which chassis was the best ?

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by rca2000

If we REALLY want to get honest with ourselves....then the flat-chassis SS Zenith sets we love--ALL of them...including the BW sets with plug-in boards--are actually a "hybrid" between hand-wiring and point-to point wiring, as more than half the circuitry, most of the low-level stuff--is on those boards and the power devices all plug in.

True, just no burnout-prone tubes to deal with. Also, the dura-modules are too small to flex from heat. The transition time was then, and Zenith did it best.