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...Nothing on the Xonex, but the original Sparton Nocturne (1936, according to my research information) was a 46" diameter (!!) mirrored console that's probably worth more than my house by now. Looking through some of my old radio books, Sparton (Sparks-Withington Company / Jackson, Michigan) made some very attractive wood and/or glass table radios and consoles. Some aren't as pricey, such as the very handsome 141XX wood table radio; 8-tubes, AM/FM with a big chrome bezel around its slide rule dial. Tasty! Others, like the square-ish, blue-mirrored (replete with chrome fins) Model 557 are simply breathtaking...and $2000 a pop.
This is low production, high-end stuff to be sure. I wonder how they sound?
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