B&O beogram 1500

[DSJR]

What switch the one infront of the arm?

Andre, it's the "microlift" cueing lever, which lifts the arm a couple of mm off the record (unlike the others of the era which lifted the stylus half an inch or more).

[The Vinyl Adventure]

What switch the one infront of the arm?

no, the one in picture 4... did you read the post at all andre

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Right.. the Beogram 1000 which is the turntable bit suffers, as do ALL of these idler/belt hybrid models, from old vaseline like grease which as gone almost solid.. A darned good strip-down and clean is one option and a CAREFYL spray with a solvent cleaner/lubricant is another, but make sure you don't get lube on the idler or belt.

Another problem is the motor bearings sieze for the same reason and not all motors can be got into. Reluctant dealers used up B&O's stocks of replacements in ten years or so and many otherwise servicable motors were scrapped as replacement was easier and more profitable.

The arm should take an SP14 cartridge if the SP6/7/9 styli cannot be got and good cartridges can be got cheaper than new styli..

The little internal amp is basic in the extreme, but the caps were of adequate quality in those days so may not need replacing due to bulging or leaks.

The speakers sound very fair when hung on a wall and better than Kans as I remember (). Beopeople are quite happy to replace the grotty original crossover caps with modern ones and all report improvements to Beovox's of verious ages being re-capped.

Don't ditch it. It's a lovely stereo record player and well worth cleaning up/restoring...

(the peq3 is brill by the way)

i wasnt going to ditch it, i like it! ... im going to use it in our dining room i think ... im gonna plug an ipod dock into it too
i might hae a go at cleaning it then... if i can get into the thing...

[Rare Bird]

please excuse my french but ... fuckin 'el

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/B-O-BANG-AND-O...#ht_3111wt_939

i got 2 of these buggers i think

Nay SP7 styli was meant for that deck

[Marco]

Hi Hamish,

(the peq3 is brill by the way)

I didn't realise you'd ordered one, or did you buy Dave's? Anyway, I told you it was a fab piece of kit!

Marco.

[Rare Bird]

Andre, it's the "microlift" cueing lever, which lifts the arm a couple of mm off the record (unlike the others of the era which lifted the stylus half an inch or more).

yeh i know it is

[Rare Bird]

no, the one in picture 4... did you read the post at all andre

Speed change 45/33/78!

[The Vinyl Adventure]

yeah I know what it does... I was asking if you knew what might be wrong with it...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

Hi Hamish,



I didn't realise you'd ordered one, or did you buy Dave's? Anyway, I told you it was a fab piece of kit!

Marco.

yeah bought dave's and Anthony very kindly lent me quicksilver audio sut... It's all a touch on the quiet side, but it's soundy stinking ... Hannah said yesterday "hey that's a record playing, it sounds as good as it does when you play music on that other thing" (she was talking about the majik) I did Have chuckle at that comment

[DSJR]

I didn't really need the PEQ3 and although I bought a laptop power supply with the intention of bodging it to work, Hamish's needs were greater than mine Anyway, I now have a Quad 33 to fettle (and apparently they can be made good by today's standards with little effort - he says...).

Regard the Beogram 1500 as a stereo record player and then hopefully be delighted with it if it exceeds this. Service manuals can be got on fleabay and the Beoworld forum is a great source of help with vintage B&O, which can be better than you'd think if you choose right.


Forgive earlier spelling catastrophies, I get like this when knackered...