[NostalgiaRadioTime]

With regard to tube count alone, as these are consoles, I have my 13 tube 1937 Silvertone model 4488A sitting next to my 6 tube 1936 Zenith 6S52. Whenever I have someone visit me and ask about what the number of tubes has to do with how a radio sounds, I demonstrate these two. The Zenith has a 10 inch speaker, and the Silvertone a 12 inch. Both sound good, but for sound quality and sheer power, it's day and night. Likewise for table models, I have my 1935 Philco model 16 with 11 tubes sitting next to a 5 tube 1935 Westinghouse model WR-22 small tombstone and demonstrating those two one after another really illustrates the difference tube count (and of course speaker size) makes for performance.