1937 ultimate hifi I posted at audio khama earlier

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The ultimate hifi sold for $1,500.00 in 1937 had the same buying power as $23,483.46 in 2011! article from radio mag online reads as follows
" The WLW Model Super-Power Radio Receiver was announced on Nov. 25, 1936. The press release for the set was headlined “Here is the Colossus of Radio,” and offered a breathless listing of the components and capabilities of this new wonder of the radio world. The receiver was presented as powerful and practical. “In spite of the fact that it has tremendous volume range with a maximum output of 75W,” the release explained, “this gigantic receiver can be toned down to arm-chair or living-room levels and still retain all the original expression of the music as rendered in the studios . It had 37 tubes, six speakers and 75W of power. The cabinet stood 58" tall, 42" wide and 22"deep
Speaker bank consisted of three high-range tweeters and two 12" mezzo or mid-range speakers, plus an 18" auditorium speaker for the low range"
link to article http://radiomagonline.com/features/r...olossus_radio/
"The receiver could reproduce the entire range of audible sound, from 20 to
20,000 cycles per second ! One sold recently 55k .
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