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Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement
Dave Slusarczyk
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07-28-2008, 06:10 PM
GOOD NEWS!!

Well guys after digging around in the power supply chassis a little more last evening I found and repaired a problem. As I had stated this set was previously restored---very well I might add. Outstanding solder joints and routing etc. With that said I found a 1K resistor, for whatever reason, in the chassis that essentially bridged across one of the field coils for the tweeters. Icon_confused I removed it and now it plays even better! I am very pleased !! Icon_biggrin
I am at a loss as to why whomever did the restoration would have installed that resistor. It is not on the schematic. I have scratched my brain trying to make sense of it.

Plays great now!

Happy in Louisiana!
Dave
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Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Syl - 07-25-2008, 11:16 AM
Re: Philco 38-690 tweeter improvement - by Syl - 07-25-2008, 09:19 PM
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[No subject] - by Dave Slusarczyk - 07-27-2008, 02:02 PM
[No subject] - by Terry Judkins - 07-27-2008, 06:59 PM
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