10-29-2019, 05:20 PM
I am leaning towards you being "too picky" because I am too picky as well. Some of the old 20s radios hum, noticeably IMO too much, but that is the way they are. Beyond that , fixing them to not hum is in fact modifying them, something I generally won't do.
Thirties (1930s) radios are generally better, but the better is usually tied to the original price.
If you are sure that you rebuilt it correctly, what you are hearing is likely normal.
The questions people are going to ask are:
Does the hum increase with volume?
Does the volume and tone control(s) seem to work properly? Have they been cleaned - with the right compound?
Have you or anybody added an input - phono, MP3 or other?
On a transformerless model, sometimes (very seldom) hum can be reduced by reversing the power plug (at the wall socket). This is more common with ground loops created by adding the above input devices.
Thirties (1930s) radios are generally better, but the better is usually tied to the original price.
If you are sure that you rebuilt it correctly, what you are hearing is likely normal.
The questions people are going to ask are:
Does the hum increase with volume?
Does the volume and tone control(s) seem to work properly? Have they been cleaned - with the right compound?
Have you or anybody added an input - phono, MP3 or other?
On a transformerless model, sometimes (very seldom) hum can be reduced by reversing the power plug (at the wall socket). This is more common with ground loops created by adding the above input devices.
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