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Originally Posted by Chad Hauris
Hey Whirled One, can you post a picture of that CTC-55? this is apparently an RCA tube type set using a high focus voltage tube and solid state tripler HV supply as opposed to the 3A3 of the others...have been looking for one of these for a long time.
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Sure! Here are a few pics of mine. As you can see, though, it still has the 3A3 HV rectifier as found in the others of its ilk.
Actually, the only real reason I picked this CTC-55 up was because it was in such remarkably *clean* condition. [Plus, I figured I may as well complete my "set" of this series... ] Also attached are pics of my CTC-53, which isn't in quite as good cosmetic shape, but I like the control panel design better, with the larger "blackout" area around the tuning knobs and the oddly-colored stripes on the speaker grille. Also, the rounded corners of the old-style 18V picture tube adds a certain character to it.
This CTC-53 is currently sitting on a cart in the bedroom as a regular "watcher" set.