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That sounds like a splendid idea – the museum is great with lots of pieces that are unique. And from experience, B&O are wonderful hosts.
Agree with Mark – are you in the US – wondering about the 60Hz! If using as described as above, a simple wire touching the metal DIN plug casing run to earth should alleviate the hum. Had to do this many years ago when someone borrowed my Beogram for a party! (Danceproof!)
Quite correct! I was lucky enough to have what I think were Beolab 90s demonstrated to me (I think that is what they were) by Geoff Martin – this was prior to their announcement and they were behind a curtain – I am afraid that Lee and I were both pretty cloth eared and did not identify that these were such high end devices – Geoff hid his disappointment in our ears very well! I have just obtained some BL5s which are great but again probably completely wasted on me!
BL90 is high end but is a huge amount of money – I doubt that is what he thinking about! He will be thinking of the A9 I guess which is great but not really what most would describe as a Hi-Fi speaker though they sound a lot better than many. As the PS Aspen cost $3500, I doubt he would consider £125,000 speakers!
Thanks to the splendid chaps at Multicare, I have now upgraded my speakers from Pentas to Beolab 5s – and have been shown how to work the Moment I have (ridiculous device – strongly suggest not getting one!) but it has allowed me to attach an Amazon Echo to the system and I have now have voice control of my music! The Daleks are in fantastic condition and I even managed to palm off some old bits onto them! Simple minijack to line in on the Moment and it connects wirelessly to the Beovision 11 (sorry to say this, but this is the worst TV in the house – the LG sets are just more user friendly and have a better picture – have one with the B&O Stage so sound on that is excellent.) The set up however looks great and sounds great. Many thanks Multicare!
I add this here as prior to this I had an MCL/ML/NL system (!!) which had become increasingly difficult to sort – simplicity seems to be the best solution. There were service manuals on line for the eyes in the past and I expect they are available on site.
No – the figure suggested is always just an indicator and tuning by ear is the best way as you have done. B&O cartridges all have low tracking weights and are extremely unlikely to damage the record – you do need to keep the stylus clean though.
I have just seen his latest video – he suffered a copyright strike after the fix of a Tom Evans Phono preamplifier (£25,000!!) which he fixed but clearly whilst doing this exposed the fact that it was an overcomplicated and badly made device – despite the fact that this had been sent to him by the manufacturer as they decided they could not fix it! Can I suggest as many of us subscribe to the channel to support him but also because he does some wonderful videos – I imagine Multicare will watch them as well if only for the laughs!
The 6002 was an interesting deck – looks very like an 8002 but in reality is far more like a 4002 – does not have the tangental drive for the platter but is belt drive. None the less is a good turntable though has slightly reduced remote control features – again not a big issue.
The RX2 was a cheaper deck and obviously a radial tracking deck and I don’t think has any Datalink so not remote control. Good looking though – my brother had the earlier version, the 1800. Sounds good as well. The 6002 will be the better choice with the BM6000 though so unless you are selling the system, I would keep the 6002.
I think in my time I have had almost all the Beograms – my favourites are the 4000 series though the best sounding is the 3000 Thorens.
He fixed a Beocord 5000 – hence a genius! It was the 2 head version but even so – and it did give him problems – which they all do!
6 December 2024 at 16:43 in reply to: BeoCenter 9500 – Restore, Keyboard LED’s partly not lit #61385I suspect the comment about being far away was that if he was near, he would come and help.
I normally use 1.2g for an SP12 – it is the elliptical version of the SP10 – the SP14 is higher compliance. However I usually also tune a bit by ear as cartridges do seem to differ with age and condition – start at 1.2 g would be my suggestion and work up .1 g at a time!
Yes – B&O cartridges are moving magnet cartridges – actually a variant of this called Moving Micro Cross. You will find the output is slightly lower than some moving magnet cartridges. No reason why it won’t work. The slimline 1800 was the basis for the last of the B&O radial decks – there was an earlier model called 1800 but that is rare and I doubt it is the one you have as it uses SP cartridges.
21 November 2024 at 17:56 in reply to: On connecting a Beomaster 1900 with a set of Beolab Penta #61077You can use the Beomaster 1900 with Beolab Pentas using the speaker link function. The amplified signal is attentuated by the Penta – you set it up using the controls on the drop down flap – this is a link to the manual telling you how to do it.
Pentas can accept both line and amplified inputs so I suspect can take input from your LG set. I use a pair of Pentas with a Beolab 2 though with a Beovision. I do also have an LG set I use with a B&O Stage and it works very well. Pentas are getting quite long in the tooth now – I would contact Multicare for further advice – they may be able to offer more advice and certainly can refurbish a pair. The Beolab 2 is great with films though I am less convinced that it is great with music. I have a blue one!
I would suggest swapping it from right to left just to check it is not the source – I guess you have done this already – in which case I can only imagine there is a fault in the amplifier – will need service – from experience, Multicare know what they are doing. About to take one of my Pentas in which has done something similar!
Well done – I always liked the 5 – gave mine away eventually as they are very big and weigh a ton! It sounds like yours will considerably outperform a normal 5 though! The problem B&O had with this model initially was that it appeared when the Avant CRT was still around and comparing the picture did no favours to the 5 as early plasma screens were not that great! The sound was always good though.
The Beocenter 4000 from this era is a truly great piece of kit. It uses the Beomaster 2200 as a base and the amplifier is fantastic. The later Beocenter 4000 from the mid 80s is completely different and nothing like the quality. The speakers you have seem to be S40s. These were a slightly upgraded S35 – you would be better off getting S45s which are a three way speaker and one of the best speakers of this era of B&O. The speakers you picture appear to have a foam surround whereas the S45s have a rubber surround.
The 4000 is notable for the way it was made using prototype wiring and is extremely high quality. The receiver version, the 2200 had the misfortune to be around at the same time as the 2400 which was better looking though similar but was not as good from an audio point of view. The 4000 is quite unusual to see about – lovely piece of equipment.
The BM3000 is an excellent machine – was the mainstay for a while and the final iteration of this design, the 4400 was probably the best balanced receiver they made. The 8000 was more powerful and had a fantastic performance but was gigantic and was a real statement piece which really only worked as a whole system (in which it was fantastic) but was hard to fit sensibly in most environments! I have had two of these systems and have sold them both preferring a more elegant BM4400 and BG4000 system.
I have found it – the user manual is not huge!!
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You must be logged in to view attached files.There is a manual available – I scanned it in on the old Forum! I probably have a copy though looking for the DVD drive at present!! Keith should have it on file – This is B&Os fault for giving completely different devices the same number!! I am sure we can get this changed.
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