loewe-opta: Which model Loewe-Opta do I have?

Some time ago I bought a Loewe-Opta "Luna-Phono-Stereo 4736W". It's cabinet has the dimensions of the 4736W, the rear panel describes it as a 4736W and the "Bestueckungsplan" (inside rear panel) lists the correct tube complement for the 4736W. There is even a stamp on the chassis designating it clearly as a 4736W. See pictures:

Markings on the dial glass are "BSB 4731-01 00-6". The serial number as per a paper sticker on the chassis is "36 12162".

However, the tubes actually installed are ECC85, ECH81, EBF89, ECC83, EM84 and 2x EL84 as used in the successor model "Luna-Phono-Stereo 5751W". Also, in all other respects the circuitry is that of the 5751W.

Do I have a 4736W with futuristic innards or a shrunken (only 1 speaker) 5751W?

Is ist conceivable that at model change time Loewe-Opta was stuck with leftover 4736W cabinets and decided to stuff them with the next generation chassis?

What should be more important in classifying this (or any other) radio: Properties of the cabinet or those of the electronics?

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

 

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Gruess Gott, Ernst,

thanks for picking this up.

And, by the way, allow me to join all your friends and admirers around the world in wishing you a very

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and many happy returns.

Sincerely, Alfred

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Thank you, dear Alfred - and also for the nice forum post I saw from you about Electrohome Canada. On a "post" like mine one get's more often negative news and therefore I apreciate your good wishes very much. I hope you will soon find a good answer here. I know a person who could most possibly tell something about this but at the moment he is ill.

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