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A new EMG radiogram find from 1964/65
I managed to rescue the amp and the cabinet while it was being sold off piece by piece. Lost the turntable and tuner; the speakers were long gone.
The cabinet is the only EMG thing about it as the system is comprised totally of, off-the-shelf components
TURNTABLE: Thorens TD150 and TP13 arm- was the first of the 'modern' suspended turntables
AMP: Leak 30 amplifier. The first commercially available truly modern all-transistor amp
TUNER: Leak Trough-Line. Early mono version (Stereo was standard by 1966)
SPEAKERS: I am guessing they were Leak Sandwich 13” speakers with 15ohm output.

Really well done for saving this Chunny, and thanks for posting. How interesting, no longer any of their own components or circuitry at all - and no 78 facility!

At first I thought the turntable was a later replacement, especially with no 78rpm speed and the cabinet cutout for the turntable looking like a very amateurish job. But I now suspect it was the original turntable introduced in 1965. Another confirmation that EMG even at this late stage, were assembling and selling the best and current Hi-Fi systems. All the components are leaders in their fields, firsts in design and innovation. Even the mono tuner is a collectors item with it's Mullard tubes.
All the components were updated and standardized in 1966. The amp was made more stable with reliable silicon transistors instead of the rare germanium type. The turntable tonearm was greatly improved although the turntable stayed the same and is still considered quite a classic belt drive. With all the low serial numbers this pretty much dates the assembly of this radiogram at mid to late 1965.
How did they survive, I can see them putting this together thinking it was a winner (must have been commissioned)and a year later it was already out of date.

Chunny