Philco 38-690 Super HI-FI art DECO Console Vacuum Tube Radio- RESTORED WORKS

Philco 38-690 Super HI-FI art DECO Console Vacuum Tube Radio- RESTORED WORKS (image 1/[null, null, null, null])
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*********************** NO RESERVE **************************** Considered the finest radio made by Philco, this one is absolutely stunning!The 38-690XX was Philco's top of the line radio for the1938 model year. Introduced in June of 1937 with a listprice of $395. This price as people were still recovering from the Great Depression was a fortune, and I suspect very few could afford something of this quality, hence the extreme rarity of finding one today . It is a 20-tube all-wave receiverhoused in a stunning wood cabinet with multiple inlays that efficiently epitomizesthe essence of machine-aged design. Re-ferred to by Philco as Super High-Fidelity , it hasseven speakers and clarifiers, beam-power output, auto-matic bass compensation, variable IF bandwidths, auto-matic tuning, magnetic tuning, Philco's Foreign TuningSystem and five spread-band tuning ranges. This38-690XX radio is correctly regarded today as being one of thefinest domestic tube radios ever made.Cosmetically, the 38-690XX features a fabulous cabinetthat in 1937 debuted Philco's latest contribution to theirradio art - the inclined control panel (having an angle ofapproximately 30 degrees to the vertical). This was init-ially used on eight of their 1938 models and through ex-tensive advertising, gave rise to the popular marketingslogan of the day: No Squat, No Stoop, read more
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