My father-in-law's Beogramm 5000 has just suffered a broken stylus. This is a type MMC 20E, and seems unoptainable apart from an outragiously priced remanufactured item in the US.
Does anyone know of a reasonable source?
J.
They have the most reasonable price for any B&O compatible cartridges of pretty much anyone. B&O has long since stopped supporting the turntables with new manufactured parts.
Double check the cartridge number, but the compatible MMC20e is a reasonable $229 plus S&H from them.
Well, OK, I found them before I posted.
I guess the word "reasonable" is open to interpretation.....
:-(
Thanks for replying. Regards
J.
Other repair briefs on URL below Functional but not aesthetic replacement
Beocenter 2200 , type 2422, 1984 Missing cartridge and stylus, 120 GBP for a new one which a pensioner was not going to pay.
Replaced with a standard moving magnet cartridge with elliptical diamond stylus. The cartridge did not properly sit in its stowage housing because larger . Also heavier ,Added 25 gram strip of lead to the existing 65 gram. The weighing mechanism at the centre of the platter needs about 100 gram to register as an LP, without it, registers as single. If more anti-skating force is required then a light spring attached rearwards to the final lift activation wire , that also doubles , by deflection as anti-skating corrector. The rearmost slide bar is the radial tone-arm posistioner which needs a bit of spiral cable wrap around the vertical white pillar to reposition the initial drop position with added cartridge. The nearer long steel bar rotates slightly to operate the arm lift. Switch off at mains in mid play position if required to work on mechanism. The cartridge stuck to the small socket housing on the end of the tone arm. 4 turned pin IC socket pins bent and fitted in the sockets , wired back to cartridge pins through a small plastic ring to take up space above the existing cartridge socket housing. Bit of double sided tape to assist initial placement of new cartridge. One small cable tie around all and tightened and then when finally angled posistioned correctly lock in place with some dabs of epoxy glue. Paint black and stow the signal wires to try and improve the appearance.
-- Diverse Devices, Southampton, England electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
blimey that's some engineering. to the OP: .....just pay the money! ;-) B.
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