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Philco Lowboy 20 - restoring speaker
Ron Ramirez
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04-18-2009, 11:04 AM
morzh Wrote:However I called The Speaker Shop, and the guy there who knows Philco 20 speakers well, told me that it is correct that one of the 4 wires is unconnected, and it is there just in case for other versions, and the XFMR is without cenertap.

Wrong, wrong, WRONG! That guy does not know his Philco 20 speakers as well as he thinks! The Philco 20 speaker requires 4 wires and each wire is indeed active. In addition, the output transformer on the 20 speaker is a push-pull transformer.
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Philco Lowboy 20 - restoring speaker - by Guest - 04-16-2009, 12:36 PM
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Re: Philco Lowboy 20 - restoring speaker - by Ron Ramirez - 04-18-2009, 11:04 AM
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