A RADIO THAT IS REALLY

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1 A RADIO THAT IS REALLY ~ A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

2 THIS CHRISTMAS GIVE HAPPINESS! f!"'t-~ HIS Christmas-to yourself, your dear ones, your home-give a beautiful and lasting gift! A gift that will bring pleasure, individually and equally, to everyone in your home. A priceless gift.. yet easily within yo!lr :r:.each. Give music... give entertainment. give Happiness, this Christmas! The world of today knows no more constant, no more certain, no more varied source of pleasure, than radio... and there is no radio like Victor Radio! For Victor Micro-Synchronous Radio goes a step beyond scientific experiment, or even scientific achievement. Here is a radio that is really a musical instrument; a radio so sensitive, so dependable, so utterly real in its performance that its marvelous mechanism can be completely forgotten! It is the radio you knew Victor would some day build.. and to millions of musically experienced people, there is no stronger praise! For the appearance of the first radio to bear the Victor name means that radio has grown up... that you need no longer make allowances, but rather, that you may be critical and delighted at once. And the Victor name in radio means what it has always meant in mu~ie-l ea d ership, ~uperior.ity, quality in every detail.

3 THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Victor Radio, exclusively, employs the micro-synchronous principle-which assures magnificent performance at every point on the dial Victor Radio alone embodies the wonderful Victor electro-dynamic reproducer, admitted by unbiased scientific investigators to be the closest approach to perfection ever achieved in a loud-speaker. Every vital part of Victor Radio is designed and made by Victor especially for this instrument-excepting the Radiotrons, product of RCA. Victor Radio alone has Victor quality, Victor workmanship-and only Victor Radio is backed by thirty years, and more, of research, experiment, and leadership in the field of sound reproduction. Finally, Victor is the first and only radio to win the enthusiastic, unqualified and unpaid-for endorsements of the world's foremost musicians. Yet, when you hear this marvelous radio instrument, youmaythinkof none of these Victor features. You will besoamazed,sodelighted,so doubtful of your own ears, that perhaps your only thought will be, "After hearing this music, how can I ever be satisfied with less?" Yo,u need not be! Victor Radio... the gift that keeps on giving happiness for years,... with all its glorious power, incredible realism, its amazing sensitiveness and selectivity, its beautiful cabinets, is easily within the "purse-power" of almost everyone.

4 VICTOR MICRO SYNCHRONOUS RADIO CONSOLE R-32 Victor Radio that startled the musical world the sensational R-32. Victor developed, micro-synchronous circuit. Exclusive Victor electro-dynamic repro ducer. Exclusive Victor instantaneous, full-vision tuning. Ten Radiotrons, including two new type No Unsurpassed selectivity, sensitivity,. controlled power. Tone quality beyond comparison. Compact, modern Victor-quality cabinet. Height 38 2"; Width 27lh"; Depth. 16%". List price $155, less Radiotrons. ~

5 VICTOR MICRO SYNCHRONOUS RADIO WITH ELECTROLA THE COMPLETE MODERN INSTRUMENT RE - 45 Musically, there is no finer instrument than this. Identical in radio equipment and performance with the R-32, plus the magnificent Electrola; Electrola reproduces recorded music through Victor Radio system (Radiotrons and Victor electro-dynamic reproducer)~ Unbelievable power, beauty and realism in both radio or recorded music. Handsome Victor-quality cabinet. Height 4514"; Width 27%"; Depth 18%". List price $275, less Radiotrons. P,_ 9 ~.

6 VICTOR MICRO SYNCHRONOUS RADIO IN AN UNUSUALLY BEAUTIFUL CABINET R-52 Identical in equipment and perform ance with the R-32, the model R-52 presents Victor Radio in a cabinet of unusual charm and distinction. Wall-type cabinet, finished with finest walnut and bird's-eye maple. Medallions of matched butt walnut inlaid in doors. Doors open flat against sides, swinging on concealed pivots. Antique brass hardware. Victor craftsmanship and Victor quality throughout. Height 50%"; Width 26%"; Depth 18%". List price $215, less Radiotrons. M ~a:& r'~..,-!.-~ ~tl-

7 This supremely beautiful instrument is the finest that Victor offers. Identical in performance with RE-45, the RE-75 is a luxurious masterpiece of cabinetry. Executed in finest American walnut veneer and imported Oriental walnut. A damask panel harmonizing in tone and design with the cabinet, conceals the reproducer. Bas-reliefs in laminated walnut and poplar add richness and distinction. Height 56%"; Width 32%"; Depth 18~'!". List price $350, less Radiotrons. ~ 4'313.._ I VICTOR MICRO SYNCHRONOUS RADIO WITH ELECTROLA. THE DE-LUXE MODEL RE-75

