[NostalgiaRadioTime]

I'm going to put this here, even though it's not related (well, maybe indirectly) to the speaker. I found that the schematic calls for a 250K ohm volume control with off/on switch. Well when I took the control out to try to clean it, I measured it and found there was a 1.5 meg ohm volume control in its place! I happened to have a brand new 250K ohm control with switch on hand and installed it instead. It seems to work just fine, although the "V" of the 6E5 magic eye tube (sorry guys I did decide to install one after all), is jittery as the radio plays. I'm using a small field coil speaker to try the set out while waiting for a more suitable sized replacement but am wondering why someone would sub a volume control of such greater value? Could it be it was to compensate for a smaller value field coil on the speaker? The one that was in the set with the open field coil was not the original. It was date stamped 9/23/54 and was only 6.5 inches in diameter. The schematic says it was an 8 inch speaker. But I have no idea what the field coil ohm value was on the replacement. I have a line on an 8 inch speaker at 1100 ohms, which is closer to the 1500 ohms Mondial suggested. Any thoughts on how the value of the volume control can help or decrease the performance of the set?