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Philco 38a in stunning matt mustard
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04-17-2016, 06:40 PM
Could it be that the early big heavy PM speakers these radios had needed maintenance (do they lose their magnetism over time?) or were thought to be unreliable, so their replacement was facilitated by a plug?

(04-17-2016, 05:30 PM)Ron Ramirez Wrote:  Now that I think about it, I believe that every model 38 I have ever seen had the speaker plug, while the model 60 (AC mains version) has the speaker wires hard-wired (no plug or jack). Strange, huh?
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