Philips 341A, not so exciting;)

[paulsherwin]

The speaker cloth on these is very prone to staining for some reason. You can wash it but often the stains won't come out, even with bleach. I've never come across replacement cloth that looks right.

Philips GB must have sold huge numbers of these. I remember my grandad used to listen to the football results on one.

[davek0974]

Ok, will have a look, is Sid a member here??

It's all re-capped, nice easy chassis in this one

Works fine as it did before but should last a bit longer now.

Not quite as good on MW as my DAC90A and LW is practically silent which may be a fault or may be lack of stations? SW is very lively though even on 5' of wire stuck in the aerial socket, tons of stations coming in.

[davek0974]

Originally Posted by paulsherwin

The speaker cloth on these is very prone to staining for some reason. You can wash it but often the stains won't come out, even with bleach. I've never come across replacement cloth that looks right.

Its not too bad, just grubby really, to be expected of course, the silk is a little frayed here and there.

[paulsherwin]

These sets don't use a frame aerial like a DAC90A, so you need a good length of wire for decent LW and low frequency MW performance. 5' isn't enough.

[davek0974]

Ok, thanks for that, I knew there was no frame but presumed I had enough, there is a tape aerial on the inside of the cabinet, I guess that would only have worked on very strong signals?

I will fit up a better feed, outdoors this time.

[paulsherwin]

You're right, those strips of foil or whatever that many manufacturers supplied as 'indoor aerials' are a waste of time unless you live next door to the transmitter. My grandad had a long length of wire stretched out across the yard of his terraced house, and most people had similar arragements until the mid 60s. People of his generation had grown up with crystal sets and didn't expect radios to work without a decent aerial.

[music-centre]

It looks in nice original condition - just my opinion but personally I would just touch up the gold paint rather than re-spray it, as it usually looks too bright, also the badge on the front isn't possible to get off and would be a job to mask up around neatly.

[paulsherwin]

You can remove the badge with care - it is held in place by two small pins. However, I agree that respraying the gold is unlikely to look 'right'. It doesn't look in bad condition to me as it is.

[Refugee]

I repainted the gold on mine with a tin of sort of toned down gold paint and it does not look too bad. I did not spray it.
I am pretty sure that the tin of paint came from the flea market.

[davek0974]

I think i'll leave it as-is, it's history