Receivers or Tuners with Separate Tuning Dials for AM and FM

Leaf through, e.g., the 1961 Allied Radio catalog http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1961-200/hindex_040_001-040.html, and one will find a smattering of "Stereo FM-AM" (simulcast) tuners & receivers. The hi-fi hobby had gone stereo-crazy in the late 1950s, and this was just a wee bit before the FCC licensed a mono-compatible MPX stereo system for FM.
026.jpg

031.jpg

032.jpg

036.jpg

038.jpg

039.jpg

040.jpg
 
+mhardy6647 said:
Leaf through, e.g., the 1961 Allied Radio catalog http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1961-200/hindex_040_001-040.html, and one will find a smattering of "Stereo FM-AM" (simulcast) tuners & receivers. The hi-fi hobby had gone stereo-crazy in the late 1950s, and this was just a wee bit before the FCC licensed a mono-compatible MPX stereo system for FM.
Click to expand...

Thank you for all the catalog pages. I had no idea that so many split dial receivers and tuners were built, and appreciate all the posts from everyone.

I know $389 was a lot of money back then (some would say more than $3K today, although inflation doesn't really apply to electronics like it does to houses, cars, etc.), but if we could buy something new today that was half as cool as a Scott 399, I wouldn't be able to get the money out of my pocket fast enough. Some of the old products really captured the imagination with their stellar industrial design and build quality. In today's throwaway society, where planned obsolescence is always part of the business model, you can't really accomplish that anymore.

As a fan of Kenwood tuners and shortwave radios from the 70s and 80s, I had to look up the KW-60 from 1962. Not a rival to a Scott 399 in the design department, but still a funky looking component.

Kenwood_KW_60.JPG

Kenwood_KW_60_Audio_Mag_August_1962.jpg
 
1960s vintage Lloyd's 7 tube AM/FM radio TM-988. The separate dials are side by side making this one wide automotive/ space age looking unit. I've seen the same radio with the Vornado label.
 

Attachments

  • TM-988.jpg
    TM-988.jpg
    80.6 KB · Views: 15
Kind of awesome looking Philips radio, that I worked over and sold on a while ago.

IMG_20200517_141156.jpg


AM and FM are completely separate tuners, with their independent tuner dials stacked on top of each other. Right-hand dial knob is AM tuning on outer wheel and FM on inner wheel. It is a mono radio, but year '63 IIRC and 'prepared' for stereo. So maybe with AM FM combined in mind?

Got it in fully original, and actually working. I did mostly cosmetic work on it, replaced the main buffer capacitor + bulb and with an added 5,5ohm speaker it sounded great!
 
I do like that style Phillips, they show up once in a while but usually for more money than I want to spend. Its one of those things that I don't need and probably wouldn't make a lot of use of, I just think they look cool.
 
mhardy6647 said:
View attachment 1968461
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Catalogs/Lafayette-Catalogs/Lafayette-1961-610.pdf

Mac MR-66 was an "FM-AM stereo" tuner, as well (apparently).
MR66.jpg


borrowed image ("audioclassics") -- with what appears to be an MPX adaptor to its left (our right)
Click to expand...

McIntosh Laboratory offered a FM Multiplex adapter for the MR 66 and the original FM only MR 65 by the way, that is the adapter you see here. The MR 65b, has the MA-6 McIntosh multiplex FM Stereo adapter fitted from McIntosh Laboratory as standard.
 
Just to add to this old thread. Here is my Sansui SM-33 and my recent purchase a HH Scott 331B
 

Attachments

  • IMG_3589.JPG
    IMG_3589.JPG
    104 KB · Views: 19
  • IMG_3590.JPG
    IMG_3590.JPG
    98.1 KB · Views: 19
  • CIMG1079.JPG
    CIMG1079.JPG
    92 KB · Views: 20
Fisher 101R. Separate knobs and pointers, can play AM & FM at same time. Also one of those simulcast radios mentioned above, also with no onboard mpx but has an output for it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom