[AdamS]

Steve at Sounds Heavenly wrote:

Hi Adam, That is a real bargain, I also love the sleek lines and sound of these later radial Beograms, so I’m busy finding a reason to justify keep this one! Kind regards, Steve.

I wouldn’t worry, Steve – B&O speaks to the heart so justification is unnecessary! I enjoyed your video and glad to hear the Beogram is up and running. The stylus brush down the back made me chuckle as well – Tim Jarman mentioned to me long ago that he has found dozens of these under Beogram top plates over the years. Then again, the last thing he found inside a Beogram turned out to be a perfectly serviceable MMC4, so do always check inside if you hear rattling!

Adam.
P.S. – have you treated yourself to some RL140s yet?

[AdamS]

Tim is still alive and well and repairing B&O!

You can contact him here: https://beocentral.com/contact

[AdamS]

I’ll watch the video later, but in my opinion, a £45 Beogram 2000 is always worth buying! My Beogram 2000 actually cost me £21 as it didn’t work but it’s in superb condition (and, of course, it works now…).

As an aside, the Beogram 2000 is actually my favourite of the later Beograms. I prefer the radial trackers of this era as I think they sound better than the linear tracking types, and you want all the features such as repeat and Datalink, so that narrows it down to the Beogram 2000 or 5000.

Whilst the 5000 is essential as a part of the 5000 system as it matches correctly, when taken in isolation I think the Beogram 2000 is the nicest looking – sleek plinth styling and a full clear lid. I really don’t need a Beogram 2000 but mine’s not going anywhere!

[AdamS]

I’d be very keen to read it, too!

[AdamS]

Hi-Fi Wigwam is in its death throes and now Beoworld may have an uncertain future.

I need a lie down…

[AdamS]

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!

[AdamS]

Yes, I do know Tim very well and I will happily pass on your comments!

[AdamS]

Congratulations everyone and a very Merry Christmas to all!

[AdamS]

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!

[AdamS]

Yes, it will work fine.

[AdamS]

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!

[AdamS]

Everything’s going up, sadly. Have you seen the price of Beolab 90s recently?!”

[AdamS]

In my experience, the best phono stage for a Beogram 8002 is the one built into a Beomaster 8000!

[AdamS]

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

[AdamS]

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]

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.

[AdamS]

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!

[AdamS]

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!

[AdamS]

They’re certainly ‘cosy’ inside!

[AdamS]

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.

 

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