Thanks for the replies. Actually it is made in Japan, says so on the back of the cabinet and in the user guide. Victor Company of Japan, Limited exclusively for Delmonico Int. Corp; Maspeth, New York, NY.
It actually is sounding better as I play it more. When I first tried it all the controls were real scratchy and tthe sound itself was real thin. I listened to it yesterday for a few albums worth, and it was sounding much fuller.
Is that something about tubes that it sounds better after using it for awhile? Like if it wasn't used for a long time like I'm assuming it wasn't?
2 problems that I've noticed are the FM sounds real low. Maybe I need a better antennea, but even on the strongest local station at full volume it's low. Is it a seperate tube that controls FM, since AM blasts real loud and clear.
And the turntable gives a bit of rumble. To be expected I guess since it didn't even turn when I first tried it, I had to manually turn it awhile to get it started. I think it's an ideler model, so it might have a bad spot on it since it's not a steady rumble but more like a thump actually.
A question, why does it say if you get a hum, to reverse the AC plug?
Here's a picture of the consolette I found in another thread, except my controls don't lift up like in the photo, or maybe they were unscrewed?