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Most of them are good performers, though. But, quality-wise, they're way behind Philco and RCA (HMV in your neck of the woods). Zenith is noted for underrated power transformers, and bloated tube counts.

What Doug says is true. But, on the other side of the coin, Zenith had many stunningly beautiful 'art deco' cabinet styles, especially some of the consoles, and the sound quality of the average Zenith console was in many cases far better than some competitor radios. Also, it's hard not to like those big black "wash machine" dials.

Here is a pic of my 6S147 dial.
[Image: http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q136/...47Dial.jpg]

Regards,

Ed