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I agree that the CTC-2 and 2-B were excellent from a circuitry point of view. 15's and 16's are also a pleasure to watch/own. Zenith made sure that its' first color sets were reliable, too.
The Goldmark/CBS system also had much to recommend it, except for the obvious shortcomings.
I have worked on/restored a number of early chassis, and the earliest one I found to be the most stable, while providing a very good picture was the CTC-7. It was the first to use wire-wound pots in the convergence circuits, and if you had one without the $$#@&^%* wax caps over the -Y amp sockets, the colors would not "flash" (double suffix letter "7" chassis used mylars, thank goodness). We used a CTC-7B as a daily watcher for 4 years in the early '70's, until I got a good deal on a mint CTC-44 in a beautiful Danish-modern walnut cabinet.
Planning to get that CTC-7, which is a mahogany Anderson, a 1955 Motorola (with the 21AX conversion), and a CTC-5 table model Special, all with good CRT's, out of storage in June. That should keep me busy for a while, and drain the bank account for caps!
Kevin
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