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Needs new belt and a drop of oil???
Beocord 5000 on Ebay
Brengen & Ophalen
I could have sworn you replied Martin, or did you delete your comment "Yes, are you interested" on this thread?
Anyway, I was surprised seeing your ad with these two minor shortcomings. You as no other who sells belts does not take the effort to sell the Beocord as a full working unit just by putting a new belt in it and a a few drops of oil?
Yes, I am interested if you can sell it to me as a full working unit and that includes the belt and a few drops of oil...
Yes, I replied but removed my post again since it really was of no use.
Yes, I have belts available for this model but Beocord 5000 is one of veryfew B&O machines I don't service.I have done some, especially while prototype testing new belts for the producers but replacingthe belts in this machine is a 2-3 hour job and a general overhaul could easily take acouple of evenings.It's a quite complex construction and even if I truely enjoy restoring and repairing the olderB&O models, this one is neither fun nor particularly rewarding and my time would bebetter used on other things.
Besides, even in full working condition, it's still a fairly unreliable unit andI cannot guarantee as much as three months of troublefree operation.Even B&O themselves struggled with this model, not to mention their authorized repairshops.You will not see a Beocord 5000 of this type listed from me in full working condition.
Having said that, I am aware that, despite all its merits, the Beocord 5000 is a classic unit, theonly true design-match for the Beomaster 6000 quad and it has many fans worldwide.The listed unit is in great optical shape compared to how they are usually found so toogood to throw away or break up for parts so I listed it on Ebay, looking to pass it on toa skilled DIY'er with an urge to own one of these beautiful decks.
Many more where this one came from.
Thanks for your interest, appreciated.
Martin
The one device my old dealer used to shy away from! He said that whenever you opened one of these up to fix a problem, you always found at least 3 new ones!
Peter
Now I understand why my repairman stopped working on my BC5000. To much time involved and to complicated especially since someone else already made an attempt "repairing" it.
@Martin, if not sold, I would be interested.
Tim fixed mine - he machined so new bits for it -but it still chews tapes at random!!
Peter: Tim fixed mine - he machined so new bits for it -but it still chews tapes at random!!
I remember Tim showing me a 5000 he had adapted to make it more reliable - using bits from the cassette deck of a Beocenter 4000 (the seventies one with the amplifier from the BM 2200, not the Japanese one with two decks. The 4000 had a very fine cassette mechanism which was a simplified version of the mech found in the 5000.) Unfortunately, it wouldn't work, at least not while I was there!
I've had two 5000s, one cosmetically excellent with a lovely Rosewood finish, but neither worked, even fleetingly. I kept them both with the intention, albeit delusional, of sorting them. In the end, the Rosewood one just sat there looking beautiful next to my BG4004.
Cleve
I have two of them and they have been reliable, not having chewn a single tape since repaired (will they? )
But true, quite a few hours' work is mandatory to fix them. Full re-cap, new belts, new bulbs, and a complex disassembly procedure, to say the least. The service manual, however, is very informative.
I have Tim's mod instructions if anyone is interested.
Jacques
oh, my... Do I ever dare to touch my two (non refurbed) specimens
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The Beocentre 4000 also chewed tapes so I was not greatly enamoured with that either! I gave mine to Tim - no doubt that was the one he demonstrated!! It was essentially a single capstan version of the 5000 mechanism.
Anyone who can explain who Tim is? Is that the person who wrote a book. Never seen him on Beoworld...
I'd be interested in the mods from Tim. Can you PM them to me? or just post them in this thread.
Many thanks.
Not at home at the moment. I will send you the pdf when back home on Thursday.
Tim Jarman runs Beocentral and writes vintage reviews in Hifi News. He also once was a scribe in Hi-Fi World.