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  • in reply to: Replace or refoam woffers on Beovox 80.2.? #44868
    AdamS
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    Im not totally agreed. You had beovox rl60 who had foam surrounds, after that rl60.2 with rubber surrounds. For durability i would take rubber surrounds. But that is my opinion. I would not re-do the process each 15y because it’s time consuming

    Yes, but they were different drivers with different performance and, as a result, the RL60 and RL60.2 crossovers are different to account for the drivers’ different sonic characteristics

    I personally feel that it is always best to replace foam surrounds with foam and rubber with rubber.

    in reply to: Replace or refoam woffers on Beovox 80.2.? #44865
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Agreed – re-foam not repair! But do not opt for rubber surrounds if your originals were foam – stick with the original foam material otherwise you will alter the characteristics of the driver.

    The correct foam surrounds from Audiofriends are here:

    https://www.repairyourspeakers.com/en/foam-rubber-surrounds/bang-olufsen/bang-olufsen-beovox-s80-2-1x-foam-surround-for-repair/a-2048-10000016

    I’ve not used Audiofriends personally – I usually use Good Hi-Fi and they also do the correct S80.2 surround here:

    https://speakerrepairshop.nl/en/foam-surrounds/bang-olufsen/foam-surround-for-bang-olufsen-beovox-s80-2-woofer/a-977-10000013

     

     

    in reply to: The Prize Draw – Thoughts Please… #43889
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Firstly, I would like to add my voice to all those above in thanking Lee and Keith for the running of Beoworld, and to Steve for sponsoring it. The site is an invaluable resource for B&O nuts like me but I have also been well aware that traffic has been reducing over the years, which is very sad news. I’m active on many hi-fi forums and, predictably get asked lots of questions about B&O which I’m more than happy to answer, but I always try and point people in the direction of the site.

    As to Gold membership, it’s something I consider essential for access to the magnificent repository of service and user manuals. The prize draw is a lovely bonus and I have been lucky enough to win on several occasions, but if this were to drop to once a year or even vanish altogether, then it wouldn’t affect my membership decision – I’d still stay Gold. Like chartz – I’m not going anywhere!

    I would also personally be more then happy with an increase in the cost of membership but I do appreciate that this may well have the effect of putting people off – you can’t win in this one!

    In my own small way, I’d like to help by making a donation to the coffers and Lee – if you do decide to continue with the draw, please drop me a line as I have some items in the Smith Beocollection that i would be more than happy to donate for the next one.

    in reply to: Beovox MS150.2 crossover schematic #43335
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Thankyou Jens; that’s very kind!

    in reply to: Beolab Penta1 crossover smoke #43455
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I would also not use the speakers again until you have given the amplifier unit a thorough once-over. Two blown tweeters and smoking resistors in a passive crossover suggest to me that the amp could be putting out DC.

    If it is, then it’ll just keep blowing your tweeters and crossover components every time you replace them.

    in reply to: Beovox MS150.2 crossover schematic #43333
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Just an update – I found pictures of the MS150.2 crossover online and it appears that mine have been half re-capped! However, one of the original capacitors has broken and one of the replaced caps appears to be the wrong value.

    Consequently, I have done what any sensible person would do in this situation and ordered a full capacitor kit from Beoparts!

    Would still be keen to know if there’s a service manual out there, though.

    in reply to: Beogram 4000 Service Multicare Electronics #42748
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Not specifically Beogram 4000 related, but Multicare came and visited us last year to carry out a safety recall upgrade to our Beovision Eclipse and I got them to update our BL90s to the latest software version while they were there.

    Excellent communication and service all round, so a thumbs-up from me.

    They’ve also been very helpful in contacting B&O HQ regarding an issue I have on the B&O iPad app with the Lab 90 control, but this remains unresolved as yet.

    in reply to: Beogram 4000 and Beolab 5s #42753
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    If you’re using the digital output of the Beosound 9000, then the CD is the only source you will hear as that’s the only one that has a digital output.

    You will not be able to output the radio or anything plugged into the AUX socket through the digital output as these are both analogue signals, and the 9000 does not have an inbuilt ADC to digitise these.

    in reply to: Beogram 4002 Type 5513 Tracking Sensor Issue #42658
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    In addition to the point above, some ‘continuity’ meters only beep when below a certain resistance. The filament of the lamp will have a resistance and if it happens to be above this point, then your meter won’t ‘beep’, giving the impression that there is an open circuit.

    in reply to: The RX2 TT : tell me about yours plz #42117
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    No big issues on these in my experience. The motors can make ticking noises but this can be remedied, and I’ve had a similar Beogram 2000 do some odd things when dirt got behind the front panel and into its start/stop switch but other then that, they’re pretty reliable.

    Lovely decks – go on, treat yourself!

    in reply to: What are you working on now? #33335
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I’m working on a big speaker drive unit re-foaming session currently.

    The two drivers at the left rear are from RL140s and I’m sure you can all work out where the SIXTEEN midrange drivers at the front came from!

     

    in reply to: Beolab28 vs Beolab5 #42097
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I was hugely impressed by the Beolab 28s when i heard them – one of the best speakers B&O have developed in years (outside of the 90s or 50s, obviously).

    However, I would say personally that they still fall a fair way short of the Beolab 5s’ performance.

    in reply to: What are the speakers, b&O lovers use? #41687
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    My main loudspeakers are Beolab 90s and I also use Beovox MS150.2s regularly.

    Hi Adam, that is indeed superb! which amp do you use for the MS150.2s? ps/edit: how to get out of the quote mode?

    edit 2: ah it works, thanks Guy!

    I obviously have a Beomaster 8000 but I mainly use the MS150.2s with a Yamaha C-5000 preamp and M-5000 power amp

    in reply to: THE BEOWORLD CHRISTMAS 2022 PRIZE DRAW !! #41759
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    What a wonderful selection of prizes and hearty congratulations to all!

    Very envious of  Martin’s boot bag!!

    in reply to: Beovox M75 #41627
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I know the chap who made the original post, and he and I have been in conversation about these. I hope he won’t mind me reproducing part of a text he sent me last night here:

    “….these things sound fantastic!”

    Looks like we may have another convert… :o)

    in reply to: What are the speakers, b&O lovers use? #41657
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    My main loudspeakers are Beolab 90s and I also use Beovox MS150.2s regularly.

     

    in reply to: David Lewis would be spinning in his grave #41590
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I agree that the Theatre does look a bit odd but, in contrast, of the items that the OP mentions  that he likes, I’ve always found the Beovision 5 to be an odd looking thing that permanently seems to be about to topple over backwards. Even worse, I think that the Beolit 12 is one of the ugliest things ever to bear the B&O name!

    Horses for course, as they say…

    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    When I worked in loudspeaker design, we would often buy competitors’ speakers for evaluation purposes.

    When done with them, they were either donated to charity, or offered to staff for a nominal sum.

    in reply to: Poll – Beogram 4002 detail… #41569
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    I think the first picture looks better, too, but it’s irrelevant as the cartridge is the wrong colour in both pictures!

    :o)

    in reply to: Decoding early model numbers #41153
    AdamS
    GOLD Member

    Looking at the two pictures, ‘B’ could stand for ‘Brown’!

     

     

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