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I guess its been a couple years or longer since I last visited the showroom of one local furniture store,a place in business "forever". They actually had more consoles (Zenith) than they had black boxes. Probably a half dozen on the floor. (they also had an early 50s 21" RCA b/w table model up on a back shelf) The little tv shop we have downtown still stocks a few tv's though I haven't peaked in their window lately to see if they have a console.
I guess its been a long, long time since anyone made a first class, solid wood console. Even in the late 60s there was particle board, and lots of plastic in the 70s. In the early 80s my uncle went shopping for a new color console (to replace a late 60s Admiral) and he shopped by cabinet quality, not performance. He said the Zenith was the worst, that you could see daylight through the seams. He chose an RCA; not too bad an idea, I guess, since 80s RCA's seem to be decent performers.
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Bryan
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