Hi there, Well your problem has absolutely nothing to do with the cartridge and preamp matching! The fact that you actually had some success at first shows that this part works fine and yes the MMC 20CL is an (excellent) high level cartridge! Do you see the red stand-by dot? Now there might be some problem with your DIN to RCA adapter shorting the Datalink

Hi everyone, Just a quick word to tell you that my Beogram 4000 has worked flawlessly and sounds great! What a turntable!

[quote user="Søren Hammer"] I generally have problems with this on all my beocords. The Beocord 5500, 8004 and my two 9000's do only show a level that is 3-4 dB lower than the recording level, it is quite annoying as the playback level also is reduced compared to original recording levels... [/quote] I don't have this problem

Hi, Well, After changing all the LF357 and transistors, I'm sorry to report that the symptoms haven't disappeared. Damn. Now the audio LF353 has a holder and I'll be able to test other chips when everything works! Just kidding, I may be deaf, but I have never heard a great difference between reasonable op-amps or audiophile components. Never

Anyway... please also update the forum which now looks dated.

[quote user="joeyboygolf"] I'm on Windows 7 and it is a total mess!! [/quote] Install Safari!

You have my vote too. Could you please make the forums compatible with the iPhone? Posting is virtually impossible, you can't type anything but titles...

The jury has finally come to a verdict: the Beomaster 8000 is the winner , and the runner-up is the Beomaster 6000. I'm still wondering where I'll put it though. By the way, I'm looking for a Beolab Terminal for the BM 8000. Has anybody got a spare? I've just found one in an online B&O shop, but € 100, no thanks , I'll pass

[quote user="Peter "] I had never noticed that on mine! [/quote] My Beocenter 3500 has it too: it lightens up when auto cueing is running.

This is how mine works...