Martin - this is really helpful. I shall be in the UK later this week for a few days, and have ordered a capacitor kit to bring back to Greece and take to a repair shop in Volos - not a B&O service outfit, but someone who seems to be very competent to fix a whole range of a/v equipment. As I also have the full service manual I'm hoping that

Martin - many thanks! I'm delighted that I won't have to go out and buy another stylus as those offered by Soundsmith and styli.co.nz are pretty pricey. This is in fact my second venture into Beoworld - years ago I asked about replacing (or repairing) several of the drivers in my Beovox M150s, and I received a very helpful response at that time

My trusty Beogram 8002 has recently died, and the B&O service people in Athens say that they don't have/can't get the spare parts to resurrect it. I have therefore replaced it with a Beogram 9000, but which came without the stylus. Can anyone tell me whether the stylus from the 8002 will fit the 9000, or if I will have to track down another