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Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Rich — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:42:45 GMT

Still more flawless play Saturday and Sunday.

One of Murphy's Laws was: "Problems that go away by themselves tend to come back by themselves." (I just knocked on wood.)

PS Been listening to prerecorded cassettes on my BC2400 and BC4500 this morning as is my weekly "exercise everything except spare cartridges" routine. Cassettes sound wonderful through the BM4000 -> BV 70s. Maybe I'll pick up a few more of them dirt-cheap at the used record store the next time I'm there.

Back in the day, I NEVER bought a prerecorded cassette. Cassette decks were for recording LPs!

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Søren Mexico — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:30:09 GMT

Keep it moving, glad to hear this

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Rich — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:41:56 GMT

One LP side, four 45s, one LP side, two 45s, another LP side: flawless operation tonight.

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Søren Mexico — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:34:46 GMT

I think it may have to do with use, if I dont play my BG 2404 at least 2 times a week, the control buttons kind of stop working and I have to press them varius times to get them working again. And no, my house is not build on sacret ground. BTW my BM 2400 is down again, same failure as last time. On this forum "you never walk alone".

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Rich — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:11:10 GMT

burantek:

Ugh...

But when she works, she's wonderful! And the BM4000 and CDX are amazing pieces. No buyer's remorse at all for anything.

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Rich — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:09:35 GMT

chartz:

Are you sure your house is not built on an old Indian cemetery?

A Seminole curse? Interesting theory. Will have to look into it.

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burantek — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:02:24 GMT

Ugh...

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chartz — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:32 GMT

Are you sure your house is not built on an old Indian cemetery?

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Rich — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:51:40 GMT

Tuesday and Wednesday I was in Wisconsin and Iowa on business and stopped at the used record store in La Crosse. Picked up a larger than usual haul, so that was cool.

Last night I was home and cleaned and played a few of the new additions to the collection. Started with a 45 and that played just fine. Then I put an LP on. Pressed start. The platter spun maybe half a revolution and stopped, while the tonearm moved into position and dropped the stylus at the beginning of the record.

Long story short: I pressed buttons, I removed the platter and checked the belt, I put it back together, pressed buttons: still would only play a half a revolution on 33, but if I pressed start, then 45, the motor would work and spin the record at 45.

Oh, well - after Evan's recent luck and his "dear God why is this happening to me" thread - I just figured I'd box it back up and ship it back to Benny.

So I played some of the new additions on the RX 2 hooked up to the main system, and made plans to bring the spare BG3404 into the main system over the weekend.

But then a few hours later I fiddled with it again. I took the platter and belt off and repeatedly pressed the start and 33 buttons. After a few minutes of twiddling, the motor would spin continuously, not just for a few seconds. So I put the belt back on, reassembled the turntable, and tried a record. Worked flawlessly. Played another record. Worked flawlessly.

Conclusion: either (a) my Beogram 4002 has a mind of its own and will only work when she wants to, or (b) a gremlin lives inside her.

[:'(]

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Rich — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:25:20 GMT

Funny - I had the S40s mounted on the wall in the garage, ear height when standing, and they sounded better. Also, the volume of the garage is at least three times the volume of the guest bedroom.

I am kind of stuck with position for the S40s in the guest bedroom. On dressers, almost backed up to the wall.

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Søren Mexico — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:54:00 GMT

The Soundsmith gives a clearer sound all over, and your M70s goes down to 27 Hz, your S40s is limited at 49 Hz, try the S40s wallmounted it may help a little.

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Rich — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:21:40 GMT

Søren Mexico:

Rich:
Better?

Much better, but how is it playing now, after, I suppuse, several trial runs, and did you check the speed again.

Congratulations it looks beautiful.

I have checked the speed just about every day the past week and both speeds have been spot on.

One thing I am noticing with my current main setup, I am hearing bass guitar from LPs better than I ever have. Is it the new Soundsmith cartridge? Is it the BG4002? Is it the BM4000? Is it the pair of M70s? Is it the system as a whole?

I played an LP in the guest bedroom last night (old MMC20EN -> BG3404 -> BM2400 -> S40) and the sound is good, but way brighter than the main system. And the bass guitar is just not there like in the main system. Very listenable system, just not in the same league as the main system.

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Søren Mexico — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:04:46 GMT

Rich:
Ah, the good ol' Beovirus. What would we do without it?

It seems like we will be stuck here for years to come, first to get our equipment working perfectly, then to keep it that way, and doing that realizing our dreams/wishes as they appear under way. Let work on it.

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Rich — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:21:07 GMT

Søren Mexico:

Rich:
Better?

Much better, but how is it playing now, after, I suppuse, several trial runs, and did you check the speed again.

Congratulations it looks beautiful.

It plays as beautifully as it looks. I could not be happier with the vintage system.

Well, on second thought, I guess I could be happier if I had a BC2400 open reel, or BC8004, or BC2200, or BC5000 (Type 4716), so that I can send the BC2400 cassette deck into the guest bedroom system.

And then there's the quest for a BG1000 fitted with a 78 stylus so I can start collecting 78s!

Ah, the good ol' Beovirus. What would we do without it?

Re: BG4002 Down! (Back up already)

Søren Mexico — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:15:51 GMT

Rich:
Better?

Much better, but how is it playing now, after, I suppuse, several trial runs, and did you check the speed again.

Congratulations it looks beautiful.