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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. ![Icon_sad Icon_sad](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif) 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
Ferdinand IN
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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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![Icon_eek Icon_eek](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif) 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 ![Icon_crazy Icon_crazy](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_crazy.gif) 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! ![Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_thumbup.gif) 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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