02-03-2012, 03:57 PM
I have a pretty nice unmolested Philco 65 highboy which my wife loves enough to allow into the living room. I bought a beat-up 87 on Craigslist to get a complete set of knobs for it, and recently got a rusty but apparently never-serviced 87 chassis. Alas, all 3 have audio transformers with various open windings, though the RF coils and power supply parts seem OK.
The 87 looks like the better chassis, despite being a neutrodyne rather than the more modern screen-grid circuit in the 65. Since there's no way I can keep two large heavy chassis around without them earning their keep, which chassis should I restore for occasional use in our living-room highboy -- the 65 or the 87?
I'll offer the "losing" chassis to members of the Phorum.
Mark Nelson
Natick MA
The 87 looks like the better chassis, despite being a neutrodyne rather than the more modern screen-grid circuit in the 65. Since there's no way I can keep two large heavy chassis around without them earning their keep, which chassis should I restore for occasional use in our living-room highboy -- the 65 or the 87?
I'll offer the "losing" chassis to members of the Phorum.
Mark Nelson
Natick MA