8 USIC OF THE MOMENT. The inimitable joy of radio, apart from the unique musical perform ance of the Victor instrument, is the fact that what you hear is actually taking place at the moment when you hear it. Victor Radio makes you a spectator, in a preferred seat, at a great sporting event.. a smart night club... a meeting of world leaders... a diplomatic dinner. Victor Radio brings you the merry tunes of Broadway, the expensive talent of the vaudeville stage, the stars of radio's own theatre of the air. And, on occasion, a musician of world-wide fame comes to you on the air... or an opera is broadcast... or a great orchestra performs before the microphone. The variety of radio entertainment is almost equal to the sum total of all the entertainment in the world. And as Victor Radio brings it to you, it is warm, and vital, and thrilling, and real. Victor Radio is radio in its mature period. With this superb instrument, radio is no longer a collection of mechanical elements (however wonderful these may be); rather, Victor Radio is an unfailing source of pleasure, of entertainment, of good cheer. Hear it for but a single night, and you will know how wonderful radio can be. You will recognize it as essential to the complete enjoyment and comfort of your home.

9 .AND OF THE AGES If there is anything in the world that can please everyone, all the time, it is Victor Radio with Electrola -the complete modern musical instrument. Consider the absolutely unique powers of Victor Radio. Consider its repertoire. And then apply its powers to the music you want, when and by whom you want it. And extend its repertoire to include, not merely what happens to be on the air-but whatever you happen to choose, /rom all the music in the world. Then-you will have an idea of what Victor Radio with Electrola will give you. No matter what you prefer in music, no matter who, of the great artists, is your favorite, Victor Radio with Electrola can give you, always, the performance you wish to hear. in most respects the equal, and in some respects the superior, of the original. A bold statement, but one which orig inated with the owners, not the makers, of the new Victor instruments. Victor Radio with Electrola gives you the finest that air or record can offer-yet it is not entirely dependent upon either. The music of the moment- yes; but, also, the great music that has thrilled the world for years, for generations, for centuries. No musical instrument can give you more 0 0 and you need not be.satisfied with less!

10 THE SMALLEST HOME, THE SLIMMEST PURSE, CAN ALWAYS HAVE GREAT MUSIC.. The studio, be it a gay little retreat or an artist's workshop; the small modern apartment; the college student's dormitory room... the intimate club, the attic or basement recreation room so popular in modern homes-these are but a few of the places that fairly cry out for music. They need not be denied! Anyone who thinks a portable instrument must be a makeshift has never heard the new Portable Victrola! It is designed for modern electrical records. Power ful in volume-yet never shrill or tinny. It actually re produces bass notes.. beautifully. It has the con veniences you would expect on a costly instrument... automatic stop, angle wind, Orthophonic-type sound box. It is compact, indestructible, finishes: Blue fabrikoid, or red python-skin fabrikoid. Its list price is but $35. What a happy gift to the boy or girl at school... or at home, for that matter! And for anyone, a smart, capable, eco nomical ins trument, equally worthy of Berlin or Beethoven. See and hear it at your Dealer's. Two

11 EE THE NEW VICTOR INSTRUMENTS,(, The Models R-32 and R-52 are. i~~ntical in mechanical equipment and musical perft riiiance. They employ the same famous micro-synchronous principle, the exclusive Victor elect.ro.dynamic speaker, and all the other Victor Radio features. They differ in the style of cabinet, only. -~*' "1-. '" ~ "' VICTOR MICRO-SYNCHRONOUS RADIO WITH ELECTRO;LA :-* '.~ ' 'i The Models RE-45 and RE-75 are i entical in equipment and performance. They contain the same radio as in the R-32 and R-52, and in addition, the Electrola, which reproduces rec0rded music electrically, using the radio amplifier and electro-dynamic reproducer. Recorded music is reproduced with power, brilliance, and realism utterly beyond anything the musical world has experienced. There is no finer instrument, musically, at any price. A THOUGHT FOR CHRISTMAS A Victor Musical Masterpiece... any one of a series of more than 60 of the world's greatest musical works, recorded completely by famous artist organizations, supplied in a specially designed album. Delightful descriptive notes, or complete libretto, supplied with each album. Symphonies, suites, concertos, chamber music, complete operas, and collections of the works of popular American composers are available. A beautiful and thoughtful gift... a compliment to giver and to the fortunate recipient. VI CTOR TAT.KI NG MACHINE DIVI SION Radlo-\'iclo f'on1oration of America, C:l nlllcn, ~-.1 F orm No. Hi77- HTQA- KIS- Printcd in U. S.. \.

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