Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement

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Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement

Ron Ramirez
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07-26-2008, 05:40 PM

wonderwrench Wrote:IMO the only way to know for sure would be to compare a 37-690 and a 38-690 head to head. To do this you would need some quality source material and a quality wide band AM transmitter with a flat frequency response.

I've done the "unscientific" comparison of the two, using over-the-air programming. The 37-690's tweeters are too loud, IMO. The 38-690's tweeters, when the phase of the wiring is correct, are much more subtle.

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Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Dave Slusarczyk - 07-25-2008, 09:33 AM

Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Syl - 07-25-2008, 11:16 AM

Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Dave Slusarczyk - 07-25-2008, 08:48 PM

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