I actually tried that (or something similar) in the first place. I used some very light paper and speaker cement (didn't think of a teabag). Problem was that the membrane literally started falling apart as soon as you touched it. That hole was just an example - the other speaker misses the left half of the membrane. And it also had hole in the cone

Thanks for your advice; it is most appreciated (as always). I can't find the spring, have been looking for it for two days now. Looks like it just disappeared into nowhere. Theres not really any opening where it could have left the BM, but yet it is gone. I will send you a Message, would be great if you had a spare one. Of course you are right about

Hi all, I recently acquired a cheap Beomaster 900K. It's a grey 220V-only model; still looking great for its age. I already did most things that had to be done: cleaned the potentiometers, replaced the burnt lamps, some leaking capacitors and both speakers as one was missing most of its membrane. It works fine and sounds quite good. One problem

[quote user="Andrew"] the issue I had was that when listening to FM3 (ie the input is set to FM3), moving the FM5 dial will re-tune FM3, its almost as if there is a solder track jumped in the set, the repair tech has been looking at it and I expect to get the set back tomorrow, I will advise everyone of the outcome. [/quote] Apparently I didn't

This might sound a bit odd, but I never thought this was a 'problem'. Both my 1900 and my 2000 did exactly the same thing. If you switched to FM5, changed the tuning and then switched to FM1-4 the stations were gone. But the solution was quite easy: Switch it off and on again and the stations are back. I believe this is somehow caused by the

Hi all! Greetings from Franconia (where it has been raining for two whole days now ) Finally a prize draw I won't miss! Can't I get a prize only for being here? Pleeease.... -Chris

Hi again, [quote user="Dillen"] Check especially the PCB tracks. Some of these boards have a nasty tendency to develop cracks where the tracks meet with the solder pads and you can only see them using a microscope or measure with a meter. The heat from soldering seems to increase the risk, especially if soldered using a too high heat setting

Hi there and welcome to Beoworld! One of the common faults on the 1500-based centers are broken or stuck switches. I suggest you check that first (in this case I would suspect the power-switch). Another thing would be blown fuses or oxidized fuse holders. Or a broken power cable cable. But those are just the "lucky" faults...if the fuse(s

Greetings from Franconia, What you plan to do is just pure hell. Believe me, I've been there. Rewired three of those...you have to take the whole arm apart, scratch out the glue and that wires are really, really thin. Hardest part is getting it back together and reassembling it. And there's nothing about it in the service manual - the tonearm

Yes, these wires are the connection to the tonearm. You can't tell them apart by their size, you rather need to take off the pickup and measure which one belongs to which pin. If you look at the pickup fitting, you should see four pins. Those are from left to right: Right cold (=common), Right hot (=RED), Left hot (=White), Left cold (=common).