ARCHIVED FORUM -- March 2012 to February 2022READ ONLY FORUM
This is the second Archived Forum which was active between 1st March 2012 and 23rd February 2022
The (for some) unreadable quoted text in the OP is:
"Good morning -
I wanted to share my experience connecting a vintage Micro Seiki MB-14 (or any third party turntable) to Beovision 7-55 MK1 with Beolab 3 and 7.6 speakers.
First, if you're wavering on the benefits of a good vinyl player married to B&O, don't. The sound is glorious. Punchy, warm, good bass, and sparkling trebles. I listen to CD, Blue-ray Audio, and subscribe to Amazon Ultra-HD, an uncompressed streaming service. Vinyl, for me, is by far the most rewarding way to listen to music.
Now the steps
- If like me you opt for a non B&O ("Beogram") turntable you need to check its connection outputs, type of cartridge (MM or MC), whether it has an in-built phono stage / pre-amp, and if there is an earth ground wire coming from to tone arm.
- Mine is RCA output, MM cartridge, no pre-amp, and has an earth ground wire.
- Our friend Steve at www.soundsheavenly.com supplied the high quality pre-amp and RCA connectors. All delivered within 1 business day and at a cost of just £59.99. Steve was also on hand for tips and advice.
- I connected the turntable's RCA IN to the pre-amp, power cable, and RCA OUT to AV6 on the Beovision 7-55 (these are the side phono connections marked 'Camera' in the Connections menu).
- On the Beovision Connections Menu I assigned AV6 to 'TV' source on the Beo4 remote.
- Now I was ready to go. Loaded the vinyl (Frank Sinatra), selected Speaker 2 on the Beo4 for just Beolab 3 to play, and gently lowered the stylus.
- Problem - there was a strong hum coming from the speakers. As the hum was also present on Mute I knew it was a connecrion issue.
- The obvious candidate was the turntable's earth ground wire which having not seen a dedicated earth screw on the pre-amp I left dangling.
- But quickly solved - on Steve's recommendation I attached the ground wire to a screw on the casing of the pre-amp and tried again.
- Wow! Glorious, warm, engaging tones enveloping my ears. Truly a lovely sound.
But I wasn't done
Wanting to see if the lovely aound could firther be improved, I bought a Hudson acrylic mat and Nobsound stabilizer from Amazon. Links:
Hudson Hi-Fi Acrylic Turntable Mat | RedLit | LP Slipmat https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06WWGKRQP/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_hj-oEbZ0MC6TB
Nobsound LP Vinyl Turntables Metal Disc Stabilizer Record Weight/HiFi (Gold) https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075R87MHB/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_i_jk-oEbA7W7END
The combination of B&O, vinyl, Micro Seiki, good connectors and pre-amp, and the arcylic mat and stabilizer -- is truly wonderful. And recommended for any lover of music.
What's your experience?
Thanks, Owain"
Martin
omcneill:Hi Dave, what's the problem you have? And what's your setup? We will try to help. Thanks