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Philco 47-1230 restoration
Ron Ramirez
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02-12-2011, 09:31 PM
A lot of the original Philco "dynamic" cartridges were ruined by people trying to insert a steel needle where only a special stylus was designed to fit. The steel needle, having a larger shank than the original stylus, ruined the cone the stylus fit in.

I suppose one could install a magnetic cartridge in place of the "Dynamic" with a 78 rpm stylus. Unless I'm badly mistaken, the Philco "Dynamic" cartridge is actually a magnetic cartridge. I've noticed the sets that used it had a built-in phono preamp, using a triode tube or one-half of a dual triode.

The 47-1230's original changer uses this "Dynamic" cartridge.

You could really "hot-rod" your 47-1230 with a Grado 78E. Icon_lol You might have some issues with tracking weight, though. I see the Grado 78C and 78E both track at 2 to 5 grams, so maybe weight would not be an issue after all.
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Philco 47-1230 restoration - by robertwsimpson - 02-11-2011, 09:09 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 02-11-2011, 02:14 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by TA Forbes - 02-11-2011, 02:37 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 02-11-2011, 11:11 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by marcapra - 02-12-2011, 12:16 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Jayce - 02-12-2011, 02:05 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 02-12-2011, 09:31 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by DeckApe - 02-14-2011, 11:04 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 02-15-2011, 09:08 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by codefox1 - 02-18-2011, 06:01 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by codefox1 - 02-21-2011, 01:37 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 04-22-2011, 01:37 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-22-2011, 02:27 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-22-2011, 02:34 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 04-22-2011, 11:32 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-22-2011, 11:58 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-23-2011, 10:32 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Keith - 04-28-2011, 06:08 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-29-2011, 09:54 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 04-29-2011, 04:07 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-29-2011, 05:58 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by gary rabbitt - 04-30-2011, 01:22 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 04-30-2011, 11:45 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Keith - 05-01-2011, 12:03 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Marsupial - 05-01-2011, 12:48 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-01-2011, 07:54 AM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Keith - 05-01-2011, 10:55 PM
Re: Philco 47-1230 restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-05-2011, 09:04 AM



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