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Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

kevinoils — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:55:38 GMT

Hi Does anyone have a spare lid for the beogram 4002, I have one but its without the aluminium strip, I would really like to get a better lid for it.

Kevin

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Dillen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:45:22 GMT

Lovely deck but a beast to service.

There's a tracking sensor, reading the position of the tonearm.
It activates the servo motor to advance the position of the tonearm carriage to keep the tonearm and record sensor arm parallel. Some decks are even capable of tracking outwards (!)

There's an adjustment to check on page 4-6 in the service manual (type 5215) but of course a fault in the corresponding electronic circuits could also cause this problem. There's a lot of transistors in this circuit.

Martin

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

kevinoils — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:58:40 GMT

Hi Martin

I have noticed that you have replied to many questions, I am new to Beoworld and have been glued to it reading for days. I have a few problems with a beogram 4000 which I just purchsed. I have got the Beogram 4000 working and solved quite a few problems with the tone arm, sluggish mechanism etc. The arm now lowers and pops up when I press the buttons under the Aluminium plate which I took off because the up and down bottons didnt work. When I took this plate off the buttons were pretty much jammed down, I guess with age. I slowly teased at these buttons with tweezers and they one by one popped up and all are operating again.

The main problem is that the tone arm lowers as it should but seems to continue tracking across the deck, sort of slowly skating along, I have lubricated some of the parts and I am generally cleaning as I go along. have you any idea what I can tackle to get the tracking on track? It is a lovely machine that I hope I can get back to its former glory.

Thanks

Kevin

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:52 GMT

Kevin:
Waaaay beyond my experience but if you need the cartridge let me know

Neither doi i !

With this "experiment" i was hoping to continue learning more about it

Thanks for the offer Kevin, appreciated.

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Kevin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:33:37 GMT

Waaaay beyond my experience but if you need the cartridge let me know

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:29:27 GMT

Thanks Kevin,

that's something i can work with !

Crisper sound is what i'm after.

My idea is to connect the BG4002 to a Luxman valve amplifier

and Floating Synthese 1 speakers.

For years i've been asking my father, trying to convince him to sell them to me !

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Kevin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:32:18 GMT

I find the whole sound crisper and with my BG4000 the bass is still there. It gives a whole new feel to an LP but does pick up the blemishes more. If I remember a post Peter made on the last forum this is down to the needle getting deeper into the groove.

I do have one on a second deck which you could try out. I suspect though the best solution would be a soundsmith since the bargains on these (possibly due to Beoworld) are few and far between and they are OLD! What soundsmith have done with the mc4 seems to have surpassed the original so the mmc20 would one would hope be just as good.

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:09:16 GMT

Kevin:
The MMC20CL is better IMHO

Thanks Kevin, are the differences noticeable in the higher frequency range ?

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Kevin — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:41:00 GMT

The MMC20CL is better IMHO

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:06:50 GMT

Thanks ipaul and Craig for your input.

The current stylus MMC20EN, how "good" is it ?

I looked up the information from the Products list:

The MMC20EN was the standard cartridge fitted to the top of the line Beogram 4002 and 4004.

How do i interpret "standard cartridge" and "top of the line",

would you recommend this stylus or a different one for the BG4002 ?

Thanks !

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Craig — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:49:46 GMT

Ignace:

Hi all,
Regarding the stylus for BG4002,
currently, there is a MMC20EN on the BG4002 (not tested yet) .

As my BG6500 has a MMC2, i was wondering if it would be suitable/wise to place it in the BG4002.
What would you do /suggest ?

Thanks for your input !

Ignace, as pointed out your MMC2 will not fit. The MMC20 range fit on the ens of the arm as such. If you look at your BG6500 it fits underneath the arm. The fittings as such are comletely different, and as Paul also points out. Any of the MMC20 range will fit, I use to use an MMC20S on my BG4002.

Craig

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

ipaul — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:57:00 GMT

As far as i know MMC5-1 range won't fit into the older cartridge: mmc4000 was original and replacement mmc20's fit.....

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:44:43 GMT

Hi all,

Regarding the stylus for BG4002,

currently, there is a MMC20EN on the BG4002 (not tested yet) .

As my BG6500 has a MMC2, i was wondering if it would be suitable/wise to place it in the BG4002.

What would you do /suggest ?

Thanks for your input !

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Medogsfat — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:02:16 GMT

Thanks for the update Ignace, it's always nice when people show their appreciation

I hope it does the job for you, it came from a turntable that did work until the tonearm cartridge mount broke away. Look forward to seeing some nice photo's.

Chris.

Re: Parts for Beogram 4002

Ignace — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:46:50 GMT

Medogsfat:
Craig:

Chris, did this come from the same one that saved my BG4002? Did cross my mind you may still have parts of it.

Craig
That's the chappy Craig.
This is probably the last part I had left over from it. The rest got donated to another beoworlder and this arm (fortunately for Ignace) got left behind

Chris.

Hi Chris,

The arm arrived in the mail today !

A big thank you to Chris,

will post the pictures as soon as the BG4002 is up and running !