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Heatercathodeshort · 16th May 2008, 8:33 pm

The majority of sets using the PCL86 audio valve had very good sound quality. Add a decent speaker and the results were amazing. The PCL82 never seemed to produce the same quality. Continental sets always had quite elaborate output transformers to add to the enhancement.
Hello Mike, The 406T and its family were another great set. I have one but never restored it. The set is clean but I think its lacking a back hence the reluctance to deal with it!
Ferguson also produced a range of fringe models of very high quality, all hand wired and using the AW43-80 90 degree tube. The chassis were very similar with model numbers 305/315T, 405T. The specification was very advanced with high gain, gated AGC and flywheel sync. An even rarer one is the hand wired fringe version of the 506T the 505T.
I would very much like to obtain a version of any of these models but they were rare in their day and I would think almost impossible to find today.
Regards, John.

16th May 2008, 8:33 pm	#125
Heatercathodeshort Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Warnham, West Sussex. 10 miles south of DORKING. Posts: 9,147	Re: Missing Sets? The majority of sets using the PCL86 audio valve had very good sound quality. Add a decent speaker and the results were amazing. The PCL82 never seemed to produce the same quality. Continental sets always had quite elaborate output transformers to add to the enhancement. Hello Mike, The 406T and its family were another great set. I have one but never restored it. The set is clean but I think its lacking a back hence the reluctance to deal with it! Ferguson also produced a range of fringe models of very high quality, all hand wired and using the AW43-80 90 degree tube. The chassis were very similar with model numbers 305/315T, 405T. The specification was very advanced with high gain, gated AGC and flywheel sync. An even rarer one is the hand wired fringe version of the 506T the 505T. I would very much like to obtain a version of any of these models but they were rare in their day and I would think almost impossible to find today. Regards, John.