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Such a wide range of radios have been made, it's very hard to come up with a 'best' and 'worst'. Since Philco was mentioned, take a look at their lineup: some outstanding sets, particularly in the thirties. Lots of mundane stuff, like those loktal based series string sets. (I always kinda liked loktals; they always sound like they will break something when you remove them, but if you do it right they work fine. Adds character!) Later they had some very cheap junk, clock radios and that sort of thing, but it wasn't the worst on the market. The junkiest I can think of were: early 30s "midgets", no-name sets with resistor line cords, they just scream CHEAP. Another example would be the first Japanese imports, some of which looked more like cheap toys than an actual radio.
GE? Has always been an expert at making perfectly average merchandise! This country is still swimming in mounds of GE All-American Five, white-plastic radios and clock radios. They got so clever that some have no screws holding them together, they just snap together. They look average, they work average. Plain vanilla. The snooze button was redundant!
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Bryan
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