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Originally Posted by bgadow
I hardly ever buy radios or TV sets anymore....
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Ditto, with the exception of my CTC-16 roundie ($12, as it came with several new degaussing thermistors, taped to the CRT face!) and my Panasonic HDTV ($25, opening and closing bid on Public Surplus).
My wife also drops hints to her friends and occasionally one comes up that way - the latest was a working 1959 Zenith Radio. Mostly it's BPC stuff, but I'll take even that. I'm still waiting for an Atwater Kent or early Radiola to show up.
Even test equipment can be had for free. I've been the recipient of about a dozen 5" tube O-scopes (Eico, RCA, Heath, Sencore, Knight, etc) and a bunch of old military stuff, popular here due to the era when mil surplus sales were being held locally. But mostly, it's TV shops - if it isn't earning them money and is in the way, it gets given away. I got a RCA Isotap that way recently - it's the light duty job, perfect for audio.
Cheers,