I'm curious about this topic as well. I just purchased a 4002 in pristine condition and I love it, but I'd be interested in getting a 2nd unit, maybe one that's not in as great of shape, and sending it to B&O using this program. Has anyone on the forum purchased the Upgrade Kit?

Hi, this book for the turntable afficionados out there has the 4000c on the cover! Login to view image

Nice book. Unavailable at the moment, unfortunately.

Login to view image Here is a picture I took of Erik working on one of the Beogram 4000c turntables when I visited Factory 3 in Struer a few weeks ago.  The workmanship and attention to detail is superb, as you can see from the finished item below, which just has one panel removed for testing (the cables that are shipped with it are also very nice!):- Login to view image Kind regards, Steve.

There's no question that it looks very attractive, and that its modelled on a 4002 unit. In my view it lacks the over engineered and massively complicated  charm of a 4000 deck, the boolean logic controlling the 4000 is a work of art in itself...and the delicate reed relay stop start circuit is just so baffling that i suspect it must have been reverse engineered from an alien spacecraft dug up from the gobi dessert ;¬) And does anyone know what the device is that Eric is injecting the circuit board with is, soldering flux perhaps. Looks like he is upgrading an existing deck from the oxidation on the internals, an old Elco Capacitor and the tone arm solenoid coil looks like it has warmed up the insulation over time...is image 2 the finished article Steve?

Hi, I'm not sure what task Erik was carrying out specifically when I took the photo, my Danish wasn't good enough to be able to get into a detailed discussion.  The finished item shown in my second photo is of a Beogram that had just been completed for another customer, along with the two adapter cables that I supply to B&O for each Beogram 4000c turntable (it was nice to see those cables in the workshop ready to be sent out with the Beograms, after all the hard work making them!) Kind regards, Steve.

Nice to see a 6500 or 7000 pizza box on the work station! One of the test tools maybe?

Thanks for these pics Steve. The Beogram 4000c looks really yellow compared to the rose gold in the marketing pictures. Do you know what this one is? I would have beleived all units (50 right?) would have been sold by now or at least not in the workshop. And did you had time to talk with the guys about the name "4000" against "4002"? Tank you.