Saw this in a charity shop. Do you think a Naim DIY project would work to transform it.
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In the 1960s a stereogram like that was the de rigeur “stereo” system, several of my friends’ parents having. When I built my first hifi system in late 60s my aim was to make significantly much better, which I achieved!
Any diy project likely would transform it, regardless of brand! As it is hardly likely to provide very solid support, I ‘d expect a CD or streamer would be better than a turntable, and electronics that aren’t fussy about support. The biggest limitation is likely to be the internal speakers, which if you wanted to be functional, as opposed to stripping out and using their space for something else, might be better done by removing driver(s) and any XO and either finding a suitably sized speaker to sit within, or if you have adequate knowledge of speaker design making new internals, but probably needing to start with lining or bracing the enclosures. Of course likely would always be compromised at least to some degree by the speaker space and positioning.
I am old enough to remember seeing adverts for this. I think it was about 20 or 30 pounds cheaper without the plinth.
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My parents had one very similar to that. Theirs was an HMV.
I loved it, they loved it, room filling sound for party’s they had. Four Tops and Len Barry.
A Muso, which I have is a modern version. I’d certainly have a go at updating one. It’d be fun.
Maybe rig it to accept a muso or soundbar behind a tweed grill in the centre and xonvert the rest to shelves.
You could put a ‘Now Playing” piece inside the lid 
A one box, top-loading CD/Streamer/Amp like the Technics jobby and some Neat Iotas inside.
Some room for CD storage.
And clean up the woodwork.
Downside is you can’t put anything on top!
And the autochanger must be useful, as you can buy two copies of each record and stack to play both sides sequentially, or even potentially a whole opera right through…
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