{"id":13240,"date":"2020-01-30T22:26:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:41:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:41:42","slug":"2020-01-30-royal-200-conversion-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=13240","title":{"rendered":"2020-01-30 Royal 200 Silicon Conversion, Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Also to FB group Vintage Transistor Radios<\/p>\n

I finally drew the line and said I’m finished fiddling with this Zenith Royal 200 and put it back together. I got it without knobs or handle, and with all the transistors missing. It’s not pretty, and the speaker cone is warped and sounds bad.<\/p>\n

This is the one that I worked on to get running after I put all silicon transistors in it. I wrote about it here a few weeks ago if anyone didn’t see it already.<\/p>\n

The claim to fame is it’s probably the only working Zenith Royal with all silicon transistors. It sounds good on a good speaker. But I don’t have a good speaker that I can put in the case. Besides, I have plenty of other Royals that are working. It’s just my “proof of concept” that silicon transistors can replace germaniums.<\/p>\n

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Also to FB group Vintage Transistor Radios I finally drew the line and said I’m finished fiddling with this Zenith Royal 200 and put it back together. I got it without knobs or handle, and with all the transistors missing. It’s not pretty, and the speaker cone is warped and sounds bad. This is the <\/p>\n

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