10-11-2020, 08:18 PM
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So I have this radio, I like the case, 6 tubes plays pretty good. Somebody replaced the original speaker with a Jensen, looks a bit messy but it plays good. Maybe better than the original speaker. It had a replacement electrolytic, but is was an oldie, replaced. Other caps changed out.
Only thing is that when you turn on you may think it is dead if it were not for pilot light. You need to turn volume knob up quite a bit to get sound. It plays at a decent volume but you need to turn vol control up more than most sets. Should I care? Is it speaker swap? Maybe vol. control had been replaced as well and not a good fit? What would make a set do this?
The schematic on nostalgia air show this as a 5 tube, mine has 6?
It has puzzled me but it is not a rare valuable set but I wonder. I like it so it matters
.
Paul
So I have this radio, I like the case, 6 tubes plays pretty good. Somebody replaced the original speaker with a Jensen, looks a bit messy but it plays good. Maybe better than the original speaker. It had a replacement electrolytic, but is was an oldie, replaced. Other caps changed out.
Only thing is that when you turn on you may think it is dead if it were not for pilot light. You need to turn volume knob up quite a bit to get sound. It plays at a decent volume but you need to turn vol control up more than most sets. Should I care? Is it speaker swap? Maybe vol. control had been replaced as well and not a good fit? What would make a set do this?
The schematic on nostalgia air show this as a 5 tube, mine has 6?
It has puzzled me but it is not a rare valuable set but I wonder. I like it so it matters
.Paul
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