Hello - I recently acquired a Beomaster 4400 and Beocord 1900. They were well cared for by their owner (the original one, I was told), and are both in extremely good shape. I would appreciate the Forum's advice on two issues: 1. When I turn the Beocord off I get a popping sound through the speakers. I sometimes get the same effect when I turn it

Derek - Thank you. I had a sense it might be a bad idea. John

Hello – I have a question that will no doubt make the experts wonder how some people can know so little. I have Beomaster 5000 (connected to a Beogram CD50) and a Beomaster 5500 (connected to a Beogram 1900 turntable, Beogram CD5500, and Beocord 5500). I also have a pair of Red Line 140 speakers. I’d like to listen to each system over the

"I'm not, and never would, knock anyone for owning one though (except the Guy who drives round my home town in a hairdressers car with the plate " BIG DAN" (actually stylised B19 DAN ) who just deserves to have the p$%£ taken)" What constitutes a "hairdresser's car"? I assume it's not one that produces

I see that the service manual for the Master Control Panel 5000 is available, but not the user manual. I'd love to get a copy of the latter. John

The hum problem seems to have resolved itself. I had the ground (earth) wire connected to my household ground. I attached it to the receiver instead, and no more hum.

Hello - I recently bought a Beogram 1800 turntable - the model from 1984-1986, not the Type 5213 from 1968-1972. It is configured for the U.S.(where I live), and has RCA outputs and a two-prong electrical plug with a separate ground wire. The eBay seller runs an audio store, and said it worked fine with the MMC3 cartridge he tested it with. I trust