He is very reasonable but don't glue anything - he will rather have it untouched.

[quote user="linder"] Does anyone know what the upgrades to the BL5's were? I was under the impression that nothing had changed since introduction. [/quote] Mainly software changes but some other changes related to the digital connections. Not at home at present but can itemise if needed. As with all B&O products, if a fault or possible

Agree - you must check the continuity before any glue! Tim Jarman is in Farnborough and is good with these decks - you can contact him via Beocentral. He would rather see these before repair!

It means that though the project is being worked on, there is not a sign off date yet so we cannot be more definite. On the updates, B&O have a policy of constant updates throughout the life of a product. The Beolab 5 has been updated a couple of times already but has not needed any large changes.

I don't think he did? He did repair one of the cantilevers by putting a fine wire up the cantilever of a MMC5 and glueing it - seemed quite a lot of work for a MMC5 to be honest! You cannot really get at the suspension otherwise as the Micro-Cross needs to come out. Anthony had some personal problems I believe and stopped working some years ago

I am so sorry. This must have been an appalling moment for you. I would suggest that the lack of one channel will probably be the wiring - you need to continuity test the arm. If that is OK, you are very lucky. Parts for these are very tricky. I would use a two pack epoxy so the damn thing never moves again but others may suggest something else. Where

It will play almost everything except DVD-RAM. The RW type are best avoided.

I nearly forgot to say - one of the other editors, Adam Smith, is also a member of this forum and has a fair B&O collection himself - this months edition mentions the Beomaster 2400. There is also a picture of the Beocord 2000 Reel to Reel in the letters page with a most attractive young lady behind it!

Hi-Fi World regularly review B&O - Tim Jarman is now a writer for them. One of the issues is that B&O do not release as much kit as most manufacturers, being happy to keep updating products rather than changing the design every 6 months. There is also unlikely to be many group tests as not many companies do direct competitors. The Beolink system

Agree with that - the video processing on the BV5 is the archaic bit really. I don't see why you couldn't feed the pre-amp out to the Avant power amplifiers though. Need a bit of working out the connections but you sound well up to this!