My latest project:
This was a mess out of the box; trashed and broken. After tearing it apart, cleaning and fixing the totally bent and screwed up dial face, I checked the caps for leakage and fired it up. To me, the X334 sounds more like the K731 than the C/G730, but isn't as pretty as any of those. Still, it's a nice radio with a smooth, bassy tone and decent highs. It looks to have a larger, more ovaled speaker than what's mounted on the C705 chassis, but the tweeter is standard issue Zenith. The chassis cleaned up nicely:
It's no 845 for sound or reception, but a very decent listener. I'm out of new caps to finish it, but want to find out what I need for my EMUD before I place another order. The dial lamp takes one 1819; which are getting hard to find around here. I hate the flimsy, paper backed tin around the tuning face (you might notice one spot where I rubbed a bit too hard) but I did try out my new process of knob refinishing. I haven't perfected the shiny brass look yet, but the paint and clear application at least makes the radio presentable. In all, the X334 is a nice radio...a better unit than I gave it credit for.
12-26-2006, 09:24 PM
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