questions · Feb 25, 2012 19:24[quote user="Jeff"]Funny story, I feel sad for someone who will buy something they don't like as well because of what their alleged friends would say. There was an audio show once where a "cheap and crappy" Japanese inte…
Penta questions...
in The Workbench · Feb 25, 2012 07:07[quote user="Peter"] You do really need a piece of B&O with the Speaker link connection - however it sounds to me that you have been sold a pup - I would attempt to return these.There are lots of Pentas out there - these…
Pink Floyd The Wall LP
in Music & Film · Feb 23, 2012 13:01If I can find some cash, ME 😁 I have got Wish you were here, that is great!
A small Beogram 4000 problem
in BeoGram · Feb 22, 2012 06:38Hmm I am still willing to bet it is the keypad switch - how much ;-) I would argue faulty position switches could not recreate the fault you describe... But it is easy to do by partially holding the > down and pressing o…
A small Beogram 4000 problem
in BeoGram · Feb 21, 2012 18:52I just tried slightly holding the right key and pressing on and guess what - the exact same symptoms you describe! So, in this instance it is exactly as you say - except the leaf switch is not making adequate contact wit…
Packaging to die for!
in eBay - the right way! · Feb 21, 2012 13:11[quote user="Rich"] [quote user="Jeff"] In this case the "little hifi shop" was Tweeter/Sound Advice. Sound Advice was a Florida company, tons of stores, that was bought out by Tweeter, which was more of a nationwide US …
Refoaming Beovox S80
in The Workbench · Feb 21, 2012 07:41It greatly depends on the driver as to whether shimming is absolutely vital or not Leslie, but some are absolutely essential, such as RL140's! SO basically I agree with Sorens post that shimming is the most accurate way …