02-02-2013, 04:59 PM
Wanted to pick your brains, guys.
The radio came.
Yes cosmetically it is very good and the chassis seems to be OK.
When taking the radio out of the box (packed real well) I heard some banging....I looked inside when I unpacked it; the speaker was loose.
But that'd be OK as long as it did not destroy anything (which it seemingly did not, or at least I do not see any damage); the problem is, the radio was obviously a subject to someone attempt to restore it (which we knew from Ron's comments) and the grillcloth was stretched over a solid piece of something, with no slits or a hole for the speaker, and the speaker is not bolted to anything at all.
My guess is, the restorer relied on the speaker to remain in a tilted position (it is propped up by the power tranny) for the sound to move in front of the cone; otherwise it would be a problem.
So, should I let it go or do you think that will be too much work to do? The cloth is stretched over some bending radius, so it is not as simple as simply stretching it over a rectangular board.
What do you guys think?
Again, it looks beautiful otherwise; the question is how much trouble it is to re-mount the speaker (if it survived the shipping of course - to test it now is not that easy).
The radio came.
Yes cosmetically it is very good and the chassis seems to be OK.
When taking the radio out of the box (packed real well) I heard some banging....I looked inside when I unpacked it; the speaker was loose.
But that'd be OK as long as it did not destroy anything (which it seemingly did not, or at least I do not see any damage); the problem is, the radio was obviously a subject to someone attempt to restore it (which we knew from Ron's comments) and the grillcloth was stretched over a solid piece of something, with no slits or a hole for the speaker, and the speaker is not bolted to anything at all.
My guess is, the restorer relied on the speaker to remain in a tilted position (it is propped up by the power tranny) for the sound to move in front of the cone; otherwise it would be a problem.
So, should I let it go or do you think that will be too much work to do? The cloth is stretched over some bending radius, so it is not as simple as simply stretching it over a rectangular board.
What do you guys think?
Again, it looks beautiful otherwise; the question is how much trouble it is to re-mount the speaker (if it survived the shipping of course - to test it now is not that easy).
