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  • in reply to: Speaker cable length #52238
    AdamS
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    I’d be very keen to read it, too!

    in reply to: BeoWorld – For Sale (UPDATED 18th Feb 2024) #52147
    AdamS
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    Hi-Fi Wigwam is in its death throes and now Beoworld may have an uncertain future.

    I need a lie down…

    in reply to: Beovision 3502 #51749
    AdamS
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    Martin’s words are spot on but be VERY careful which switch cleaner you use!

    I have used Servisol (Now Kontakt Chemie) Super 10 for 30 years and my father used it for 30 years before me. In all that time, the only thing it has ever damaged for either of us was….A Beovision 3502 switch unit.

    Ours started having intermittent contacts and so my father gave it the treatment and it was fine for a week or so. Then, one day, he clicked out the volume/tone control drawer and it wouldn’t go back in. Long story short, it needed a complete new switch unit and the dealer showed us the old one which looked like it had had acid poured over it – the whole back of it had completely melted.

    So, for the first and, I hope,only time in my life I will say to you – for god’s sake don’t use Servisol switch cleaner on it!

    in reply to: Beocentral.com #51397
    AdamS
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    Yes, I do know Tim very well and I will happily pass on your comments!

    in reply to: THE BEOWORLD CHRISTMAS 2023 PRIZE DRAW !! #51443
    AdamS
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    Congratulations everyone and a very Merry Christmas to all!

    in reply to: Beocentral.com #51395
    AdamS
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    Which particular aspect of it are you referring to? Tim doesn’t really update the site with new B&O products as they aren’t of much interest to him – the site is intended as a reference for the classic models.

    I do keep nagging him to put more stuff in the ‘Workshop Notebook’ section, though!

    in reply to: Will Luxman R 1040 Drive Beovox S75’s #51266
    AdamS
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    Yes, it will work fine.

    in reply to: Flash Your B&O – new(er) thread! #33518
    AdamS
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    Latest B&O toy here, found in a local ‘junk’ shop by a work colleague. Needed a very, very deep clean and some attention to the battery compartment which had suffered from some badly leaking batteries.

    After that, a basic service and it works a treat!

    B&O Beolit 600_afterr

    in reply to: Beolab 28 Price Increase #50799
    AdamS
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    Everything’s going up, sadly. Have you seen the price of Beolab 90s recently?!”

    in reply to: Beogram 8002 #50455
    AdamS
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    In my experience, the best phono stage for a Beogram 8002 is the one built into a Beomaster 8000!

    in reply to: UK – Beogram turntable 4000 #50294
    AdamS
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    If you’re near London then you aren’t far from Tim Jarman, who is in Farnborough, Hampshire and he would give the deck a thorough once-over for you.

    You can contact him through his website here: https://beocentral.com/contact

    in reply to: Beogram CD 5500, tray and cd ‘jumping’ problems. #50116
    AdamS
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    I’ve owned two Beogram CD5500s and both of them had so much slack in the clamping mechanism that both regularly were able to clamp the disc off-centre and thus be unable to read it.

    I’ve talked to Tim Jarman about it and even he just shrugged and confirmed that they pretty much all do it to a certain extent.

    Lovely sounding player but it feels like a poor piece of design to me.

    AdamS
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    I’ve always used Speakerrepairshop and their products are excellent.

    I would not recommend replacing the midrange foam surrounds with rubber. This will change the parameters of the drive units. Stick to foam.

    in reply to: What are you working on now? #33403
    AdamS
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    Well, both Pentas are reassembled.

    One seems to work but produces barely any sound, the other makes a ‘pop’ when you plug it in and goes straight into protection mode. The displays don’t work on either of them.

    Looks like they’ll be converted to ‘Beovox’ Pentas for the time being to see if they work like this, as I haven’t got time to look into the amps further at the moment, and I’m supposed to be using them at the Hi-Fi WigWam show the weekend after next!

    in reply to: beogram 6000 (5751 model) any info please? #49505
    AdamS
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    It’s a development of the Beogram 2402 that added Datalink for use with a suitably equipped Beomaster. More details oN beocentral here: https://beocentral.com/beogram6000-1980s

    As Tim says, on the site, it’s a bit of an oddity, but still a decent deck, especially with an MMC20CL. I’d be buying it!

    in reply to: What are you working on now? #33401
    AdamS
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    They’re certainly ‘cosy’ inside!

    Beolab-Penta-amplifier

    in reply to: What are you working on now? #33400
    AdamS
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    Finally getting round to sorting out my Beolab Penta 2s. I re-foamed the midranges earlier in the year so have now re-fitted them and am working on the amplifiers.

     

    in reply to: Beolab 5000 – a lost cause ? #49352
    AdamS
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    Great news. Let us know how you get on.

    in reply to: Beolab 5000 – a lost cause ? #49350
    AdamS
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    That’s the spirit!

    Whereabouts are you located? Someone on here might be able to recommend a repairer near you.

     

    in reply to: Beolab 5000 – a lost cause ? #49347
    AdamS
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    It’s a truly wonderful amplifier, so whatever you do, DO NOT even consider “consigning it to the tip”!!

    It’s a perfectly straightforward, if moderately complex, analogue amplifier design and so any half-decent repair person should be able to fix it, especially given that the service manual is available. I would say that it’s not unreasonable that it’s due for a bit of a service after 50 years.

    Well worth doing, in my opinion. You’d have to spend a fortune to significantly better it.

     

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