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Hi all,
I have a Beogram 2000 which I use with my Beocenter 9500. It has a mmc4 cartridge and I've noticed noise on the left side on every record that I play. I unfortunately dont own any other Beogram or record players/amplifiers so unfortunately I can't narrow it down that easily.
My question is, are there any tricks I can try to determine what the problem is?
Thanks in advance
You'll need to be more specific when you say you are hearing noise.
1. Can you describe the nature of the noise (ex: static, distortion, hum, etc)?
2. Is the noise in addition to the music or in lieu of?
3. If you manually raise the tonearm while playing by picking it up, is the noise still there?
4. Is the noise constant or intermittent and does it go up with volume and mute when the volume is off?
Thanks for your answer!
1. Its a slight static over the music on 1 channel only
2. In addition to the music
3. No the static stops
4. Theres a static every second and then nothing
I start to think my MMC-4 is bad am I correct in thinking this?
If this static is there only when loud portions are playing, then it could be the cartridge or it’s tracking force. However, since you say it’s there all the time it’s likely the phono section of your Beomaster. I would try switching L/R channels using an DIN->RCA adapter or connect to another receiver to confirm.