In article , "jakdedert"
writes:

Oh geez, another brain fart! Yes, you're right, I was thinking of my
AMP instead of the RCA. I have both. The RCA is perhaps the best
sounding, but the knobs are rather flimsy, though metal.

Which RCA do you have?

3-BX-671 Strato-World. Didn't know there was more than one model. Mine is tan
leather.

Did you check the link? All the instruments, but a few problems
otherwise.... The $35 shipping turned me off a bit, but might be worth it
if he's far enough away and takes care with packaging (Although as you
said--'built like a truck;' which means they ship well--my TO knockoffs all
arrived intact with minimal care in shipping.)

No, didn't chase the link to eBay. My Stromberg also survived a cross-country
UPS trip. ISTR it has flywheel tuning, just to add to the wieght :-)

Then there's the Philco version, built like a tank, more rugged metal
than the tube TOs. It will anchor at least a small ski boat :-)
Best sound of the bunch.

Do you have a link to the Philco model? I'm not familiar with that one,
although I've researched a bit. I'm aware of the S-C, RCA's (have both
3BX671 and 7BX10, but not the 'alligator' 3BX--one just sold for $595 on
ebay!), Hallicrafters (have the TW-1000), and the Silvertones; but no Philcos.

No link that I know of re the Philco. It's sorry state, but no way would you
know to see it or heft it. Flywheel tuning for sure. I think the book on
Zenith TOs show the Philco in its knockoff chapter. AFAIK Philco never made a
tube TO clone. FWIW, most of the knockoffs are superior to the Zeniths in many
ways. Except the Sears Silvertone, which makes a good 1L6 donor :-) I have
most of the Zenith models.

So the 7BX10 is the other RCA TO? How is it different from the 3BX?

I'm still waiting to get into my Hallicrafters TW-1000. I've got the
manual...waiting for caps. It's got the turret. Looks like fun.

I've got two of those, slightly different, and one sort of works, but I'll
probably have to go to Heaven to find a TW-1000 whose band-indicating drum
still works. Tho I may end up in the place where every dial cord breaks and
the 1L6 always pops when you turn on the juice :-) --Mike K.



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