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Acmefone from 1922
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01-21-2018, 12:48 PM
Latest project:

https://www.russoldradios.com/blog/acmefone-from-1922
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01-22-2018, 09:32 AM
It is wonderful.
 I am not into those old sets but I have been starting to like them recently..
Ugh, Another thing to want, Icon_lol


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01-22-2018, 01:13 PM
Very nice Russ, like Kirk those older sets are starting to interest me...
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01-22-2018, 01:26 PM
Yep. Radios prior to 1924 and all of the battery supers (less RCA) are the ones most radio collectors are looking for   - - - Icon_wtf  - - Don't tell anybody!!

The original tubes are hard to find and may cost more than the radio.

To illustrate this - I just finished (yesterday) a Radiola III and a Balanced Amp. Both are being used as displays for the WD-11s and tipped WD-11s which are worth more than the radios. - - - I suppose that I could just make a stand for the tubes.
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01-23-2018, 01:43 PM
Amazing stuff - I'm fascinated by early radio apparatus, and how the technology changed in the prewar period as it became more common to own a receiver.
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