Re: 48 custom8 - how do you remove radio
Posted by 32model901 On 2012/4/2 20:17:45
Custom8,
No problem loosing the rich sound of a tube radio, if you just replace the mechanical vibrator with a solid state one. The vibrator converts DC to AC and feeds it into a step up transformer to give the proper higher voltages required by the radio. The solid state vibrators are much more reliable than then mechanical ones, and don't generate the RF or static that can sometimes be picked up by the radio.
I agree with you 100%, there is a rich sound of a tube radio, or amp that gets lost with solid state components. I recently rebuilt a large dial Zenith console radio from '35 that someone was going to junk. It has a deep rich bass and has a warm tone that the modern stuff doesn't.
Must be why some music groups like tube amps, and there is a market for them.
My
Replace the mechanical vibrator with a solid state one, keep all the tubes, test them, have a competent person re-cap the radio, and perform necessary alignment (IF).
Regards,
Dave
No problem loosing the rich sound of a tube radio, if you just replace the mechanical vibrator with a solid state one. The vibrator converts DC to AC and feeds it into a step up transformer to give the proper higher voltages required by the radio. The solid state vibrators are much more reliable than then mechanical ones, and don't generate the RF or static that can sometimes be picked up by the radio.
I agree with you 100%, there is a rich sound of a tube radio, or amp that gets lost with solid state components. I recently rebuilt a large dial Zenith console radio from '35 that someone was going to junk. It has a deep rich bass and has a warm tone that the modern stuff doesn't.
Must be why some music groups like tube amps, and there is a market for them.
My
Replace the mechanical vibrator with a solid state one, keep all the tubes, test them, have a competent person re-cap the radio, and perform necessary alignment (IF).
Regards,
Dave
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