Like I said Rudy this is in all likelyhood to do with that parallel adjustment I talked about previously. Check the lever yourself when engaged. I never worked out where it was catching but once I set it up properly the fault completely dissapeared and has not arised since! It was almost as if there was a small holding current or residual magnetic field

Well Lee I would put the stickers on anyway as it must at least put one or two off. If it was a second time I would then insist they demonstrate the fault via webcam (send 'em one if they claim not to have one!) and show the intact seal too! I am sure they will still come up with some excuse though...

[quote user="9 LEE"] I've had people from my own website buy things, then say they are faulty at the other end. They swap out the good part from your product to repair their own, then get you to pay for a bogus repair to what you have sold them. They know who they are - and i now refuse to deal with them, but these are the kind of people

Ah ok no the solenoid should not stick when power is removed, if that is what you mean?! I had a beoram perform the same thing which turned out to be the parallelism adjustment of the lower arm but before you check that when you re-lubed things did you partially strip the mechanism down to remove old lubricants? If not, remove upper and lower arms at

Oh well, sounds good enough to me, and will always be far more enjoyable in everyday use than what they would class as 'hifi'. On a different note, which amp do you prefer in the looks department? Personally, I think the 6000 is the prettier of the two!

Sorry I seem to have sent you on a bit of a goose-chase there... I would check that the on switch is actually doing it's job by checking continuity otherwise you really will have to follow the fault chart & diagram I think...

Looks like he wasn't happy with the price and has now relisted! To make matters worse he has not taken the oppertunity to improve his listing and there are 3 of them on ebay at the same time now! How daft can people get

Is the platter level with the top plates when no record is present? Are the transit screws fully undone? The springs should be fine there is a nut which allows adjustment of the platter height so check there first, well, after the service manual which explains the adjustment!

Yes I have S-120's and now some S-80s (need work) Jacques. Must admit I didn't have a cd player as a source when I tested so I might yet see a further difference between the units! I agree the 8000 has much better heatsinks which I suspect is mostly the reason it runs cooler!

Where did you get those hook test leads from? They look quite nice!