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Next to the Beolab…
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Next to the Beolab…
If it's broke fix it.
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Oh yes, that’s not going anywhere.Originally Posted by chartz
I’d like to find space for the Beomaster 8000 around here, but the damn thing’s so big!
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Still waiting for a vintage review in HFN
Surely Tim has that.
If it's broke fix it.
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Beomaster 6000 Quad coming next…
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Had a bit of an interesting weekend working through a big pile of hi-fi. Half came from the study of a friend’s uncle who passed away recently and the other half came from her father’s study. He died around 6 years ago but her mum couldn’t bear to get rid of his stuff until now.
Anyway, I’m going through it all, servicing and repairing where necessary ready to sell it. There are a few little treats in there, like his old Garrard 401 that I restored for him about 15 years ago.
I’ve spent the last half an hour reacquainting myself with the good old Pioneer A-400 amplifier. I always disliked these back in the day and could never understand the fuss about them, but wondered if time has been kind to it. Nope - still a hard, shouty nasty thing that’s tiring to listen to!
However, there was huge disappointment far worse than this! It turned out that her father had an original pair of Goodmans Maxims tucked away. Well, I unpacked number one yesterday, and it’s a beauty…
With that one cleaned up, I moved onto number two in great excitement. I popped the grille off and……oh dear….
Woofer fallen apart and tweeter missing. I could have cried! I can repair the woofer but will need to see if I can find a tweeter. They’re too nice to part out.
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Had a few pairs of those from boot sales about forty years ago. And I had a bunch of NOS tweeters (from RTVC in Edgware Rd if I recall), all long gone!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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A Beobloke blog - Beoblog?
Well, the plinth is a rudimentary box and it deserves much better but, my god, it still sounds lovely!
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nice
btw adam i still have these drivers here in a box for you!!
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Oh flippin’ heck - I’d completely forgotten about them!
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Perhaps just a rudimentary box, but for me, visually at least, that's one of the nicest 401s I've seen. It's compact, and the colour of the plinth suits the motor unit. What arm is that? I rather like that, too... Plus, what cartridge were you usng?Well, the plinth is a rudimentary box and it deserves much better but, my god, it still sounds lovely!
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