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"Hi Brad Yes the 38-690 was a revelation when I got it working.  The Philco engineers were certainly on the ball with that radio.  Absolute pleasure to use and listen to.  I have a 38-116 sitting there that I will get to at some…"

"Hi Steven, I have a 37-690 and 38-690; excellent sets!  I may get lambasted for saying this, but I think the 38-690 is every bit as good as the Philharmonics are, sound and selectivity wise. The Philharmonic has other features that the Philco…"

"Hi Brad  Well spotted I have that out of the cabinet for some maintenance and the radio up on the main bench is a 1935 Midwest which was called the poor man's Scott - I must say getting it running and listening to it shows just what a…"

"Philco 37-690 tuner chassis?"

"Hi Kent if these are still available I would be interested in both for my personal collection."

"yes - I have the same addition and like you I think its a factory addition as other components are moved to accommodate it and the mounting to the chassis looks factory to me as well.  Keep me posted on progress."

"Hi Bill thank you for your query to me re tweeters.  I have managed to source some already.  I am interested in the volume expander if its still available Steve"

"Hi  This might be a late but I need a pair of Tweeters for AW-23 and cords.  Don't suppose you still have these or know of someone who has a set for sale? Steve"

"Hi David Thanks for responding and for the valuable feed back.  I will replace all the caps as you suggest and ditch that ceramic resister - Someone has replaced the three 8 Mfd  with stupidly high caps!  So out they will go. …"

"Your AW-15 amp looks totally stock - except for that newer ceramic resistor you mention. Every Scott AW-15 amp I have had has the added circuitry for the earphone jack, as does yours. But the earphone wiring is omitted from the AW-15 Amp circuit…"

"Hi team I have a power chassis for allwave 15 that has some mods that look factory (looking at the rivets used). 1/ A "black box" is added that is not on the riders ! 2/The 2 watt resistors are subsequently rotated 90 degrees to cater for…"