i agree with your decision to not possibly damage the unit by taking it apart; it works quite impressively as is. What a beautiful example of a battery set.
I have a Rola Recreator that I fit a 3" quality speaker and a bluetooth mini receiver into. Sounds pretty good. The speaker cone has a knurled metal flange on the bottom, you unscrew the flange from the lower can that is attached to the base. You can only access the speaker by unscrewing that speaker flange. My retrofit has the 3" speaker in the can and the blutooth in the base.
Hi Don. No it isn't built that way. All the internal components are attached to the front plate with screws. To take the chassis out intact you have to slide the entire face plate and attached components up and out of the box. You can't do that because the wood pieces are all glued in place.
Thanks. Great video. I have a 1924 FADA 192A I found in a demolition dumpster last New Year's Eve. It needs a horn speaker and full restoration.
Do you plan to restore your FADA radio?
@@HD7100 Yes. Wish I could post a picture of the FADA.
It sounds good as is and is well preserved.
i agree with your decision to not possibly damage the unit by taking it apart; it works quite impressively as is. What a beautiful example of a battery set.
Nice radio right decision 👍
I have a Rola Recreator that I fit a 3" quality speaker and a bluetooth mini receiver into. Sounds pretty good. The speaker cone has a knurled metal flange on the bottom, you unscrew the flange from the lower can that is attached to the base. You can only access the speaker by unscrewing that speaker flange. My retrofit has the 3" speaker in the can and the blutooth in the base.
Very nice immaculate radio. Did you test or swap out the second audio tube? How did you confirm that the OT is open?
I used an ohm meter when I first acquired the radio.
Keep a lookout for some upcoming videos on this radio. I will show exactly how I checked it out to find that the second audio transformer is open
Here is the video that explains how I diagnosed the 2nd audio transformer was bad. th-cam.com/video/FxlNNCKjijk/w-d-xo.html
i would guess that you simply unscrew the chassis from inside, and lift it out. I doubt that you will have to take any wood apart.
Hi Don. No it isn't built that way. All the internal components are attached to the front plate with screws. To take the chassis out intact you have to slide the entire face plate and attached components up and out of the box. You can't do that because the wood pieces are all glued in place.
Beautiful radio. What do you use to power it?
A breadboard kit bought from Antique Electronic Supply (tubesandmore.com)