Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Nov 10, 2008 11:56 GMT

Well been playing with the 20CL and my 1700. I just cannot get it to sound good. I replaced the RCA plugs, nice to see the wire inside are bright shinny copper! But I am still getting major distortion. Especially on 'S'.…

Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Nov 8, 2008 18:39 GMT

Well to bring this thread back..... So I got am MMC20CL off ebay for not too much and hooked it up. To be honest, it sounds "okay". I have been using a friend's dual 505 with a new tone arm and the Shure 15V cartridge. A…

Beogram 1700 - Worth Keeping?

in BeoGram · Oct 30, 2008 12:38 GMT

So, mediaboyny, has been super helpful in getting my 1700 up and running and sounding good. Like an idiot, I was a little aggresive in cleaning the stylus and bent the cantilever on my cartridge. The cartridge was probab…

Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Oct 29, 2008 00:34 GMT

So cleaned the rca hookup with a Dremmle. Now there is no more distortion on the highs! I guess sanding off all that corrosion helped. I also used your method for cleaning the stylus. 2 remaining issues: 1. In the above …

MMC's

in BeoGram · Oct 27, 2008 23:23 GMT

So are spade connect cartridge interchangeable with Beo? I have a 1700 with a bad (I think) MMC20EN. Could that be replaced with any of the spade type beo cartridges? Thanks.

Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Oct 27, 2008 23:20 GMT

Hmmm...tried this, unfortunatly, as soon as the tone arm "floats" it pulls back all the way to the right. So, basically turnned the counterwieght until it would just stay in place (on the record) and set that to 0. There…

Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Oct 27, 2008 12:07 GMT

Thanks for the advice! Will try cleaning it. Looked at the tip under a magnifying glass. Still looks shiny! Though there is tons of crud around it. I will try and clean it. Thanks for the advice on how to. As for trackin…

Beogram 1700

in BeoGram · Oct 26, 2008 20:14 GMT

I just picked up a Beogram 1700 today at a garage sale for $20 US. It works perfectly, but I am afraid it needs a new stylus. There is distortion on the high frequencies and some on the low as well. Also, there is corros…