I don't own one, but prefer the 'originals' over the home-made ones such as shown in the auction. (Photo courtesy member Bulgarien)

Not sure whether you've cleaned the heads. Use a Q-Tip dampened with rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol or one of the commercial wet-type (e.g. Maxell, Discwasher) cleaning cassettes.

'Heard a lot of good things about Modular Electronics in Roswell, GA. Benny Amina is the owner, and gets mentioned here on the forum occasionally.

On Beoworld here .

The two repair shops in NYC are Advisory and Technetron. If you want to pay an arm and a leg use one of them, or do as I do: Ship it to Atlantic Systems in Hanover, MA. They're the official B&O Service Center in the Northeast and charge a more reasonable price.

75 ohm(?) But don't quote me on this.

I get good results from one of these simple dipole types. Make sure you buy the one with the female connector. Welcome to Beoworld!

Something tells me it won't be long before you get a reply from the seller...

Owning anything pre-1980's = obsessed. So I'm merely Beopassionate. So far

Yes they'll work together. Make sure the seller of the socket unit provides the PIN code. You'll also need the connection cable. And some of these just play CD's, not DVD's. Make sure you know what you're getting.