Olympia roundie in Boston

[miniman82]

no affiliation

Can't remember if this was posted already, couldn't find a thread.

$190 might be a little steep, but I haven't seen this brand on here before. Probably an RCA clone? New Vista, I'd guess?

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/for/2274213711.html

[JB5pro]

I think that is a '64 model with the RCA CTC-15. I hope others love the home entertainment centers as much as I do. I know they are hard to save because of the size but I just love em!

[DaveWM]

me too, hope it gets saved.

[Steve D.]

Would guess it is an "Olympic" brand RCA clone. Very nice contemporary design.

-Steve D.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Steve D.

Would guess it is an "Olympic" brand RCA clone. Very nice contemporary design.

-Steve D.

That Olympic is not an RCA clone. It's a genuine RCA CTC15 chassis. That's the last year RCA sold their completed chassis to other firms to resell. When the CTC16 chassis came out , they licensed the manufacture of the 15 design ot anyone who wanted to build it.

[bgadow]

Olympic had a pretty poor reputation for quality; shouldn't be an issue here, though, at least not with the TV portion.

[leadlike]

I've had bad luck with Olympic sets. Very nice cabinets, but cheap, cheap insides. They don't seem to be gutless wonders like Muntz, they just use a severely cramped chassis design with horrible quality caps, coils, and ladyfinger modules.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by leadlike

I've had bad luck with Olympic sets. Very nice cabinets, but cheap, cheap insides. They don't seem to be gutless wonders like Muntz, they just use a severely cramped chassis design with horrible quality caps, coils, and ladyfinger modules.

It's the only set I ever seen with one stage of IF.

[miniman82]

Just one? Wow, Muntz has more!