[Ron Ramirez]

Hmmm...poor design on Philco's part. Maybe this is why Philco did not make a lot of 19LZ sets?

I suppose you could change the location of the speaker. After all, it has four grille openings! It would no longer be "original" but it isn't "original" anymore anyway, with that 1970s speaker cloth in the grilles.

So, it comes down to a choice of the speaker firing into the arm of your La-Z-Boy...or firing into the air away from you.

Yup...poor design on Philco's part. At least the 370 Lazyboy and the 71LZ have the speaker facing forward.

Edit: You do realize the dial layout is upside down compared to a conventional 19, right? It even has an upside-down dial scale, and when you have it sitting by your chair, the shadow meter will be closest to you.