Also look here: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/p/30587/246646.aspx#246646

It has to be a bad solder joint somewhere... Sometimes you think it's a component change that cured the problem when it is in fact the new solder that did the trick (which you will never know of course)! I suggest you get your magnifying glass and inspect! I 'repaired' countless DOA units that way, even a TV set!

Hi Christian! You should re-post on the Workbench or Vintage forums methinks. Many more people (including me!) are watching these! See you there! In the meantime, there are several things that would need attention. On Tim Jarman's and Martin (aka Dillen) I dismantled the thing to clean everything, especially the motor pulley which will have black

Right then. Both trimmers duly adjusted. I managed to get around 50 mA quiescent (idle) current on both channels, but the values were just a little below at 44 and 45 mA, so not far off! As a general practice I like to keep the current a little above the stated values, but here I chose to stick to B&O recommendation. Dc offset is acceptable too

On the other hand, my Beomaster 6000 has been working all day long for two years without a glitch! I've also got a valve amp which I refurbished in 1990 and it has worked fine ever since, with the same valves (6CA7). By the way, the 6000 does get warm (but not hot), contrary to the 8000. I've checked the quiescent current (left channel) and

Thanks for your thoughts Olly and Mika. Hey, there is no radio rally here in France! Anyway, the left channel remaining almost cold, I'm going to set the quiescent current. The trimmers were changed in the receiver's life, but I suspect it is too low, although the amp sounds fine, and there's plenty of power. Even pushed hard, the dissipator

Hello everyone! I'm still at a loss as regards that Beomaster 8000 tuner failure after 96/97 MHz. I'm pretty sure the tuner itself is fine. I am waiting for Martin to come up with something (he will I'm sure! ), because my skills here have reached their limits. I spent quite some time on the diagrams but I'm stuck somewhere in the loop

[quote user="Step1"] I can as the deck traverses the table at 'search' speed but not when it is playing a record! [/quote] Indeed, but I can swear I can hear them through the speakers too! What about that inner groove to outer groove LP then? I'd like to try that as well!

[quote user="Step1"] Have you optimally set the leaf springs for clearance etc...? [/quote] Oh yes, can't you hear the faint clicks as the carriage passes over them?

Hi, Yes I still have the teflon pad fitted. I don't have surface noise but I can hear the leaf switches when there's a very quiet passage (between tracks or on pianissimi).