I measured the weight: it's 1,4 g. ( 1,7 on the scale of the arm). I guess it's ok to leave this weight. Loris

I can't put the balance under the stylus, there's not enough space ( in hight)

Thanx Peter. Actually I just used the 5005 scale. I didn't think the smmc weight could be different from b&ommc. If it's lighter I have to go up on the scale. Do you know these cartridges are lighter? I'll try to use a balance.

Thanx Martin. I asked this because I put a new smmc4 in my 5005. I was listening a record and in correspondence with deep basses I heard some crack sound: every strong bass one crack. I thought it was the transport but visually it was ok, it wasn't a groove skip. I tryed the HI FI NEWS test record, and the tracking was very bad. I had to raise the

Hi all, can someone explain the mechanism of the arm tracking of this turntable? How does the turntable feel that the arm moves and what does it do? ( sorry for my english :-) Thanx Loris

Thanx a lot. I'll read it carefully. Loris

Has someone the measures of the belt of a 4002/6000 beogram? Thanx Loris

I've bought a beogram 6000 from ebay, but the sensor/arm unit doesn't work: it doesn't go ahead and the arm lower even without the record. For what I understand the "servo" doesn't work. Seems everything else works. Any suggestion? Thanx loris ps I already have a 5005 but this turntable is in another league

Since we (you) are talking about dismantling a turntable, is there a " right way " to remove a cartridge?

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a good pictorial on how the aluminum plates come off & on. It's not difficult but not quite intuitive either. Unless someone else has such pictures already I might do it in the morning, I have some business to do inside my Beogram anyway... Mika, you could upload a video (made with a