[462ron]

Bob I hear you on the question of over spending on a radio and is it worth it. In the last year I restored, both cabinet and chassis, a Philco 39-25. It’s a beautiful set but I think I spent well over $320+ on it after buying all the cabinet lacquer and finishing supplies, dial glass, output transformer and so forth, way more than I intended. Luckily my wife is supportive of my hobby. My only concern is, it’s just a basic AA5 with a power transformer. I can understand a manufacturer putting a basic chassis like that into a plain or drab square box cabinet but this set has a rather nice stylish looking cabinet with a slopped front, certainly deserving of a more upscale chassis instead of an AA5! On the other hand, my somewhat similarly styled 41-250 log cabin, has I think an 8 tube chassis more befitting that cabinet and so is a much better performer!

Ron