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04-13-2019, 04:36 PM
635 CSX , . . .  is it a tabletop radio or a floor model?  I can't tell.   Icon_eh
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04-13-2019, 05:15 PM
Chairside!
Floor model made to sit next to your recliner... Icon_smile
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04-13-2019, 07:14 PM
Aaaaaah...yes...  I loooove the chairsides !  This one looks a tad different and I couldn't tell how large it was by the pic in the gallery.  Thanks bud.   Icon_lol
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04-14-2019, 07:16 PM
I was not too sure so I googled it Icon_lol
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04-14-2019, 07:54 PM
A lot of the early Philco chairside sets (around 1933/34)used a large separate spkr in a large wooden cabinet. Ones that come to mind the 14LZX,19LZX, 91RX, 14,16, 17, &18RX. Have had a few or them over the yrs.
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!

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04-14-2019, 11:00 PM
Yes Terry, . . .I've noticed one or two like that in the gallery.  Elegant units to moi.   Heart
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