TDK SA when possible - I didn't find much improvement with MA - the problem comes with concerts lasting longer than 50 minutes. The auto reverse BeoCord 5500 is a boon in terms of time as the turnover is so fast, but it doesn't (to my ears) quite equal the BC9000. Personally, I didn't like the Maxell 120 chrome tapes, so for longer recordings

I have now checked the tuning potentiometer solder connections, all looked fine but I 'refreshed' them anyway. The tuning potentiometer shows resistance on my meter, with variation as expected between the centre and end tags as it is turned, so it is therefore behaving properly. Since that left the 0,47mcF electrolytic capacitor between the

Yes, the presets all tune well, so I don't really have to have the main tuning... but it annoys me to have a main cursor which doesn't do anything! Any thought about extending the tuning range above 104MHz - would adding a small resistor before the rheostat (perhaps on one of the presets?) move the whole range upwards? I realise that the tuning

Thanks, the picture made the repair much easier, but unfortunately it stll doesn't change tuning - presumably why the previous owner removed the string. It's permanently on about 105kHz, the top of the band (mine only shows 104 on the cursor - I also wondered if I could increase the range to 108 with a different resistor?). I presume that the

I'm in the UK & usually listen to BBC Radio 3, sometimes Radio 4, which are 91.0 & 93.2MHz. However, a friend asked about listening to a ("headbanger's") programme at the top end of the dial - around 106. (I do know that this region exists... I just prefer not to go there usually!). Does anyone have any experience of modifying

Coming very late to this discussion... Hi-Fi World reviewed some older B&O products a few months ago; not the usual 'put-down' but quite positive!

Thanks. Having looked inside, there is no string... so this clearly isn't a new fault. Is the string on a spring with a single turn around the drum?

My new-to-me Beomaster 4000 looks good, sounds very good, the only fault so far (and I haven't looked hard yet!) is that the main tuning slide/cursor doesn't seem to be connected to anything. The presets work well (fiddly) but the main tuning control just slides back & forth. I'm tempted to leave it alone (after grim experiences re-threading

My Beogram 8002 has a similar 'hum', only during play, very quiet, but once heard, annoying. It's an all-B&O setup (Beomaster 5000) and remains using either of 2 B&O 'double-shielded' 7-pin-DIN to 7-pin-DIN leads. And, just to make it more difficult to diagnose, it's only really noticable on the left channel... Any thoughts

Thanks. I have a SMMC4 for my later turntables & agree that it is very good, though I prefer the sound of the MMC2... for most records. I have sent my 2 defunct (or defunkt?) MMC4000's to Germany for Axel Schürholz to diagnose with a view to possible repair. (My German colleague returned from the ski-slopes with a broken arm but was kind enough