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Originally Posted by ctc17
The rca service data index says 1965, hmm i wonder if i have that. Nice table radio. Does anyone even make table radios anymore? Or just those boom box things
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I think the days of the table radio are over, boom boxes having taken their place; in fact, CD and cassette boomboxes are all but obsolete today as well, since the trend nowadays seems to be towards mp3 players -- even CD car stereos are being forced into obsolescence by today's FM/mp3 (only) systems (I saw a JVC mp3 car stereo advertised in a Best Buy flyer in my Sunday paper a few weeks ago) that can download music from the Internet and/or play the user's mp3 files.
I have several table sets here (with tubes), all but one of them working quite well. The one that isn't presently working is a 1965 Zenith MJ1035, with a defective 2-megohm dual volume pot. The radio actually works, brings in lots of stations, but the audio is so weak, even with the control at maximum, that it is barely audible. There is a loud 60-Hz AC hum as well, which tells me the filter caps are overdue to be replaced. One of these days...