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Ron's 53-960
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Agreed - an LED candelabra would be much better than a conventional bulb in the 46-1201, or any other Philco using the candelabra base bulb. I think we've all seen what happens to the light shield in these sets due to the heat generated by the incandescent bulbs used in these sets. The LED should run much cooler.

Now back to the subject at hand:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00018.jpg]

The alignment went smoothly, and now it is all back together and back on the shelving unit in my home office with several other Tropics.

If anything, I think this set may have a bit too much bass. But it does play well and sounds very good. And I think the LED lamp was a mod well worth making in this set since it really improves the illumination of the dial.

So that is it for this set...yes, it is missing a piece of veneer to the left of the control panel, but that is a project for warmer weather.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:31 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:36 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:40 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-16-2014, 09:45 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-18-2014, 06:04 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-18-2014, 06:29 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 11-18-2014, 08:45 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-19-2014, 05:52 AM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 08:15 AM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 10:07 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 10:17 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-19-2014, 11:07 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Kekoa - 11-19-2014, 11:20 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-20-2014, 02:52 AM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-20-2014, 10:26 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-22-2014, 05:11 AM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-20-2014, 10:57 PM
RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-20-2014, 11:04 PM



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