Rockola Princess 1493

Hi
Could anyone tell me the impedance of the high frequency horn used in the 1493, don't see it mentioned in the manual
regards
Clones

Did you look at the amp schematic ?--That's often where stuff like this is noted.
Ron Rich

Ron
yes I looked at the schematic, but it only indicates the low frequency speaker as 8 ohms and just refers to the other as the horn-high frequency speaker and doesn't state the ohms
regards
clones

Rock-Ola typically used 16 ohm tweeters in an 8 ohm setting to give a cheap form of padding of the highs.
The originals were Atlas (IIRC) and very recessive although washing them did often help bring a little brightness. This was pretty much the same horn that AMI and R-O used on multiple models. When speakers are scavengered it is usually only the 12" that are taken, so there should be a lot of them around.

If the original is missing I suggest going with a modern horn such as this: http://www.pyleaudio.com/sku/PH44/4-x-4-Horn-Tweeter. Since it is smaller in width you can add a filler plate, or use two in series.

The real improvement in sound requires replacing the crappy ceramic cart with a magnetic and preamp then removing the crude torsion spring used to "counterweight" the tonearm and adding a real counterweight. This will not only sound -much- better but be a lot easier on your records.

I had one of those little machines and while I left the original tweeter in-place I added a new square horn along with the arm mods and a 6 db crossover to get the highs out of the woofer. This effort took it from sounding like a cheap compact juke to a nice little machine which was genuinely pleasant to listen to.

Rob/NYC

Thats great,thanks for the information,
regards
Clones