After a house move at the week-end the turntable on my Beocenter does the following: First time operated after the relocation the tone arm went to the record perfectly however at the end of the album it didn't return, nor did the turntable stop spinning. Now when I press phono the arm moves across and lowers onto the record but almost immediately

I don't know if this has been covered before but I was curious about members thoughts and experiences with what I believe is officially known as "shill bidding", ie friends and family of the seller placing false bids to drive the price of an item up. Bidders on flea bay in Australia are now anonymous where previously there was the ability

Just finished re foaming a pair of S45's myself, some achievment for someone born with 10 thumbs, and all of them left handed! Not too high on the 'degree of difficulty' ladder I'll admit however I personally find it very satisfying in bringing something back to life, particularly in the age of the use it once and toss it mentallity

Seeing that collection again begs the question I frequently ask myself, whatever happens to all the speakers? If its safe to assume that pretty much every system is sold with at least one pair, and I do realise that there will be exceptions, is there a speaker version of the fabled 'elephants graveyard' where they all go when they die? They

I must admit that I haven't previously seen other such weather beaten examples in Australia, these items are an exception thankfully. Pretty much everything else I've acquired since moving here has been lovingly looked after as you would expect given that the local market for B&O is IMHO much smaller and more exclusive than Europe or the

And if the outside wasn't bad enough............

Probably should add at least one picture of the Beogram just to complete the rogue's gallery!

This is the other speaker, not subtle enough to be a Chinese 'copy'

Why do some people never appreciate what they have? Granted this turntable was originally purchased new in the UK and found its way to Australia via Pakistan and Iraq according to the original owner but dear oh dear, look what has happened to it during its lifetime! I opened it up and shook out bits of what appeared to be dry pasta, about a teaspoon

It seems often these days that we receive poor or shonky service however today my cartridges arrived back from Axel and after testing them I was so impressed with his work that I felt it shouldn't go unrecognised on the Forum. I would like to publicly express my thanks to Axel for providing a good service and also for such a quick turnaround of