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Old 08-12-2015, 11:24 AM
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I also have a C845 (identical to the one in my avatar) which works extremely well. The sound, as Adam pointed out, is excellent, owing to the 2-speaker sound system, as is the FM sensitivity (I can get stations from Erie, Pennsylvania, Detroit, Toledo, Ohio, et al., as well as most every Cleveland FM, just using the built-in FM antenna when the band is open in the summer). I don't know how good the AM reception on my set could be, as the noise level in my apartment is very high (I often get noise between stations that sounds like TV horizontal oscillator harmonics; there is at least one person in my building who still has a CRT TV on a cable box which she watches a lot, but there could be others besides).

The C845 was probably, IMO, one of the best AM-FM table radios Zenith ever made. The C845 was the first version, followed by the C845L and C845M. The differences are slight, mostly in cabinet styling and the addition of a dial light in one of the later versions. The cabinet, so I read a while ago online, was in one of two finishes, either what has been described as "toasted mahogany" or standard mahogany. The toasted mahogany finish can be removed, revealing the true mahogany underneath; however, since my '845 is on top of a chest of drawers in my bedroom in a maple finish, I decided to leave the finish as-is on the radio since it matches the finish on the chest almost perfectly.
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