The WORST ever

[robert1]

Originally Posted by heathkit tv

Am curious, how do you define "best"? Did Setchel Carlson ever build any color sets? What of Dumont? I thought they were the Cadillac of TVs....at least B&W sets. Of the 60's era, I think that the hand wired Zeniths are right at the top even though they can be a pain at times to dig thru the layers of wiring to work on.

Anthony

yes, setchell carlson did build colors sets. i have a 1963 "roundie" that i use as a daily watcher.
the reason i say they are the best is because of the quality of the compontents that they used, the circuitry & the chassis design.
they used simple tried & true circuit designs that utilized very common tubes (every SC set that i know of has at least four 6AU6s). they used high quality resistors & capacitors. they used good phenolic tube sockets. they also lasted a long time before needing service.
due to the conservative design of the circuitry, tubes had a very long life span, if fact, if you find a SC set, chances are good that most of the original tubes will still be in it. it would most likely have a weak / bad picture tube. these sets were known to outlive three picture tube replacements.

the SC "roundie" that i own, i aquired it off of a trash pile about 5 years ago. around that time, i had a NOS 21fjp22 that i installed in it. the only other work i done on that set was replace a electrolytic capacitor underneath the horizontal output module & replace the H.O. tube. i have been using it on a daily basis since then, even to this day.