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Philco 16X lucky find - Bruce - 07-13-2025
Last nite while having dinner at chili's my son shows me a picture of a nice looking radio. The post said $40 or best offer! So I messaged the guy an offered $30. His response come get it. This morning I did. He said used to work but not anymore. Got it home did the usual pre plug in checks. Cranked up the variac slowly ,to my utter amazement clean static no humm. Hooked up antenna an MUSIC, Whata surprise. Needs tires for the tuner,front chassis mount screws,volume control cleaned.
Chassis is clean, cabinet is beautiful an it sounds great! All thanks to my son who said it just popped up in a search he was doing. Now it has a home an I'll treat it to a serious go over for saftey.
RE: Philco 16X lucky find - Paul Philco322 - 07-14-2025
Nice job, that looks like a keeper. Paul
RE: Philco 16X lucky find - morzh - 07-14-2025
Bruce
This is one of those few consoles I would get nowadays.
And for $30 it is a real lucky find. A 16X, any version, is a great radio.
I have the later version, but I do like these cabinets more.
Congrats!