The glued on label at the rear of the chassis is in shreds. It looks like Gold foil over paper. All the printing is on the foil. Although the standard decals are noted on the parts list, this label is not. Are these items still available? Even a good, clear picture or .jpg would help, if I'm unable to find a reproduction version.

marv

Probably was the Golden Voice label. These are not too difficult to find. Find another radio with the label. Scan it and print it onto some gold colored foil (smooth foil). You'll have to use a lazer printer, as an ink jet will run and drip on foil.

Thomas

Thomas,
Don't have another one handy for scanning. Maybe I'll just search the web for something.

marv

:Probably was the Golden Voice label. These are not too difficult to find. Find another radio with the label. Scan it and print it onto some gold colored foil (smooth foil). You'll have to use a lazer printer, as an ink jet will run and drip on foil.
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:Thomas

Well, just about all RCA products up into the 1950s have this label. Look for any 1940s or 1950s RCA radio, phonograph, television, etc., and see if the label is present.

I have two RCA Golden Throat radios, and both have the label missing.

T.

Since their site noted decals etc, I emailed dials@juno.com here in So.CA yesterday, but no response. The site said they are being purchased by RadioDaze out of NY, so don't know what to expect.
Typed in "Golden Throat" on Google, and found that 50% of the 20-21st century singers were referred to as "Golden Throat" at one time or another. Only 1 reference to RCA at the Radio Attic, but no pictures of the labels.

marv

:Well, just about all RCA products up into the 1950s have this label. Look for any 1940s or 1950s RCA radio, phonograph, television, etc., and see if the label is present.
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:I have two RCA Golden Throat radios, and both have the label missing.
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:T.

I've had one or two of those RCA "Golden Throat" models, and they sounded fine. Was this just a marketing ploy or did those sets have something special about them?

I can't seem to find a Golden Throat set right now, so maybe I've sold them. Anyway, I seem to recollect that the sticker claimed there was something special in the design, and had the signature of RCA's chief engineer or some such potentate.

Well, the Golden Throats I own don't seem to have anything special about them. Both are in bakelite cabinets, and have rather poor quality speakers with obvious peaks. Strangely enough, though, I realized once a long time ago that if I stand across the yard from my RCA 55X, with my back to it, the music does sound strangely lifelike. It is coming over AM, but sounds pretty good, and has a bit of bass, too, from a 5 inch speaker in a bakelite cabinet.

Thomas

Here's one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RCA-GOLDEN-THROAT-BAKELITE-TUBE-RADIO-BEAUTIFUL-SHAPE_W0QQitemZ120024843906QQihZ002QQcategoryZ38034QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Here is another:

http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=RCA&id=RCA_Golden_Throat_Decal

Thomas,
Good pictures at those sites, and thanks. Originally the label appeared to be about 2 1/4"H x 9"L gold foil on paper and glued to the chassis. It had the UL stamp, RCA logo and other printing, plus holes for 2 tweaker caps and an RCA jack, but nothing remaining that resembles the Golden Throat label.
Dials@juno.com responded with no labels, although offered to help create one if I could come up with an accurate photo.

marv

:Here is another:
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:http://antiqueradios.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=RCA&id=RCA_Golden_Throat_Decal

Yeah, I just saw another picture of a 16T2, and it had a rather long gold label on the back of the chassis, nothing like the Golden Throat label.....I think I know what you're talking about now. I think the Golden Throat idea got started around 1940 or 1941, but maybe it got started later.

T.

The info I read on various sites alluded to the fact that there was something unique about the mating of the speaker to the radio, the cabinet, the cabinet wood etc. This 16T2 appears to be very un-unique, other than the fact that the speaker frame is isolated from the chassis with rubber grommets, and meets the cabinet face-on internally with a couple more grommets. Almost sounds like the Bose ads of their audio wave guide system of today. With a great deal of the label missing, can't even verify that its called "Golden Throat" set.

marv

:I've had one or two of those RCA "Golden Throat" models, and they sounded fine. Was this just a marketing ploy or did those sets have something special about them?
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:I can't seem to find a Golden Throat set right now, so maybe I've sold them. Anyway, I seem to recollect that the sticker claimed there was something special in the design, and had the signature of RCA's chief engineer or some such potentate.