Can you name the items in this system?

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Can anyone name the items in this system?
Can anyone guess the year this may have been taken?
Is this a mono system? If so then why are there two speakers near the ceiling and two meters on the lower deck?
I don't have answers but I would just like to hear any ideas.

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roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,982 posts 11-14-2020 at 04:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Some kind of Altec speakers (?), maybe a Mac tuner (?). I guess around 1962.
millercarbon Details Discussions Posts This discussion 12,531 posts 11-14-2020 at 06:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That’s the Binford Megasonic 5000, with optional turntable and Equalizer Roaster Oven. Featured in the Popular Mechanics article on the very best equipment for your modern day bomb shelter.
belyin Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 61 posts 11-30-2020 at 06:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I think it is earlier--probably mid' 50's. It does look like an Altec horn maybe in a custom cabinet. I think this is a broadcast studio or a recording studio; clearly it is a professional system. Maybe some Fairchild gear. And it was quite common for professional users to build their own equipment at that time.
oldhvymec Details Discussions Posts This discussion 5,101 posts 11-30-2020 at 07:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete That is so cool.... Regards
imhififan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,181 posts 11-30-2020 at 06:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete https://csoarchives.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mussorgsky.jpg