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Record player console help
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Hello everyone. I was referred here by a member of the audiokarma forums telling me that you guys might be able to help me even though my issue is not with a radio.

Here is my problem. I recently got a Philco K-1632 record player console and I have been trying to restore it. I've gotten everything done (well cleaned and most of the issues corrected) but I have run into a stopping point. The 4" Tweeter (part # 36-1673-19) has has one of the pig tails pulled out of the cone and the terminal has been broken in half. I've spent days trying to find a direct replacement with no luck. So I decided to go the replacement route but I don't have any spec information for the amp. I don't know ohms, watts, speaker range or anything.

I've already bought 2 downloadable schematic sheets hoping that somewhere in them it would list any information but it was just the electrical schematics. So all I know is what people on the AK forum have told me. The amp is probably 4-10 watts and it needs high efficiency speakers.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Either in specs or where to find replacements would be awesome. I saved this console from a scrapper and I want to see it working correctly again.

If I put this post in the wrong place I apologize. This looked like the most correct area.
#2

Hi and welcome to the Phorum!
Use to hang a round the Videokarma myself for help on some old B/W tvs. I would suspect that the impedance isn't going to be really that critical as most tweeters are connected though a crossover or have a non polarize cap to couple it to the woofer. I would look for one that fits and is 4 ohms. If it seems to have too much highs decrease the size of the cap.
Terry
ps Most of the set we discuss are much older from the late '20- early'50s
#3

I'd try a 1 or 2 mfd non polar electrolytic capacitor of 25 or better volts rating or so to see if you can get the tweeter going and get a kid to confirm that it is so.




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