1968 Magnavox console stereo catalog

[paulg]

Armoire

Twintubdexter, I LOVE the Armoire. The Magnavox catalog does not do it justice.
Truly stunning. Fortunately you have the room for it. Blends beautifully with your things.

 

[drewz]

Check out this Magnavox monster!

Love that RCA Victor Hutch, those were the top of the line at the time, they had a short run from 1960-1963 I think.

I would have snapped that puppy up in a heartbeat! I love those things!

But as someone said alot of people thought they were just a piece of dining room furniture.

I liked the sound from these units because the speakers were mounted high up in the cabinet off the floor.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MAGNAVO...&otn=3&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=1505302091984980080

 

[112561]

I love that Westinghouse and the Saba. A friend of mine has two of those Italian Provincial Magnavox armoires, considering a collector is trying to sell the one on eBay, $450 seems good for a working set, even with the modification to the non remote radio, changer, and television. I found a pretty RCA French Provincial armoire in our Fort Pierce Goodwill, some one took out the television and the record player. The speakers and a pathetic control panel receiver are still in it. It sits on legs, and is slightly less than six feet tall. Here's the Italian Provincial eBay set again:

 

[112561]

In luxurious Meditteranean

1970 model line:

 

[112561]

Or the more traditional format:

 

[twintubdexter]

more comments

that Saba if very nice, small and elegant...gotta love that lighted turntable
comparment

Paul, thanks for the nice compliment on the armoire

Alan, great Magnavox brochures...looks like you've been taking lessons from our
mutual friend Mike in Tennessee (who ever heard of owning 65+ Magnavox console
and component stereo pieces?)...what a collection!

this keeps coming up on auction near me at an estate liquidator...no bids so I assume you could get it for very little $...I'm not crazy about TV/Stereo combos, I was told this was the first series of the Magnavox Star System television

 

[twintubdexter]

kind of attractive

and it looks like it's in good shape

 

[twintubdexter]

here's the speaker base

in my armoire with the covers removed...you can see why is sounds so good...it's nice to see people show an interest in these old consoles

 

[tolivac]

The above picture shows that Hi Fi has some very nice speakers-some folks out there are just itching to put those in their "G fiddle" amps!

 

[112561]

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.

 

[112561]

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.

 

[112561]

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.

 

[112561]

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?