As a mere stripling of 61 can I welcome you to Beoworld. The members, many of whom are collectors of 'vintage' kit, are incredibly knowledgable, helpful and generous and I'm sure you will receive lots of advice and guidance on your P45s. A far as capacitors are concerned, Martin Olsen ('Dillen' on this site) is a wonderful source

Hi and welcome to Beoworld. There have been a number of threads on this site about transporting Beograms - you're right to be concerned as many of the threads outline the receipt of damaged kit! Here's a link to one of those, where 'DIllen' offers some advice on packing a Beogram 5005 - the original version of the deck that went through

Thanks to Martin and Jacques for this insight into the arm lowering process on the BG8002. It really demonstrates that I should have paid more attention to my Physics teacher. When I was at school (many, many years ago), at the age of 14 I had to make a choice between continuing to study either Physics or History - I don't need to tell you which

[quote user="Peter "] You would appear to have picked the wrong cartridge! I believe you sent one back to Lee - I imagine that was the one Axel had just rebuilt! [/quote] I sent Lee the one in Axel's small plastic case on the grounds that this was the one from your BG7000 that Lee was selling as part of your 7000 system. There has been

[quote user="Peter "] Cleve's deck has had the capacitors changed in the past. It has been serviced both by B&O and TJ. [/quote] Peter, I know from previous threads and from email correspondence with you when I bought the deck that it had been serviced regularly and most recently by TJ - it was one of the reasons why I bought it. However

[quote user="Peter "] Even rarer if it works! [/quote] Having owned two of these, neither of which functioned properly, does anyone have one that actually does work? Even Tim Jarman's was playing up when he was showing me how he had simplified it to make it more reliable! Cleve

[quote user="Step1"]The solenoid actually has more in common with a moving coil of a galvo or similar in this model and the damping is actually controlled electronically! [/quote] Thanks for that, and to evryone else for their helpgul comments. Having now had a look at Tim Jarman's piece on the deck on 'Beocentral', he also refers

Thank you both for your replies, and it is at least slightly reassuring to know that I'm not alone. Still, I can't really believe this is the correct mode of operation for lowering the arm. Looking through various threads on the Forum, 'Peter', from whom I bought the Beogram and who knows a lot about the earlier tangentials, has written

I've noticed that the lowering rate of the pick-up arm of my Beogram 8002 is much quicker than I think it should be - in fact there seems to be little or no damping going on at all. How damped should the lowering device be on this turntable? I am concerned in case it damages the MMC2's suspension. I have checked this site for hints and the only

[quote user="Peter "] 1. Nobody bought it because it didn't meet market needs (took too long to develop) or it wasn't very good! Think Beosystem 10! [/quote] Peter, I feel I have to defend the dear old thing! I've read Tim's views of the Beosystem 10, and I understand all the arguments particularly around the cassette mechanism