[Jayce]

My Mantola 27 is only a five tube TRF and it works quite well with the single 45 output. Though the Mantola used a much bigger speaker than the Philco 50 does and I am wondering if the 50 has the dreaded black speaker cone paper that tightens up like a drum as it ages. I am just glad to find another Philco cathedral that was available. They just are NOT all that available in my region as they sort of got hoarded by collectors early on. (I know where a large batch is at, so there is some fact to my statement) Also, usually people want an arm and a leg for them when they do decided to sell around here. This might surprise some of you, but the model 20 doesn't get great ratings around here performance-wise either. The one I got to hear once it had been fully restored was very grainy on the sound, which had caused the guy to go through it multiple times to figure out just what was going on. Now the ones that surprise me are the four tube models I have, the model 84B and my 37-84B.