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Sparks Withington
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I was cleaning out one of my storage rooms and discovered a Sparks-Withington Model 400 Series radio, the dial plate has Sparton Junior. The cabinet is near mint condition. I also have a Airline battery set (mint), a 20's RCA with matching external speaker. and a Zenith arm chair which plays great. The RCA sounds great with very very little AC hum (what are the odds). I haven't a clue where or when I picked up this Sparks-Withington. I'm a Victrola/Gramophone collector/restorer and its time to thin out my 40 some machines and radios.

I'm going to plug the SW set in and see what happens. I don't see anything obvious that could cause a disaster.

Bill WG4W


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Sparks Withington - by squeeker7 - 02-07-2012, 12:22 PM
Re: Sparks Withington - by squeeker7 - 02-07-2012, 01:06 PM
Re: Sparks Withington - by TA Forbes - 02-07-2012, 01:20 PM
Re: Sparks Withington - by squeeker7 - 02-07-2012, 02:17 PM
Re: Sparks Withington - by Bob Andersen - 02-08-2012, 12:54 AM
Re: Sparks Withington - by squeeker7 - 02-08-2012, 09:31 AM
Re: Sparks Withington - by Bob Andersen - 02-08-2012, 06:44 PM
Re: Sparks Withington - by Arran - 02-09-2012, 12:56 AM
Re: Sparks Withington - by squeeker7 - 02-09-2012, 08:10 AM



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