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
As a new learner here in the workbench I often have questions that are not B&O specific and I spend a lot of time searching for accurate answers. With the internet so filled with different schools of opinions on audio equipment and repair and their associated cults there is a lot of clutter to dig through. And the scarcity of knowing people who do know about audio repair who are capable or willing to transfer knowledge.
So my question: what are some good resources you've found for taking your hobby B&O repair to the next level? Books, websites, other forums, adult continuing education, etc. Would anyone else be interested in a workbench general discussion page?I learn so much from reading the workbench forums just gleaning from people's explanation of diagnosing and their thought process even when I'm reading about equipment I don't own and have never seen. Since we seem to mostly have the same approach to repair; that is- get equipment working as it is intended with parts available today. Not looking to modify unless absolutely necessary. This is it's own art and there are a lot of us newbies out there trying to keep this equipment alive.
I'm working my way through a stack of electronics for idiots books that are good for understanding individual components, caps, transistors, diodes, etc. Took my long enough to figure out how a simple relay could be tested and I'm still figuring out how to interchange a capacitor based on whats available know compared to what was original. But now I'm getting to the point where I can look at the schematic from the B&O service manual and understand the big picture of what each board does eventually and know which board I should start pulling capacitors out and testing them based on faults and I have had great success with this approach. But when it comes to diagnosing a circuit I'm still pretty lost. For example, I'm working on my Beocord 8004 and I'm running into the same problem as another person in the workbench is having with their Beocord 8002. My motor doesn't run, I don't get current to the motor. I've replaced the capacitors in the related board and triple checked wires and their solder joints but after its all just blind tinkering.
Or speaker crossover repair, now this is where people get weird on the internet. I have a set of Beovox 5700 I would like to recap and rewire but even learning what is the appropriate wire to use is so unnecessarily complicated.
Right now I'm waiting for the shipment of more SMD LED's to finish the Beocord 8004 display and even finding consistent information of how to work with surface mount technology is a bit of work.
Or even what kind of dampening grease you have used to slow the closing of the Beogram 8000 aluminum lid?
I am thoroughly impressed with the quality of repairs done by members and would like to work my way up just a fraction of that level of competence.
Not sure what you mean by "next level", but learning by doing is good method in my opinion...
Touhg I have basic education allready.
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Just dive in with a project. Take pictures, post them, ask for help when you need it. People will help.
You'll find another helpful group at tapeheads.net.
I have been amazed at this forum and the help and support offered. I try to ask questions that are very specific to B&O and specific projects where the answers are not to be found anywhere else and have not been answered previously. I was just curious if people would be interested in sharing in the more basic and mundane processes of our journey to become more adept B&O workbench enthusiasts. For example, if someone spent time, effort, and money trying different brands of rubber rejuvenation on your beocords, I would be interested in that.