Hi to everyone interested in “Quad” repairs I have now removed the two heat sinks holding the ICs for the Left Rear amplifier. This was fairly straightforward after lifting them clear of the main baseplate. I started with the right one holding the MJ3001 IC because it is simpler, took out the two screws and moved the heat sink away from

Hi everyone Obviously there are no experienced quad dismantlers out there who want to be identified so I have decided to dismantle it all myself. If it all goes pear shaped – well, the unit wasn’t even working in the first place and I will have another bucket load of spares for my other projects. Some tests on the faulty amplifier have confirmed

Hi everyone I have been doing some more work and research on this project and the current status is as follows: Thanks for your input regarding potential capacitors. In the meantime, I have been in touch with Dillen and he has offered to provide me with four capacitors that will be suitable for this task. I look forward to finding out what he is going

Thanks for the positive comments and I will probably keep going until I get it right – just because I like a good challenge. I would also like to see if these machines are as visually impressive as they seemed in the old pictures. I have now found that all of the large 5000uF audio cans have failed. In two of them, the terminals just fell out

Thanks Peter I have downloaded everything that is available and it does help a great deal. The comments on BeoCentral are very valid and makes one wonder whether this is going to be worth the effort. The amplifier board in my unit is certainly warped and copious amounts of polystyrene foam have been used to help with the isolation. I have already found

Thanks Nick I will make some enquiries regarding the availability of these parts next week but given my luck in the past, I am not that hopeful. It does sound as if it is not too difficult to clean these reels so I will probably do that in any case. Any improvement at all will be a step in the right direction. Thanks again Geoff

Hi Everyone Late last week I was very lucky to be given an old Beosystem 6000 quad. This system didn’t work and had been stored in the garage for quite a long time. The whole package weighed a tonne so the owner was pleased to see it go and reclaim some of his valuable real estate. However with some TLC, the various parts are already starting

Hi Nick and Martin are clearly the experts on the VX7000 video machine and from this thread it does seem that one can expect an improvement in fast winding performance if these turntable parts are cleaned properly. My question is, can this job be carried out fairly easily and what is involved. A good set of brief instructions from the experts would

Hi The two wireless units can provide a one way masterlink connection - one transmitting and one receiving. Assuming that you just want to listen to music from your BC2300 on your Avant system, that can be done. However, don't expect to hear any TV sound on your BC2300 setup. Could work for you but depends on what you want to achieve. Regards Geoff

Olly Just a quick thought I have never had a single problem with the record circuits on these machines (9000 and 8002) so I will be interested to know what was wrong with yours. Since both channels are being affected in exactly the same way, it should be something very basic. I seem to remember that there was a relay in the record circuit and if so