[Arran]

 With my limited experience with Crosleys (not Deforest Crosleys) is that they are usually decent performers for a budget brand. So my guess is that the ten tube one, depending on what the tubes are actually used for, should be no exception. From what I can tell by looking up the tube lineup is that the set has a push-pull power output stage with duel #47 tubes, it also has two IF amplifier stages and a tuned RF amplifier stage, so it should be a decent set. One thing I did notice is like many Crosleys the cabinet construction is somewhat on the cheap side, but at least it isn't ugly. The disparaging remarks may have been about a specific series of Crosley models, more then likely the AC sets they built in the late 1920s and early 30s that were notorious for having bad pot metal in the tuning condenser.
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Arran