11-09-2010, 11:20 PM
When you're going after the FM receiver for these postwar Mag sets, there are two versions of the FM tuner. One is right side up, and the other upside down. The Regency-Symphony has the right side up model, and the others appear to have the upside down model. Also, the R-S has a panel that stays in the cabinet, and the other sets have a panel on the FM tuner, that's mounted to the tuner, and comes out of the cabinet with the tuner chassis. Why they had to go through all of that monkey business, I'll never know. On the chassis number of the tuner (CR189), there is an "A" suffix for the right side up one, and a "B" suffix for the upside down one.
They're a pretty nice tuner chassis. I fired one up once, and it was a good little performer. I don't know if all of the Mag combos had the FM tuner mounting hardware, but I have a Maggie Georgian with the brackets in it for the FM. I plan on installing an FM tuner in it when I advertise it. Ron tells me that his Regency doesn't have the FM tuner brackets.
One other thing....never apopogize for the lower power output of the Belvedere and the Regencies. They'll both loosen the wallpaper in your house. BTW, that amplifier was used on the Magnasonic models, with the same two speakers. Those phonographs are going begging, and are a bargain to latch on to. One of the guys at work gave me one a few years ago. His wife was going to put it out on the curb!!!
They're a pretty nice tuner chassis. I fired one up once, and it was a good little performer. I don't know if all of the Mag combos had the FM tuner mounting hardware, but I have a Maggie Georgian with the brackets in it for the FM. I plan on installing an FM tuner in it when I advertise it. Ron tells me that his Regency doesn't have the FM tuner brackets.
One other thing....never apopogize for the lower power output of the Belvedere and the Regencies. They'll both loosen the wallpaper in your house. BTW, that amplifier was used on the Magnasonic models, with the same two speakers. Those phonographs are going begging, and are a bargain to latch on to. One of the guys at work gave me one a few years ago. His wife was going to put it out on the curb!!!
