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Old 14th June 2008   #9
pan60
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the B&Os sound great after a new ribbon
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That is when their ribbon is oxidized ( as, I agree, they are prone to) , wich is not always the case
i feel the RCA ribbon i had installed performs better then the original which was not oxidized.
the improvement was very very significant.

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and reversing the polarity.
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Explain this, by all means, and above all: why

Please ...
because they are set up as pin three positive. and pin two neg.
they are out of polarity to the current norm.
you could check and see, possibly already changed but i would doubt it, all i have seen were pin three positive.


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but they have low output.
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not lower than a lot of ribbons

malice
lower then any thing i have seen other than some older cheap ribbons.
but i have not seen them all and i am no authority on ribbons.
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