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The set you passed on is in the Boyden cabinet. I have the same set with the 12B13C52 chassis. The fine picture detail, focus, and convergence are the best of any tube/hybrid set I own, and easily rival any SS CRT set. Mine has been my main set since early 2009 and aside from a few issues has been quite solid.
It takes a new H output, and chroma osc. every 3-4 years, the focus divider drifted in the first year or two and I had to compensate by adding mega ohms to the ground side of the focus pot, and if a primary starts to flicker bright or go absent one of the chroma amp transistors is going bad (only one so far, but now I know how to trouble shoot it).
I'd recommend this set to anyone looking for a solid, high performance Zenith with tubes. It really should be saved.
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