Sound Quality

[Tim R.]

Hey all,

Having finished the restoration of my Philco 43B, I've been listening to it a lot lately and am really happy with it...but I feel like something is not quite right. The tone control gives me two options - really tinny sound or really muffled sound. No middle ground, just two extremes. Even though it was designed to make the best of the broadcasts of the day, I believe a set this nice is surely capable of sounding better!

I understand that the early Philco cathedrals, like the 70 and 90, didn't sound all that great due to an overly stiff spider. However, by the time my set was built, that problem had been corrected and the speakers sounded much better.

Due to a mouse using the radio as its home the speaker had to be reconed, so I have no idea if that changed the characteristics of the speaker, creating a problem where previously there was none.

Would anyone who has a similar vintage Philco radio be able to chime in? Does your set sound anything like mine? Has your speaker been reconed?


Thanks!

Tim