RCA SES-4JE Stereo

[Hi-Fi-Mogul]

This little orphan turned out pretty good.

Three tube with silicon diode rectifier from 1960.
Two 4 inch speakers for each L/R channels.
Post-re-capping, the RS-184 amp is very quiet.

One set of stereo speakers detach from the cabinet.

The original RCA phono cart was defunct, and I
replaced it with a similar one from an RP-218
that I could never get to function correctly.

The cabinet was really abused, and I glued a lot
of loose cabinet cover back down, along with
some paint on the missing covering.

I need to tweak the RP-212 changer as the tonearm
kicks back at the end of record play groove.
Pretty sure the trip slide lever may need bending to
allow the tonearm to travel further into the lead out
record groove.
Tracking force is fine.

Also need to take the amp out again and crimp down
some wiring connections and the RCA female jack input
for the separate stereo speaker.

This little gal really has plenty of volume from just a
single 50C5 per channel.
Playing on 4/10 is quite loud enough.

I may keep this one, just due to the hours put into it.

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[TC Chris]

Looks like they did the trick of putting the phono motor in series with the filament string to serve a a ballast resistance. My little RCA 9-EMP-21H does the same thing.

Chris Campbell

[William]

As always, nice work Mr. Mogul. It is amazing just how good some of the smaller units can sound.

Bill