Hi,
I can potentially buy a Beogram 4000 for $500 Australian (~285 Euro, ~325 USD), but it’s not operating correctly. I might be able to negotiate a price as well. I’m hoping I could get some advice if it’s worth buying and playing around with. I’ve had a look at it, I’ll list the positives and negeatives I’ve noticed below.
Just to add, I am technically minded. As an example, I have a Beocenter 7700 (bought for $50 Australian) came with the MMC4 stylus. Wasn’t working properly, but have enjoyed working on it, now works as intended.
However, I have never owned any of the Beograms (apart from the one on the 7700) and never worked on one. I undesrstand the 4000 can be tricky.
Postives:
- The unit itself is in good cosmetic condition, not perfect, but still nice.
- Comes with the MMC 6000 stylus. Looks good, but cannot test.
- Powers on. Tonearm moves, but not properly.
- Tonearm does seem to move properly with manual control pad.
Negatives:
- Platter does not spin, so cannot test stylus.
- Dust cover is in poor condition. Hinges area is missing because it’s cracked off.
- Tonearm doesn’t move properly. When turned on with a record, the tonearm only moves slighlty towards the record and stops. It doesn’t actually go over the record as it should.
Unfortuantely that’s all I can really note at the moment.
I have attached a video showing what it does when tuned on.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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