I simply like this for the BS factor - not quite a magazine review but likely to get out to more non-hifi people! Comment from youtube - [quote] Ratje1a 10 months ago Scaramanga: paranormal is right... Bang en olufsen is made by philips, samsung, thomson, and other korean and chinese brandt: *open it!!!* and you will see! Í am technician and

[quote] One of my freinds reckons he can hear the coils on an 8000 but I can't![/quote] When you say coils, I am assuming you mean the coils of the linear motor buzzing but is this through the speakers or deck, or both? I agree that the 4000 series are a much better design, and in particular the elegance of the 4000 can't be beaten. I personally

[quote user="vikinger"] Third attempt at a posting. Look here ! Graham [/quote] [quote]As for Bose at least they are innovative enought to compensate the small size with better material and architecture in the speaker unit[/quote] Now that made my jaw drop!

Yes I guess circlip pliars would be useful here!

Ah so that's why it went for more than I thought it would! - I broke my no.1 rule and upped my bid last minute as I had an uneasy fealing, just couldn't leave something like that so close! Anyway, might be that because there is sooo much around she takes it all for granted :) You could give her a duster early

Yes my partner has an Irish Surname, and when she went to the Yorvik museum they apparently had an old Viking helmet with a very similar name. They asked someone and it turns out the name is almost certain to be of Viking origin! Maybe that explains my sons defiance

That record player looks so sweet in white and as for those RL140's, Very nice!

One more thing make sure the restong position of the lower arm is parallel to the adjacent PCB when the solenoid is at full deflection this is also important!

[quote user="chartz"] [quote user="Step1"] Have you cleaned and lubed the angled arm that transfers the solonoid motion to the picup arm? [/quote] Well it didn't need to be lubed. The deck is in good condition and lubrication was no disaster, except for the main bearing (dry sintered bronze). Anyway it plays records now, no rumble

Hi Dave I come from Edgeley just outside Stockport. I purchased a Beogram 4004 from Sale recently :) Interestingly the guy was Danish and came from Struer! He had brought his deck with him when emigrating - This reminds me actually, he was telling me about how he once saw piles of smashed up speaker cabinets at the local Struer tip and they all had