1968 Magnavox console stereo catalog

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Twintubdexter

I guess you, me and Mike are in the Magnavox club on Yahoo. Well, I know Mike is, I consider him and Jim Murphy to be Astro-Sonic experts, Mike's focus is mostly solid state, with some tube Imperials and Windsors.  I love the products from the mid '40s to the last "real" Magnavox products, before Phillips destroyed them. I found the brochure pics on Ebay, it was the tv brochure I failed to pick up at the dealer when I was haunting them. I was surprised to find out back in their heyday that they made more than console stereos.

 

How about one of the coffee table models?

 

[tolivac]

Besides the coffee table sets-don't forget the "chairside" Magnavox Hi Fi systems.Used to know a neighbor that had one-great sound!the unit that contained the TT,tuner-amp and one speaker system was beside his chair-the other unit on the other side of the room.

 

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Yes, I have the contemporary chairside unit myself, dates to around 1968, I do not have the companion speaker/record storage though. I found both of them months before I bought the one I found.

(ebay picture

 

[drewz]

Magnavox Cabinet Maker?

Does anyone here know who the cabinet makers were for Magnavox?

I know GE was William Tell, RCA Victor made alot of their own furniture in the RCA Victor Furniture Factory & Lane did some in their Alavista, Virginia furniture factory and Fisher cabinets were made by Drexel. 

 

By far whoever made Magnavox cabinets was the best!

 

[mixfinder]

Henredon

I had a stereo that was part of a collection created for Magnavox by Henredon in the early to mid 70's.  I saw the catalog at a furniture store where I was buying some upholstered pieces.

 

[paulg]

Cabinets

I don't know who made Magnavox cabinets. Wish I did know...
I know some anecdotal stuff.
Admiral had their own cabinet plant in Shelbyville, Indiana.
Zenith bought a Philco cabinet plant at some point. I think their later stereo cabs came from there.
GE also had connections with Ethan Allen. I know Ethan Allen TVs were rebadged GEs in Ethan Allen cabinets.
And of course, Curtis Mathes started as a cabinet plant and later turned in to a TV/STEREO manufacturer.
I remember veteran TV repairmen stating that the best cabinets were from Magnavox and DuMont.

 

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I know Drexel did the Magnavox Windsor models in the '40s and early '50s. I believe most of the cabinets were made in Greeneville, Tennessee. A friend of mine mentioned the name Kimball, not the organ people.

 

[amarks99]

Help with identifying this console

Any ideas what this unit is? date of mfg? Anything?

Having a hard time finding any info on it on the web. Looking to donate or sell it to someone more interested in this than I am.

 

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To amarks99

The set is at least a 1969 Magnavox Total Automatic Color Mediterranean armoire. Anything newer would have a roll out record player and different trimming on the record player. I'm sure you won't have a great deal of trouble getting rid of it, and it is way too nice to go somewhere that someone would gut it and "repurpose" it.

 

[ovrphil]

hi amarks99 - I have a friend who lives in San Carlos ; being a musician, he might be interested in your unit...
are you posting it for sale in the near future?