I think its just the age of them, when I took it apart, the copper wire had clearly broken/corroded away from the contact. I did try to reconnect it, but it just snapped as soon as I touched it with a needle. Like I said before, the diamond and cantelever looked perfect, like a brand new cartridge! Never mind though, i'll have to excersice more

You're a legend!

I should have known better really than to buy an 'untested' MMC 6000 from ebay, but I can't really afford a new Soundsmith at the moment, and can't really justify the cost, because i'd want the CL at a minimum if I had to buy new! The cart came in the post today, and it sounded great - in one channel! I tweaked the contacts to no

I'd buy one now for £15 if they were still available! Looks like i'll have to use an external one and hide it behind the wall brackets somehow. Ben.

I was looking in the service manual with regards to the RIAA option. From what I can tell, this consisted of an add-on module inside the system, is this correct? I was hoping that it was just an unpopulated area of the main PCB, but I guess this isn't the case. I didn't really want to use an external amp, as the system will be mounted on the

Ok, So i've made a bit of progress... not meaning to though. I took the main PCB out, to check for burned components, put it back in, and the arm will now will drop at the 12" LP position. Moving the tonearm to the left though, the carriage will not follow, so there are still some glitches. If I put on a single, the arm still decides to drop

Ok, so this is now my Beogram! I cleaned the light lense as it was all murky, and have tried various positions for the lamp inside the arm, but it still fails to 'see' the record. The arm goes across the LP, the speed changes to 45, hits the end, then returns. I read that a marginal lamp can cause problems, this one still looks ok though. Any

I see that you're a gold member.... Look up the user manual for the Beocord 4500, which is essentially the same as the 3500. Cheers, Ben.

The Beosystem 5500 is very similar to the 7000. The CD players are more or less identical, as are the 'grams and the 'cords, with the only changes being cosmetic. As far as the masters go, they differ in the fact that the 5500 doesn't have powerlink sockets for driving the newer active speakers. The 7000 should have an RDS decoder in the

I read on one of the beo sites that you can compare a Beocentre 9500 to a Beosystem 4500, and a 8500 to a 3500. The Beosystem 4500 and 3500 are basically 9500 and 8500's in seperate boxes. One of the advantages of the Beosystem is the ability to be wall hung. An 8000 is an even more basic version, which lacks the ability to connect in multi room