Looking inside, it's clear to see that the baffle board is the original off a Master 38RG. The original holes for the needle cups, the tonearm etc. are still here, only covered up with white backed leather at the front. Unfortunately, the board size has been reduced to fit this "new" cabinet but still it answers a lot of questions, particularly

Spot on, Rudy ! Actually, the nice metal B&O logo badge gives it away from a distance. It belongs above the dial glass on the Master 38RG. The compartments left, right and below the radio are all empty so no record deck. Martin

Close. The black front is leather and homemade but the rest is correct. I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw it but what gives it away ? Martin

It wouldn't be a first. - Or the cartridge. Martin

Knobs yes, but look closer and you will see what made this "second cupboard" the find of the year for me. Martin

If you were me, having the above project and given the opportunity to pick up this thing (below), - Would you do it ? - And in the given case, why ? Martin

Thanks Rudy, greatly appreciated ! Martin

Now 15deg B&O pickup ! It was senior engineer E. Rørbæk Madsen who, a couple of years ago, suggested - and got accepted - an international standard of a 15 degrees vertical cutting angle for recording of gramophone records. Previously this cutting angle varied heavily to the effect that not all pickups were able to play all records

Welcome to Beoworld ! Beocenter 2000 has a built-in turntable and it does not match any of the Beogram 2000 models designwise so I believe that is not what you are talking about. Is it a Beosystem 2000 you have (Beomaster 2000 + Beocord 2000 etc.) ? Martin

There are two ways to tell if a preamp module is installed; - The slower tech way : Open the deck and take a look. It sits at the frontmost right corner. - The faster non-tech way : Connect the deck to an amplifier (line in/CD/AUX or similar level input) and listen. If the sound is fine, the preamp is present. If the sound is cold, harsh and at a very