In my opinion no Beogram 4002 restoration is complete without replacing the usually corroded original output plug(s) with modern all metal units with gold plated terminals. Those precious analog signals deserve only the best! Here are a few impressions of the DIN5 replacement that I just did for the Beogram 4002 (5503) that I am finishing up:
This shows the original DIN5 plug:
This shows the soldering job 'under the hood':
A proper DIN5 installation requires that the shield is separated from the signal ground and that the insulation of the signal leads extends to the solder terminals. All this can be a bit fiddly due to the small space and thin leads one works on.
This shows the new plug closed up:
Pretty, isn't it?? This is Beolove!
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