[Hallicrafters] Communications Receivers - why speakers separate?

[Steve Sutfin]

Actually I meant solid state, not hollow-state. I do love those tubes.
Steve k7dna

On May 30, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Steve Sutfin wrote:

> It was always my thought that the issue was 'stability'; not  
> cheapness. Even though the cabinets were metal the vibration from a  
> speaker could affect stability in the older tube rigs. And of  
> course that was before hollow -state and PLL.
> YMMV,
> Steve k7dna
>
> On May 30, 2014, at 6:54 PM, Peter VK6PM wrote:
>
>> I've been chatting with some younger amateurs on a local net, and  
>> the question of why communications receivers did not come supplied  
>> with built-in loudspeakers emerged.
>>
>> Some of the younger guys reckon that  it appears to be at the  
>> outmost extremity of "stinginess" that you would have to buy the  
>> speaker separately.
>>
>> Historically, broadcast receivers from the crystal set era onwards  
>> came with a built in loudspeaker.
>>
>> I shot down the argument that it was just USA companies (which was  
>> the original beef, aimed at the Lafayette HA-600), pointing out  
>> that Eddystone (UK) STC and Kingsley (Aust) also followed the  
>> practice.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas on this one? I don't have any sensible  
>> answers for the young blokes.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Peter VK6PM
>>
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