Vintage hifi

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I fancy setting up a amp and speakers to start in my office then maybe a record deck

I have preference for something vintage (not really vintage 70's 80's) purely for assthetics really dont want to spend a huge amount so maybe £100 ish on a amp. Is there anything I should stay clear of ?

Seen a nice looking akai early 80's receiver and some rotel rx-102/104

Any pointers I'm aware they may need re capping and contact cleaning and other such things

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Ive managed to find a b&o setup locally to me actually is it worth it
Beomaster 1900-2
Beogram 1700
Beochord 1900
And a pair of beovox s40

I know b&o is style over substance really

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Just had my offer on the b&o stuff accepted for £100 so yeah time to get the soldering iron out I imagine

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SS2. said:

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Just had my offer on the b&o stuff accepted for £100 so yeah time to get the soldering iron out I imagine

Assuming it's working, you've bagged a bargain

Even if it's not 100% looks like I could part it out for alot more

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Can you use 3rd party cartridges?

Not a huge issue at moment I haven't got any vinyl

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Tell a lie I have this https://www.discogs.com/Keith-Harris-3-Orville-And...

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Well the speakers both drivers are shot it's in s sorry state really ah well

New foam surrounds ordered

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Wednesday 3rd February 19:24

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You will regret saying that

Yes foam surrounds are both very very gone, I refoamed a woofer in a ls430 once so can't be much different

The tuner doesn't seem to work either

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Crappy pics

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What's good for removing 45 year-old nicotine etc

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Yeah as it will be a while til mine works so I can just live through others systems

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My spending has started
5 pin - 5 pin cable for the cassette deck
A cassette to test
Foam cleaner
Isopropyl
Cotton buds
Lint free cloths
An LP
RCA to 5 pin din cable
Bluetooth adapter

New foam for the drivers

Adding up already

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The music is eclectic as I bought pretty much the cheapest things I could find

So on vinyl we have Hank Williams Jr wild streak
And cassette colour me badd I wanna sex you up

Eclectic but seeing as no charity shops are open I had no choice

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Update the cassette deck doesn't power on so new fuses ordered and a multimeter

The deck powers on but I've found the toothed belt that controls the fine speed adjustment is toast anyone know where I could get one ?

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Hi the deck is actually a 1600 type 5713

The stylus seems to have a tip on it still but it's filthy so it should actually be ok

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Deranged Rover said:

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Update the cassette deck doesn't power on so new fuses ordered and a multimeter

The deck powers on but I've found the toothed belt that controls the fine speed adjustment is toast anyone know where I could get one ?

Can you confirm the deck part number? You said it is a Beogram 1700 but that’s not what’s in your picture and I can’t quite make the part number out.

Regardless, any B&O spares you need can be obtained from a chap called Martin in Denmark here: https://www.beoparts-shop.com/

He knows everything there is to know about B&O and is very helpful.

And I will reply to your email as soon as I can - been a busy day!

Seems the belt isn't replaceable but it doesn't control the speed and isn't needed! So that's good

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Anyone have any suggestions for a damping grease that isn't like £70 or maybe 2 month wait from China?
It's for the flap on the amp since I cleaned it all up there isn't any stiction any more to damp it's closing

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Another update the record deck works. It spins the arm moves and now I have an LP sound comes out!

But only out of the tweeter in one speaker

I've also ordered a recap kit for the amp new speaker output switch and power switch for the tape deck as that moved when I bypassed the switch

Do all in all its gone ok but will see how I cope re capping it 70+ items to replace

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To be fair everything on it works speaker output is a bit imbalanced it seems not that I can really tell with broken speakers!

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An update on mine the speaker foam kit has spent 5 days traveling around Miami and still hadn't left the country the USPS really does suck! Also I've taken apart the crossover in o e of the speakers to get the values to order new bits so fingers crossed