Hi and welcome to Beoworld Are you a smoker? If not then you will be by the time you've managed to restring this They are not the easiest things in the world to do, I think they must have used octupusses to assemble them in the factory. I can't help you with the length of the cord unfortunately but I do have some proper dial cord if you want

Welcome to Beoworld First of all there is no such thing on Beoworld as dumb question - only a dumb answer! Your first port of call should be to browse the product info we have on site for this turntable. Nice turntable the 1600, the things to be aware of are:- 1. The belt may need replacing but that isn't a problem as member Dillen (Martin) can

Hi, if you are looking for someone to do the work for you - REX RADIO in London have been mentioned on here before. I have never used them myself but they seem to have a very good reputation. Chris.

10/10 Ben - top fettling Chris.

Heyup Mobe me old mucker Where've ya been? Chris.

It could be the rubber "zebra" strip between the PCB & display at fault. These shouldn't be handled so dropping it in water may well have goosed it. Chris.

I would certainly have the 8000 over the 5000 - but be aware they do take up a lot of space. Chris.

Hi jf and welcome to Beoworld As jan has already pointed out the BM5000 is a lovely amp but limited to the remote control that can operate it. As well as the MCP5000 however there is also the option of the Terminal 5000 which is much smaller and far more useful for day to day operations. To this end I would personally look out for a beomaster 5500 which

[quote user="KingOfSnake"] Hi Jon, sorry to hear you are taking a stand - I posted recently about the number of supposed members and why the prizes are getting less and less but that never saw the light of day either. I guess when a site is run as a business by a company and people are fooled into believing the site is 'independent'

Ray, it could be your lucky day - I'm pretty certain I have a mint-ish platter from a BG5000 which is the same as used on the BC7700. I'll have a look for it tomorrow. Chris.