Exhibit 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 26, 1998, which appears on
page 20 of the 1997 Annual Report to Stockholders of GenRad, Inc., which is
incorporated by reference in GenRad, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended January 3, 1998. We also consent to the application of such report to
the Financial Statement Schedule for the three years ended January 3, 1998 when
such schedule is read in conjunction with the financial statements referred to
in our report. The audits referred to in such report included this schedule.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
December 16, 1998