[MrFixr55]

Hi Peter,

Always praying for peace. Is the VEF156 Stereo or does it have only a mono amp with the 4 speakers? (I assume that the grilles on each side are speakers. Tabletop stereo tube radios with side-facing speakers from USA manufacturers were very rare. In the US, stereo radios were either separate components, electronics and one speaker in one cabinet, and speaker only in another cabinet or console cabinets, mostly with front-facing speakers. "Stereo" was mostly experimental in the mid-late 1950s in USA with the only stereo program sources being either stereo records or reel to reel tapes. Broadcasts were limited to "AM and FM Stereo, where one channel (the prominent one) was sent via FM and the other channel was sent via AM. these broadcasts occurred only during certain times of the day because the FCC required a radio station to broadcast the entire program, not parts. (FCC is the abbreviation for the Federal Communications Commission, the USA regulatory agency that regulates and sets standards for electronic communication.) This issue was resolved when the FM Multiplex system was introduced in the US in 1961. I have several "AM / FM" Stereo receivers that allow AM and FM to be tuned separately and assigned to one each of the speakers. However, this system is long obsolete. I have one receiver, a Fisher 800B that has AM / FM Stereo and FM MPX (multiplex) Stereo. I found this receiver on the curb on a trash day and rescued it. These are quire collectible now and is an excellent performing "HiFi" receiver., one of the last before Fisher converted to transistors. Avery Fisher sold his companyin the early 1970s, it was eventually bought by Sanyo and is a shadow of its former self.