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Re: Beogram 8002 - Problem

rumbl9 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:07:56 GMT

Many thanks to Beoaus and Phil. I will work with the paperclip first. If no success - I'll contact Dillen for a cap kit. This is a lot more complex then my fine old Dual TT, but I expect it will be worth the effort.

Re: Beogram 8002 - Problem

Phil Hunt — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:24:12 GMT

Watch the stylus thru the opening above it-does it stay centered as the arm tracks the record? Or does it move noticeably laterally, esp w/an off center disc. I've experienced such a problem and it related to the positioning of the "reader" arm in such a way that when the tonearm was released and on the record, there wasn't enough lateral free-play in the tonearm towards the outside of the record because the back of the tonearm was blocked by the back of the reader arm. The reader arm was @90* to the trackrods and parllel to the tonearm at rest-what it's supposed to be. The cure was to re-adjust the reader arm carefully so that it was as far to the inside on its adjusting screws as could be, yet still @90* to base. You can check tonearm compliance with a little hook made of a paperclip: while a record is tracking, lift the arm off the record with the paperclip and see if you can swing it towards the outside of the record-should be able to go 10-15* from tangent with no resistance. phil

Re: Beogram 8002 - Problem

beoaus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:19:04 GMT

Great Deck. Try tracking to half way through the record and see if the problem happens again, turn the deck off etc. Even move the arm backwards and forwards a few times, you don't need a record on to do this. It could be that the arm is not tracking at the correct speed, the caps have gone....

A myriad of strange problems can be fixed with the Cap kit from a member Dillen.

beoaus.

Beogram 8002 - Problem

rumbl9 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:18:18 GMT

I recently acquired the 8002 to replace my other two Beograms. It is impressive and sounds great initially, but the sound quality quickly degrades after several seconds. After a couple minutes, it sounds awful. I tried another MMC2 cartridge - but the same results. It's not the cartridge. Any ideas? Maybe a tracking/mechanical issue?