Need advice on vintage tabletop AM/FM radio

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I'm on board with the opinions offered on the Zeniths of the 50's - early 60's.
Quality constuction, materials, styling and performance nearly in a league all it's own when compared with other AM/FM radios...the RCA 6-RF-9 from 1956is very close being a fully transformered set, not AC/DC, plus it had a strong
6V6GT output tube. It also had an 8 inch speaker, but no high frequency speakers like the Zenith.

The only table set that had better sound would be the FM only KLH Model 8 with it's 3 IF stages and push-pull audio output. They're really in their own league having a seperate acoustic suspension loudspeaker - furniture grade solid walnut cabnets. Basically the first mini hifi.

KLH's syling is stark, but performance is remarkable.