Thank you for mentioning the open switches, Dillen. I replaced the belt before I saw your post and the results were positive, but decided to go back in to do your recommended cleaning. Here is how I accomplished that cleaning process... ** PLEASE NOTE - I am posting this here, because I had been experiencing...

Side-by-side comparison of the 24 year old belt (was it REALLY 24 years ago???). OLD belt TOP, NEW belt BOTTOM. I used push pins here to illustrate difference in length, due to the rubber relaxing over the years. Belts are taught enough to be straight, but not stretched: The results from replacing the...

I received the belts for my 1800 from the Ebay source today. I put one in the turntable and the other in two zip-loc bags and tossed it in the freezer, so the kids can use it 24 years from now... Here is how the belts came from the source:

Well first of all congratulations to all of you on this wonderful site. I awoke yesterday with a memory of a wonderful audio system my dad had when I was younger, so went straight to my moms house and found it in the loft. It is a wonderful BeoSystem 5500, which I hope to use in my new home. I have discovered...

I have recently been scrounging around in my fathers old posetions, and came across these two B&O products from about 30 years back. Got them out and hooked them up then realised i had no input for them. Since i know the speakers will be of a very high quality i wondered is there a way to hook up...

Hello all, Can anyone recommend someone in the UK to service a Beogram 5500? Do dealers touch Beograms these days? I also need to get a preamp which someone told me I could get from Maplins. If anyone could point me to the exact preamp I need that would be fantastic as I have no idea what one looks like...

I recently purchased on ebay a quite clean 1200 beomaster unit from germany, which arrived badly smashed, courtesy of parcelforce, with the wooden frame broken and the volume gauge dislodged. I've been searching for some charitable wizard for quite a while, to no avail. I'd want it repaired and...