On the way back from our tornado trip, we decided to "decompress" our emotions with an antique and junk shopping break. I found this 1950s or early 1960s Voice of Misic stereo console in the far back bowels of the building. It is in amazingly clean condition, and since there wasn't enough room in the crowded van, I will head back there on Saturday and "stake my claim". For this unit, and its excellent condition, the price is a downright bargain, and I can probably haggle it down to even less. (I ended up getting it for $50, and it works and sounds quite nice)

The tuner is separate, but simultaneous, AM and FM, and is from the era before FM Stereo Multiplex was in common usage. In some larger cities, Boston being a prime example, one FM and one AM station would team up and play the Sunday Afternoon Classical Music Program, each station carrying one of the two channels. Stereo, it was, but the sound quality left a lot to be desired, but the novelty of this outweighed the less than sonic excellence.

The "groove grinder" record changer is of fairly cheap construction, with a crystal or ceramic cartridge, and it would render a new LP record into a noisy stratchy mess in just a few playings, and these turntables tended to skip at the slightest provocation. As the new records were dropped onto the one below, there would be just a bit of a "grinding clutch" action.

Hmmm, it even comes with an extra 12AX7 tube... Which, by the way, would easily sell on e-bay for more than I paid for the whole (septic) enchilada...