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Old 21st Apr 2017, 11:15 am   #12
mhennessy
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Default Re: Hacker Sovereign II (RP25) tuning extended to 104 Mhz?

There were 4 different loudspeakers fitted to the Sovereign II, and they all sound different. Meanwhile, I've found that the Peerless model fitted to the Sovereign III varies a lot from sample to sample - more so that any other type of speaker fitted to radios back then. All of that makes generalisations about sound quality rather tricky. I will say that the Peerless has rather more HF than the earlier Goodmans/Celestion units fitted to the Sovereign II, but it has a peak in the lower treble region which I find particularly annoying - perhaps it'll be less so when I'm older

The OP has the original RP25 - hence the metal screen over the FM tuner - so unless it's one of the later ones just before the model changed to the A version, that'll come with a Goodmans unit. These are rather lacking in HF compared to the Celestion fitted to the later models. The version with 3 bolts on the back of the magnet usually has rather more bass than the later versions with no bolts visible.

In answer to the most recent question (post #8), the best advice is to get hold of the (excellent) service manual and have a read - it's all in there
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