The Workbench

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Eugene — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:24:29 GMT

Søren Mexico:

Leslie:

Great setup Eugene. Never had a Beomaster 1600, looks stylish. Is that a Beogram 4500 next to it?

Pink Floyd, wow! Was a or still am a huge fan, already from the beginning, Ummagumma, Meddle etc. Stopped loosing interest after Dark side of the Moon.

There is a new remake out now http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Pink-Floyd/dp/B00536OCYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330472349&sr=8-1

Meddle is probably my favorite Pink Floyd album. My introduction to Pink Floyd was my sister, she had a copy of Atom Mother Heart Suite. Also a favorite of mine.

It is a Beogram 3000 and I think the 1600 is one of the coolest looking of the B&O sets. Very simple electronically. The big problem now is the controls all fail due mostly to failing compression washers in the clutching mechansims and other things associated with the mechanical controls as well. A bit of a labor of love to do one of these things. Some people absolutely hate this Beomaster.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Søren Mexico — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:40:59 GMT

Leslie:

Great setup Eugene. Never had a Beomaster 1600, looks stylish. Is that a Beogram 4500 next to it?

Pink Floyd, wow! Was a or still am a huge fan, already from the beginning, Ummagumma, Meddle etc. Stopped loosing interest after Dark side of the Moon.

There is a new remake out now http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Pink-Floyd/dp/B00536OCYG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330472349&sr=8-1

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Leslie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:05:34 GMT

Great setup Eugene. Never had a Beomaster 1600, looks stylish. Is that a Beogram 4500 next to it?

Pink Floyd, wow! Was a or still am a huge fan, already from the beginning, Ummagumma, Meddle etc. Stopped loosing interest after Dark side of the Moon.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Eugene — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:47:04 GMT

Søren Mexico:

Leslie:

Finally had time to finish my 10 glasspanels for the Ouverture/BC2500.

I've let these glaspanels made at the same size and thickness as the original ones with the same dark teint. Made the brackets myself and fixed them on the glaspanels with the proper glue. The right unit on the picture is mine and has chamfered edges. The original on the left has rounded edges. See what the result is and it slides as a whistle

As always Leslie AMAZING work

It is a given tha tit will be a splendid job by Leslie - always is.

So with all the talk lately about Pink Floyds vinyl reisssues I thought I would get out my old playing copy and give the Beomaster 1600 and little workout.

It works really well with a set of S-45 original design.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Leslie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:31:18 GMT

Thanks my friend! At least now my 5 units can be completed. Next project I'm working on, finished within two weeks, is the Beogram 6000 acrylic cover with the aluminium strip on top of the lid incl. text. Let's see how that will work out!

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Søren Mexico — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:53:03 GMT

Leslie:

Finally had time to finish my 10 glasspanels for the Ouverture/BC2500.

I've let these glaspanels made at the same size and thickness as the original ones with the same dark teint. Made the brackets myself and fixed them on the glaspanels with the proper glue. The right unit on the picture is mine and has chamfered edges. The original on the left has rounded edges. See what the result is and it slides as a whistle

As always Leslie AMAZING work

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Søren Mexico — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:49:12 GMT

Eugene:
Reassembly - caps and clutch replacement complete

I really hope to get there someday, but must realize that, this will take time, experience and studying, amazing job.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Leslie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:59:02 GMT

Finally had time to finish my 10 glasspanels for the Ouverture/BC2500.

I've let these glaspanels made at the same size and thickness as the original ones with the same dark teint. Made the brackets myself and fixed them on the glaspanels with the proper glue. The right unit on the picture is mine and has chamfered edges. The original on the left has rounded edges. See what the result is and it slides as a whistle

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Eugene — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:04:36 GMT

Here is component piece you wont see very often

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Eugene — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:51:27 GMT

Reassembly - caps and clutch replacement complete

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Evan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:57:09 GMT

Leslie, they are finished except I decided to re-wire / cross them.

They had a couple problems which prompted this procedure. They didn't have equal output in all the drivers, and one developed a loose solder joint.

I also think my crossover was not the best. I'm going to finally use those caps that Rich sent me, so I can experiment.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Evan — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:51:30 GMT

I'm not sure I want to show pics of this! It's a real spaghetti junction in there.

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Leslie — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:01:02 GMT

Evan:

Just finished re-wiring one of my cube tweeters. Will do the other one tomorrow. This week will hopefully yield an external crossover box.

I want these up and running soon, I miss their sound.

Where are the pics Evan? Thought your "self mades" were already finished or did I miss something?

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Søren Mexico — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:50:18 GMT

Evan:

Just finished re-wiring one of my cube tweeters. Will do the other one tomorrow. This week will hopefully yield an external crossover box.

I want these up and running soon, I miss their sound.

Without pics it didn't happen

Re: What Are You Working On Now ?

Evan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:43:04 GMT

Just finished re-wiring one of my cube tweeters. Will do the other one tomorrow. This week will hopefully yield an external crossover box.

I want these up and running soon, I miss their sound.