Radio today (Sept 1935-Dec 1936)

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PREVIEW OF NEW 1937 RADIOS Philco with automatic tuning Newest Philco high-fidelity set features automatic tuning. Magnetic tuning brings station into perfect tune when dial is tuned to approximately correct frequency — offresonance tuning impossible. De luxe model 37-116X has other exclusive Philco features, such as acoustic clarifiers, automatic aerial tuning, inclined sounding board, wide-angle sound diffusion. Separate bass and treble tone controls — variable treble Philco low-cost Baby Grand tone control adjusts selectivity of set. Spread-band dial with names of foreign stations — glowing beam tuning range indicator. Noise excluding signal amplifier — 5-band all-wave operation— 15 octal glass tubes. List $195 less aerial. Standard model (without automatic tuning feature) — $175. Philco 6-tube all-wave console Three band American and foreign receiver. Six octal glass tubes — pentode audio system. Philco dual-ratio color dial with glowing beam tuning range indicator. Unit construction — noise excluding amplifier — shadow tuning indicator. Walnut cabinet with various grain effects. Model 37-630X— list $79.95. Table model— list $62.50. Five-tube skip-band receiver— covers standard broadcasts plus daytime and nightime shortwave bands. Wide-vision dial with station names — dual-speed vernier. Foreign tuning system for tuning aerial automatically — 12 tuned circuits. Pentode audio output — twopoint tone control. Philco unit construction— octal base tubes. Satin finish cabinet of matched burl, butt, and straight-grained walnut with holly and black inlays. Model 37-61B — list $37.50. Console model — $49.95. Philco American and foreign set Three-band 7-tube allwave console — 17 tuned circuits. Philco color dial with shadowgraph tuning — 50% greater spread on short-wave band. All basic Philco features plus 3-point tone control — noise excluding amplifier — inclined sounding board. Cabinet — figured butt walnut panel set off at sides and center by light colored narrawood inlays edged with black. At sides, "V" matched straight-grain pin stripe walnut sets off this center panel. Three darker toned vertical grille posts — end panels of matching walnut veneer slope slightly inward toward the top. Hand-rubbed finish. Model 37-640X— List $89.95. Console in mahogany — $95. Baby grand — $69.95. Philco spread-band all-wave radio Eight-tube foreign and American receiver — spread-band dial gives three times greater separation on short-wave stations. Dual-ratio dial names and locates foreign stations for convenient, rapid tuning — shadow tun ing meter indicates resonance. Fourpoint tone control. Inclined sounding board — push-pull audio output— concert grand dynamic speaker. Model 37-650X — list $100. Baby grand model —$79.95. Philco 9-tube all-wave Four-band receiver covering American and foreign broadcasts. Balanced superheterodyne circuit — nine octal glass tubes — 20 tuned circuits. Three times greater selectivity. Spread-band dial with four times greater speed — glowing beam tuning range indicator — dual ratio vernier — shadow tuning indicator. Super class A audio output of 10 watts — inclined sounding board. Four-point tone control— concert grand speaker. Model 37-660X— list $115. Baby grand model — $89.95. Philco Radio & Television Corp., Philadelphia. Advertisement 40 Radio Today