View Single Post
  #17  
Old 09-16-2012, 05:34 PM
old_coot88 old_coot88 is offline
VideoKarma Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,646
Quote:
Originally Posted by bob91343 View Post
A pin drive speaker is, as I recall, a magnetic unit. The horseshoe magnet had an armature that was a thin rod, or pin, that connected to the center of the speaker cone, which was a complete cone down to the tip.
It also eliminated need for an output xfmr, since the coil was high enough impedance to serve as plate load of the output tube.
Quote:
I told you I was old!
I resemble that remark.
Reply With Quote