Ctc-7aa

[IsthmusTV]

Greetings,

I have been in on and off negotiations with a local collector (mainly vintage hi-fi) to buy his RCA CTC-7A roundie set. Today, I got a chance to look it over for the first time. It's in a cramped, dimly lit storage room with barely enough room to turn around. I took a few lousy photos with a flashlight and my cell phone which are posted below. It's unusual in that it's in a tabletop steel cabinet with a fake wood grain photo finish. The chassis is stamped CTC-7AA. I couldn't find the model number. The back is missing (he thinks he may have it somewhere) and the cabinet is filled with boxed tubes and what looked like the SAMS for the set. My visit was unplanned, so I didn't have my CRT tester with me so I don't know the status of the 21CYP22 which appears to be original.

Of course, now that I get to see it he's having second thoughts about selling it because "these are going to be worth a lot some day"
Still, I think he may come to his senses and sell it to me. This would be my first color roundie, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

-Clark