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Hello!
I have found an unused - and I mean unused - absolutely mint 70's Beocord 5000!
I bought it for a miserly €30 from a nice elderly person. I guess it will be okay, just a set of belts and a few caps!
I'll keep you posted with photos etc.
I am like a kid at Xmas!
Oh, and the Beolabs are coming!
Jacques
Nice find !
As our American friends would put it: EYE CANDY!
This would be my favourite cassette mech... but it can be temperamental I hear. My own has been VERY stable (it's a two-header). I enjoy the lack of stupid idler wheel and the double capstan with its HUGE flywheels, so big that they wouldn't be out of place in an open reel tape-recorder, and its intelligent, Revox-like, speed regulation circuit,!
Best of luck! These have the reputation as being the most difficult machines to service that B&O made!
Peter
Yes I know Peter. Tim even sent me a few pictures and explanations about a mod he did (for you?) but mine did not need it. It just works and works!
I had to replace an (impossible to find) op-amp, the end-of-tape sensor, and quite a few caps though! Martin supplied the belts.
I hope the second one will be as easy!
chartz:As our American friends would put it: EYE CANDY!
Bonita, bonita,, congrats Jacques
Collecting Vintage B&O is not a hobby, its a lifestyle.
Peter: Best of luck! These have the reputation as being the most difficult machines to service that B&O made!
Old thread.
Like the tv stand !
chartz: Old thread.
You had to remind me, didn't you?
Mine is still in the attic.
chartz:Yes I know Peter. Tim even sent me a few pictures and explanations about a mod he did (for you?) but mine did not need it Jacques
Well I've got one that actually works!
We'll see about the second one...
Ooh, I need that!
Congratulations!
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tamtapir: Ooh, I need that!
I know! I had the exact same reaction when I saw Jari's post: I just had to own one! I didn't really need it of course...
And now I'VE GOT TWO!
That bench is waaaay too tidy!!!!!
Anyway congrats Jacques :)
Olly
Step1:That bench is waaaay too tidy!!!!!
Here is mine
That's more like it :)
Step1: That's more like it :)
I don't actually have one.
Maybe instead of building stereo racks/stands, my next project should be a workbench. Where's the old "scratches chin thinking" emoticon when you need it?
All i can say, is that if you tackle hifis on a fairly regular basis a dedicated work area is essential!
The Beocord is with me! Plus schematics, manual and serial number stickers! It even works, yes, works!
And boy does it look amazing...
chartz: The Beocord is with me! Plus schematics, manual and serial number stickers! It even works, yes, works! And boy does it look amazing...
Congrats, Jacques, but let me be the first to say: "Pictures, or it didn't happen."
What's so special about this Beocord 5000? I just have thrown away 2 of these...
Forgot to make "Pictures so it didn't happen"
Brengen & Ophalen
I know!
But I'm not home right now, still in Paris.
I promise you WILL have pictures as soon as I'm back!
I won't publish rubbish iPhone photos, will I?
Leslie: What's so special about this Beocord 5000? I just have thrown away 2 of these...
Well to me it's just gorgeous and I love the construction, a notch above the best Naks I've got. And the sound is truly excellent. This one, a 4715, has absolutely no wear.
Throw away? Come on Leslie!
I did, really and I think I have one more left. They were all defect you know and the buttons looked quite uggly. Sorry, but it happened!
And the looks are great no doubt!
My second example has no visible wear on its switches at all. Even the lid looks shiny new.
That's great! I have plans to get rid of the "old" stuff...
Good news Jacques, and no pics from the fruit company will be allowed in vintage forum, and now go back and enjoy your romantic journey
First pictures, before cleaning or doing anything. Not bad actually. As you can see, the buttons are nice. It plays music but I suspect a few rough edges around the PLAY/REC contacts, since I had to press REC a few times to get rid of some static. Of course I will need new belts, although these ones aren't broken—yet!
Serial number. When was it made? We know where
The heads look good too... This one is different from my other Beocord 5000. And it is perfectly aligned to the cassette, unlike the other one which has a tilt (normal it seems). Nothing was touched or re-adjusted. There is some dust! It sat next to a Beomaster 6000 Quad in a cupboard. The BM was sold for a ludicrously small amount. Not to me
I forgot...
A real beauty, Jacques. Consider me jealous.
Rich: A real beauty, Jacques. Consider me jealous.
One more, a bit fuzzy, sorry. Even with all its original caps, it sounds pretty good! Think Beocord 9000 here...
By the way, my other BC 5000 4715 had all of its caps replaced, but they tested good. Now I wonder about this one. Perhaps I'll let them alone. Even the PPM looks accurate! Only the belts are marginal, and I'll probably have to lubricate the motor bearings, although they are silent.
Is that one of those metalbody casettes? I didnt ever actually get any.
blah-blah and photographs as needed
Orava: Is that one of those metalbody casettes? I didnt ever actually get any.
No, no, an ordinary, late series Maxell XLII. I once had a metal one, very nice but too dear.
Yes right, thats why I didn't get any... 95% of mine was(is) TDK
chartz: Orava: Is that one of those metalbody casettes? I didnt ever actually get any. No, no, an ordinary, late series Maxell XLII. I once had a metal one, very nice but too dear.
Nevertheless, the XLII of that vintage (1988-92) is IMO one of the very best type II's ever made.
That Beocord is a real time machine, it puts my 5000 type 4705 to shame!
Vinyl records, cassettes, open reel, valve amplifiers and film photography.
A very nice piece, indeed !And I agree on the Maxell XLII.
Martin
Time for a new belt set... Been there before, so not too scary!
My first 4715 still works and hasn't chewn any tapes yet...
Something I should do also....
chartz:
But guys please, look on to this picture again.
What can be seen on the nice old Beovision 500 sitting on the BM3000?
My first association: In my childhood this sign has always meant "Ohhh, it is very late, time to go to bed..."
But obviously not for this guy working on the BC5000 ... Not exactly best advertisement for the good old BC5000 and its serviceability ...
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