I had several of those sets through the years. Even with the lack of an IF stage, they did receive remarkedly well. Living in Milwaukee, it received all the locals well, beside the Chicago clear channels, WGN and WBBM.
The pentagrid converter was better than the 4 tubers that used the Autodyne converter setup, such as Admiral, GE and Westinghouse.
IIRC, Arvin built that same radio for like 15 years running, with the Arvin and the Silvertone badging.
