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question-who made the MCS 3260, and what year ?

62caddy said:
I'll never forget the time - around Christmas 1978 IIRC when I actually saw some decent hi fi gear at a Penny's department store - who - up to that point had never carried anything even remotely hi fi.

The receiver I remember seeing was HUGE - and had a graphic EQ and display right on the front panel. Individual LED lamps at each center frequency showed the "curve" depending on the settings and it was HEAVY. No POS here!

I think it had one of the largest volume knobs ever made on consumer gear.

Anybody have a pic of that one?
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That would be either the 3275 or 3125.

oops...just saw your post. I guess that it was the 3275 you saw.
 

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62caddy said:
Yes.

Even an SX 1980 hasn't got much on the 3275 for sheer visual presence!
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I agree. Even though the 3125 is not a looker, it's sound will blow away some of the bigger boys. It even uses the same output transistors as the SX-1980.
 
Goshia said:
I purchased my MCS Series 3260 New from JCPenney in 1979 and I still own it today and it's in my home office.
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I was married in 1985, my wife had the 3260. Still working, although not in daily use. I had to do some work on the tuner preset buttons a while back as the foam behind the buttons that made them springy crumbled.

It is a very respectable NEC built receiver.
 
I have a good working 3260, but needs the main fluorescent (I think) bulb. Any help sourcing? (I did try Dave Wojo). Equivalent or substitute ok.
 
70salesguy said:
JCP goes for the gusto

Back in 1982, J.C. Penney decided that they were going to go after Sears in a big way. They decided they would be a "full line" department store. In addition to the MCS gear being discussed in this thread, they had a full line of "white goods", refrigerators, freezers, washers and dryers. They had a tool department as well. I have a Dremel Tool Set sold under the JCP name, but clearly a Dremel. They had "automotive centers" as well, remember the "lifetime guarantee" car battery? I still have a combo 5" B&W TV/AM/FM Radio that I bought at JCP. I guess it will be pretty worthless in another week or two.

I'm not sure when they decided to "throw in the towel", but at some point they did and went back to the pre-82 store model that they are today.
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The even sold guns. I used to have a sweet J.C. Penney bolt-action .30-06. It was clearly a commercial Mauser, but it was stamped with the JCP name.

I've done a bit of reading about the life of J.C. Penney (the man). He would roll over in his grave if he could see how far his stores have fallen. Another sad story of a once-great America company that raced to the bottom and crashed.
 
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