ARE LATE 40s/EARLY 50s RCAs PRONE TO LOW VOLUME ISSUES?

[Tubejunke]

I have two old RCA sets. One is an 8T-243 and the other is a TC-127. The 127 has been recapped and the 243 is so ugly that I can't decide what I want to do with it. However, both sets have extremely LOW sound. In that I mean that you must crank up the volume pot to hear the sets in a small room.

The chassis' of this generation of RCA sets are virtually identical and I know that there are several folks here who specialize in them. I'm just curious if this was some sort of common problem. It seems to me that someone here once explained to me that the sound circuit in these sets is very different from the average set. I can't recollect the details. Thanks!