I hope you are back in audio heaven soon my friend

The BM4000 was received back from the shop on Tuesday, and I have now integrated her back into the system.  Also integrated into the system are the BM4000 Tape 1 switch and a new (to me) BG3404.

I haven't done any serious listening to the BM4000 yet, just the typical "make sure stuff works" listening everyone does on setup.  So far everything seems great!

This weekend I plan to work a bit on the BG3404, and try out my new SMMC20EN.  That will be the time for some serious listening.

I am very happy to report the "Tape 1 Switch" I built based on the old parallel printer switch works like a charm!  No background noise, no crosstalk, and the ability to record to both tape decks.  Just waiting on receipt of an outboard preamp to add the RX 2 into the mix as a second turntable (you know, for the crappy records that you don't want your new Soundsmith cartridge to touch!).

My God !

I think the last time I saw that was in Bletchley Park :-)

Hi Rich,

congrats to your BM4000 being back.

Looks like it has a dial up to 108MHz (counting the numbers on the printing). Is this true?

I've newer seen a BM4000 up to 108 while some of the BM3000 do. Surely a US-model then?

What kind of FM antenna connector is it; the round 75Ohm or the 2-spade 240Ohm? My BM3000 / 108 has the 240Ohm only while the 104 ones have the 75Ohm one only.

So happy listening; I have one yet to fix as it has a temporary fault suddenly playing loud & treble only on one channel. Resoldering helped but still faulty sometimes. Otherwise yes it sounds great.

  Gunther

elephant:

My God !

I think the last time I saw that was in Bletchley Park :-)

"Steampunk" was the vibe I was going for, for better for worse.  Need a different knob I think, but the lettering is perfect.

hemenex:

Hi Rich,

congrats to your BM4000 being back.

Looks like it has a dial up to 108MHz (counting the numbers on the printing). Is this true?

I've newer seen a BM4000 up to 108 while some of the BM3000 do. Surely a US-model then?

What kind of FM antenna connector is it; the round 75Ohm or the 2-spade 240Ohm? My BM3000 / 108 has the 240Ohm only while the 104 ones have the 75Ohm one only.

So happy listening; I have one yet to fix as it has a temporary fault suddenly playing loud & treble only on one channel. Resoldering helped but still faulty sometimes. Otherwise yes it sounds great.

  Gunther

Yes, US model to "108."  107.9 is the official high end of the US FM dial.  My BM4000 has the round 75 ohm (which I'm using with a simple folded dipole) and the 2-spade 240 ohm.