Here’s what the well equipped audiophile would have in his living room 75 years ago. The receiver is unmistakably made by National, and it’s shown in the April 1941 issue of FM magazine.

The ad’s caption conceded that the set was designed primarily as a communication receiver, but that it gave superb FM rception.  It had dual high fidelity output circuits, an excellent signal to noise ratio, and extreme sensitivity.  The ad doesn’t say so, but it would look nice in any living room.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to identify the model number, or even whether this receiver actually made its way into production.  According to the ad, the set was described in the December 1940 issue of the magazine, but that issue isn’t available online.

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