[Doug Houston]

This cabinet is a good example of how Philco aced RCA, and especially Zenith with quality cabinets. The matched wood on the dial door is a good example of Philco's quality supremacy. The veneer inlays are another example of Philco's cabinet quality. There were very few, if any Zenith sets in the 1936-42 years, with doors on the cabinets. Not so, for Philco and RCA. Maybe the customers never fully understood why they were drawn to the Philco sets, but these were some of the reasons why. Some of the reasons that I never do do handsprings and cartwheels over Zenith stuff; even the Strato.

Also, a restorer here in my general area, observed that you see a lot of Zenith and RCA power transformers burning up, but rarely a Philco. I've observed the same thing.

If you look at some versions of the model 633X (?) carrying into the 37-630X, the inlays are amazing for a household set.

Interesting!