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Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:21:39 GMT

rich,

glad to hear you are up!

monday am quarterback: i was wondering if that sony had a pre-amp!!!

as homer says: d'oh!!! i should have said something!!!

at any rate, i am going thru my 1900s and 2400's today for validation.

if you still have an interest in one (or anything else) i will be heading to savannah for turkey day...

lmk -and congrats on your success!

p.s. i will email you my mailing address for the 20e return.

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:14:33 GMT

Craig, Thanks for your tip on din to RCA cabling. try to avoid working with more than 2 pins as I usually wire them backwards. They're not in order anyway. Rich

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

Craig — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:05:18 GMT

Glad to hear you got it working

Craig

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:52:41 GMT

Jeff, Darndest thing!! Conected TT to Sony tuner through TC-400 pre-amp, removed my cart and put in your 20E. Started TT..overloaded speakers with hum. Swapped TC-400 for TC-750L with gain control at low end. MUSIC!!.Removed pre-amp..still music. Replaced your 20E with my 20EN..still music. Only guess is that the Sony phone input has its own pre-amp and all the while it was overloaded!

I'll use the TC-750L output to connect the Beogram to my PC and am returning your 20E with many thanks!

Rich

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:15:57 GMT

Rich,

i have a 20e in my hand -i will send out this AM.

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:41:51 GMT

Craig, checked and the connector is wired correctly. Guess that puts the cartridge in doubt.

Thanks,

Rich

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:24:39 GMT

Craig:
RHSeymour:

The din adapter has just 2 rca outputs and no ground.
Rich
Is it wired the correct way? This is why you are better of with the type with 4 RCA connections.
Craig

@ craig -indeed. as mentioned, i ran mine w/ the (4) rca -and the wiring was not that straightforward. it took a couple of re-do's to get the lines correct.

@rich -obviously, i have the (4) lead type -and i am sure i prob have several more -i'll take a look tonight!

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:01:55 GMT

Craig, I never thought to check. I picked it off E-Bay a few months ago and figured it was wired correctly.

Could you steer me to a pin-out diagram. Thanks.

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

Craig — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:43:50 GMT

RHSeymour:

The din adapter has just 2 rca outputs and no ground.
Rich

Is it wired the correct way? This is why you are better of with the type with 4 RCA connections.

Craig

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:15:13 GMT

RHSeymour:
Jeff,
The 400 doesn't have a grounding lug and my concern was making sure the TT was grounded to the amp / tuner. The din adapter has just 2 rca outputs and no ground. I'll send a pm and take you up on the offer of a test cart.
Rich

ok, well then the 400 and the 750 are quite different, and the (2) rca would be tough to not hook up correctly -hee hee. (i was running to a 4).

i will chk my PM's!

++++ rich, you have a PM ++++

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:30:09 GMT

Jeff,

The 400 doesn't have a grounding lug and my concern was making sure the TT was grounded to the amp / tuner. The din adapter has just 2 rca outputs and no ground. I'll send a pm and take you up on the offer of a test cart.

Rich

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:05:32 GMT

rich,

you mentioned you were sending the ground to your sony, does the 400 not have a grounding lug?

also, is your din out to (2) rca's or (4)?

regardless of all the above -my prob ending up being the cart -no fiddling would deal w/ that i am afraid.

lmk the above and i think it my be best to go ahead and get a good cart to you for testing as my bet is that is what is wrong.

send a "PM" to me if you want (using "contact -send personal message" in the top of this frame) to fwd any personal info to me...

upon a reply from me you will see your personal inbox in the top right corner of this page will have a message...

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:05:51 GMT

you know what, my tcc750 + cables are not in use right now.
i'll set it up and play w/ it tonight, and see what i come up with...
i seem to remember the rca connections were not exactly straight forward.

i'll have to review the bm's i have and let you know -of course, you wouldn't need the preamp then...

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

RHSeymour — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:52:16 GMT

Jeff, Thanks for the fast reply. The 400 is a vanilla version with no dials to tweak so I think I'll move up to a pre-amp with better capabilities. As soon as I can get a replacement I'll let you know. RCAs are tight and look to be correctly connected. Thanks for the offer to test with your cartridge and have you a price for the BM 1900 or 2000?

Rich

Re: Connecting Beogram 3404 to non-B&O tuner / receiver

burantek — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:32:47 GMT

oh...

and i have several bm1900/2000/2400's available if you'd like to go "back to the future."