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I have one of those Admiral sets that I bought on eBay as a recapped, working set with no cracks in its Bakelite case. When I received it, it was not at all as it was described from the 10" crack in the top of the case, broken back-cover screw posts, insufficient vertical sweep and the fact that turning the volume up to an audible level would cause the video and sync to go nuts. Needless to say, I wouldn't have paid over $200 for the set if I had known half of this before I placed my bid and I expressed my dissatisfaction to the seller who responded by promising to send a copy of the schematic which I received almost 2 months later after reminding him several times Needless to say, I haven't bought anything else from this guy. Since he put the words "as-is" in his listing, there wasn't much point in posting negative feedback although I didn't include the usual high recommendations in my feedback that I normally do. I've placed that set fairly low on my priority list due to the condition of the cabinet, but I'll eventually restore it. I prefer 10" electromagnetic-deflection sets, possibly because I still have one good spare 10BP4 plus a rebuildable dud just in case I find one that needs a CRT. I had two good spare 10BP4's before I used one of them in the 721TS that I restored recently.
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