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beardogg0524

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6. I love tube radios
Sat May 27, 2023, 11:41 PM
May 2023

I have a couple AM-only tube radios from the 1940s and an AM/FM one from rhe early-to-mid 1960s. There's just something charming about waiting for the sound to come on while the tunes warm up.

I know lots of audiophiles swear that the audio quality of tube radios is much better than transistor radios. That's very debatable, but my 1948 RCA Victor 8-X-541 and my 60s Zenith AM/FM radio have amazing sound. (My 1946 RCA 65X1 has great sound as well, but the 8-X-541 has better AM reception.

Anyway, glasslinger is a genius when it comes to restoration of vintage electronics. Radiotvphononut is a great repairman as well, but his racist rants about "China-made" Crosley radios is just cringeworthy. Dude is so racist, he even jokingly claimed that the hot glue in in Crosley turntables was made by the factory workers j*cking off while watching pornos.

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