Have just dismantled the beast completely, there is no outward sign or damage to any of the capacitors, but the finger antenea effects seem to be centred around the affore mentioned capacitor just above the ballance slider. Notably the higher frequencies of the hum dissapear when i touch the silver box into which the FM arial goes, with lots of adjustment

Thanks guys, Thats really helpfull. any idea where i can get the set, or shall i get them individually?

HI Martin, Thanks for your advice. I have repaired the slider, but the problem which i thought it was causing still persists. there is a low hum in the laft bchannel, i thought it was due to a problem with the ballance control, bad contact, poo earth, but apparently not. The noise gets loader as i put a finger near the small blue capacitor at the top

Hey there Everyone. I have a buzzing and very quiet left channel on my Beomasterr 2200, i have dismantled and found that the tension mechnism within the balance control slider has partially collapsed. I will attempt to fix it, but it looks like a new slider may be the proper route. I have contacted B&O direct and they said as the part was for a