Echolane
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Maybe you should start by the start: Put a record on your table and see what happen. If the platter spins and the arm lowers where it should, you’re not that bad. Then check for sound and if it sounds, check for speed consistency. From there you’ll be able to gauge how much service you deck needs. Maybe it can make you happy with just a new belt and a new cartridge. I’ve two of them and both just needed no more than a little care. Eventually they will need more to spin for 20 years more but for now they work well. In all case, your deck will be in good hands on Beolover workbench.
That is the plan. As soon as the belt arrives I will install it and soon after see what happens when I put a recording on. I already know which record I will play, Beverly Sills Bellini and Donizetti Heroines. There is something extra special about that recording, and I should easily be able to tell how the 4004 sounds.
Just enjoy your deck as it is. Keep your money!
Good advice, thanks. Though I have a feeling I’m going to spend some money on my old friend. I know it needs a new belt. I’ve got a new belt on the way and will finally get to figure out how to do this task myself. I’ve always paid someone to do this and that makes no sense anymore. If it still works with its new belt and sounds good I may stop there, but I doubt it. It is over 40 years old and definitely needs some TLC. As I replied to Matador I am very tempted to send it to BeoLover for a complete overhaul. Time will tell.
Thank you Matador for your insightful comments. Particularly important for me to learn is that there are no audio improving upgrades that would appeal to the audiophile crowd of which I am a somewhat gullible pretender I suppose.
I’ve been exploring my options and I can do as little as adding a new belt and hoping that is all it needs. I wish I was up for a DIY project but I’m an 83 year old female and it just isn’t my cup of tea anymore. Instead I could send it to a B&O repair facility for a little maintenance. Though I don’t know who they might use. The former factory service business in my area they used to use has closed its doors. Like too many others, sad to say. But my 4004 is around 40 years old and it can’t possibly be at its best so I am really tempted to send it to Beo Lover for an overhaul. I have a Rega RP40 anniversary edition that probably sounds better, but I really miss the pleasure of using the 4004.
