Andy, Can you provide a couple of photos of the lose wires, things etc. ? Martin

Enig med Christian men i mange tilfælde vil de "klare" lidt op i lyden hvis de gamle trætte kondensatorer i delefiltrene udskiftes. Der findes et kit for dette. Ellers er de bestemt nogle af de mest respekterede højttalere fra den periode, især hvad angår størrelse kontra ydelse. Martin

You can help it a bit and speed up the process if you gently try to move the brass rod even if only slightly. It will ease the oil down the dry spots and you can easily feel the difference as it loosens. Martin

The "hairpin" just goes through a hole in the brass rod. It will rock a bit sideways (horisontally) if pushed but that's not important. The important thing is the brass rod itself, the brass rod with the hole in it that is. It sits inside a brass tube and the rod should move up and down (vertically) fairly free inside its tube. Grab it

Welcome to Beoworld ! Superb speakers with an excellent sound from their size, too overlooked, I would prefer these to the CX range anytime, others may disagree. The fronts are clip'ed on. Insert a wide spatula or similar between the front grill and the wooden frame and gently pry them off. The clips will grip quite firmly if the fronts were never

Older age ... ? Well, I've had many years of collecting B&O but haven't laid hands on many post-2000 items if any at all and only few post-1990. I also shook my head at first, recognizing only a couple of things, it looked too hard but give it some thought and remember that some photos are taken very close-up. The quiz is hard, I agree,

Other amps would have blown but not the BM8000, wonderful machine ! Martin

Check inside the DIN plugs on your speaker cables, both ends if possible. Could be a stray wire strand shorting the terminals. The Beomaster 8000 will drive even very heavy loads, all the way down to 1 ohm or even less and one single wire strand will easily glow, smoke and eventually burn through without causing permanent damage to the Beomaster. In

Of course, there can be several causes for the arm not lifting, transport damage can't be ruled out, but the above mentioned would be the first thing to check. Playing a record after standing unused for a long time, it will probably lower the arm correctly the first time but refuse to lift it again or only lift very slowly. This is very common.

Couldn't find it using the search function here either but Google is my friend... http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/post/8329.aspx Martin