I just got another BG4000 home, and the cover needs work. I'll be using the method described in detail here - it's excellent. Worked wonders on the BG4000 I use daily. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=220994

Hello Frede - do you have similar interior photos of the Beolab 5000?

ELP - Pictures. With a "new" CL-cartridge I've received today, on my BG4000. And I'm smiling. It's perfect.

Yes, I "borrowed" a picture to demonstrate the prominent placement of Thorens' name. Must confess I'm quite impressed. I've been inside the deck now, and while I see there's some work that's been done, there hasn't been much maintenance. The rubber grommets are cracked, hard and dry - which means their function as buffers

I think that many Thorens 124 adepts consider the B&O plinth to be insufficiently heavy, and too flimsy, compared to how most of the decks are spec'd today. Unfortunately, a number of Beogram 3000 plinths are sacrificed by people hunting for a good Thorens 124 turntable. They'll buy the Beogram 3000, and then remove the B&O plinth and

I'm having it totally refurbished, and having a new bottom section of the bottom plinth (i.e. the black section) cut from dark soapstone. This stone is non-resonant. It will get the same shape as the thin wooden frame plinth there now, but will add a good anchor for the top section. I'll hear soon enough whether this supports the sound. I'm

The woodwork is in good condition. Beeswax made it breathe and shine.

Managed to find the impossible - a Beogram 3000 Thorens/II. I do think I'll be sending it to Classic Audio, however. Now that there's a Ferrari-Red and a Mercedes-Blue one, I thought I'd make mine BRG. But more importantly, it will probably do wonders for both the unit and the sound it produces to have it refurbished by Frede. Found it in

The record on is actually 10CC's Deceptive Bends, and I was playing "The Things We Do for Love." I've been sussed.

Peter can probably verify whether that is Dire Straits - that must be a nice place to listen to music. Meanwhile - I've just returned home after picking up something that will replace my Beogram 4000 next to my Beolab 5000. Here's a stealth shot in candlelight - more will follow tomorrow in the vintage thread.