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Never thought when I woke up this morning I would be a new owner of a nice condition 38-690. Decided to go to an estate sale and found this for $135, came with extra tubes and some Philco advertising. Lost $20 last night at poker with the boys but made out today.
Mark
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I'm jealous!!!!
Terry
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
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Me too! Super find! Super price!
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Why do you have to tell us about these things? It just makes the rest of us feel bad. No, really that was a great find!
Steve
M R Radios C M Tubes
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Once you get that set up, running, and aligned, you'll have a magnificent thunder generator. You'll have power and fidelity that the other big mainline brands didn't offer.
Indeed, you made out like a bandit on the set, and can savor your luck for a long time.
Congrats!
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State, Province, Country: Indiana
Hmph! Some people have all the luck!
Seriously, though...congratulations on your find, Mark!
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Ron Ramirez
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$135? I've a good mind to report you for theft...
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$135, Holy Handgrenades!
Mike
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WOW!
-Greg
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Looks pretty nice and at a great price! Let us know how the restoration goes.
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look at all the speakers on that thing! My 47 only has one
-Mars
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Marsupial Wrote: look at all the speakers on that thing! My 47 only has one It has three speakers. The other devices have cones, but are not speakers and do not have voice coils. As I understand it, they serve to cancel vibrations from the cabinet.
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So, they're early "drone cones", sans voice & fieldcoils? My Altec 890C Bolero speakers each have a 10" speaker and a 10" "passive radiator".
Mike
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You are one lucky dog! I never seem to find higher ended radios here. Seems everyone was either broke in my area during the depression or no-one wanted high end radios. Now in the county my friend lives in, it was easy to find high or at least higher ended radios at sales. Now it is a poor county, so go figure.
No matter where you go, there you are.
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