The dealers should be named and shamed if that is the case!

Yes, my son would be dribbling all over these, not in a good way [quote user="soundproof"] Any kids in the house? "Mmmm, chocolate covered pinguins! Yippie!" Looks great. [/quote]

I am sure there will be plenty of people willing to strip these modules in the future and they will find some replaceable off the shelf components. The main problem is that of diagnoses, custom i.c.'s and recalibration. However the same problems appear with early 80's electronics and even earlier B&O. For instance, how many restorers today

You know the original piece should still be in there somewhere. Instruct your tech. friend to remove the switch panel and look between panel and logic board, and all around that area. Could have also slipped under the main PCB, arm assembly etc.. Also make sure you take a copy of the manual (preferably printed) with the record player!

I wouldn't worry too much at all. It was the centre that had perished with mine (I suspect someone like the treble at full wack with your hifi!) so I had to guess - I actually made this portion the same size and am more than happy with the result!

How are things doing Jaff? I hadn't forgotten about the little strobe window - I pulled the player apart last night and made some notes. You know, a couple things I didn't note down like the step dimensions but this is to accommodate the thickness of the metal so that can be measure by you. Also I forgot to make a proper measurement as to how

Damn, I think they might be better than my efforts! We will all have to have a competition lol! Not sure how to prevent the same thing happening again, it might be worth laminating the ink to make things last longer. I have not done this myself, just to see how long things last. However the rate I am using my Beomaster at the moment it will be 20 years

Kula shaker - K. Love this album although not a great fan of the band.

If you are not sure of it's history then it will almost certainly need a service. Lots of little things could add up and cause the problems you describe. Bare in mind while your cartridge looks A1 the suspension could be on it's way out which may give many of these symptoms. Also have you checked the tone arm weight with scales? Does the tone

Lee did you get the PM I sent you? I am having problems upgrading (email messages not being sent) Seeing this thread mean't I was able to dig real deep but it's no good if I can't spend it