anybody into blondes? as in console stereo?

[rickr]

Here is a blonde Zenith stereo console from the late 1950's to early 1960's. It may be formica, from the way the owner described the finish. (white vinyl??) I am a Magnavox kind of guy, but I have to admit,this is kind of a cool old setup. It's got the Voice of Music record changer with the snake eyes on the tonearm.(Cobramatic) Hope someone can save this, and not strip it out. This would be fun to have, and play with.

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[frontaloadotmy]

That is a Beauty!!!!

I wish it was in my neck of the woods. thanks for the link
rickr.....

 

[retro-man]

Me thinks this guy is a little confused on pricing. Starting bid is $500.00. I don't think so. Was probably close to that when it was new but come on now guys you can pick these up for free of 10 - 20 dollars.

 

[rickr]

The starting bid is $9.99, with no reserve.
The "Buy it Now" is $500.00 though.

 

[rickr]

Here is one that is priced way to high though..

It must be the top of line model however. This one has the Garrard changer with the Zenith 2G tonearm. Note the unique fold down 45 rpm adapter built into the turntable platter.
All the other Zeniths used the cheaper Voice of Music changer with the Zenith 2G tonearm.

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[Cybrvanr]

I find it interesting that he "inside was a manual and receipts from Circuit City showing that repair had has been done."

Circuit city prior to 1984 was known as "Wards TV & Appliance" and prior to 1978 did not exist outside of the state of Virginia. I noticed he was located in Jersey, so the stereo must have been serviced after about 1984...when tube audio gear was becoming quite rare. Only high-end shops specialized in tube audio, and I find it hard to believe a Circuit City tech made any repairs to this vintage stereo. Most of the time, Circuit City's in-home techs were (and still are) for making warranty repairs on equipment purchased from them, and installing new equipment. Generally, CC technicians are green kids just out of tech school with very little experience!

Still, it's a beautiful stereo, and I imagine it sounds awesome!

 

[fonografmaniac]

wow, those are nice console there. i wonder if the 2nd one has horn tweeters too? also, i saw a 1969 zenith console at goodwill once with the original intrustions manual in it and one of the pages state that a cassette or 8-track deck was and optional items and that it mounts inside the record storage.

 

[qsd-dan]

"I find it hard to believe a Circuit City tech made any repairs to this vintage stereo."

Yeah, I agree too. But, if the repairman was 40 years of age or older in 1984, there's a good chance that it could have happened.

 

[tolivac]

Really nice little Zenith console Hi-Fi-almost looks like some sort of blonde Oak finish on the case.Have seen the VM TT's in other Zenith Hi-fi's.And yes-including the "snake eyes"-on one "cobramatic"TT-the eyes in the headshell even lit up!Was kinda funky.And that TT had a vernier speed control and a strobe.The TT chassis was pink!
I always thought Circuit City was a merger between "Custom hi-fi" and "Dixie Hi-Fi"both were in the Wash DC and Baltimore areas.the first Circuit City store was in Marlow Heights,Md-was there during its Grand opening!Bought several peices from them.Techinics Direct drive TT's ,Sony TV,Technics Speakers,and a Pioneer "Spec1" preamp.The custom hi-fi stores used to be in shopping malls in Wash DC Baltimore areas.One was in Marlow Heights.It closed when the new CC opened-was back in the late 70's.Dixie Hi-Fi was in Downtown Wash DC.Bought some things from them,too.bought several Dynakits from them-and a pair of Jensen Console type speakers.They even still sold Dynaco St70 and Pas 3 preamps.either assembled or as kits.I liked to build mine from the kits.I remember the CC repair dept didn't usually make house calls-you had to bring the equipment to them for repairs-was at their stores-the CC in Marlow Heights had a repair dept-knew the repair tech there.Good knowlegable man.Was not a college kid.I would also find it hard to beleive Circuit City fixed the Zenith hi-fi set unless it was brought to one of their stores that had a repair dept.that might have been the case.Since in the early days of Circuit City-the techs could have worked on tube gear-the Dynakits-since they were a Dynaco dealer at the time.that came from Custom Hi-fi and dixie Hi-Fi.both were Dynaco dealers.You got the item cheaper from Dixie Hi-fi.Dixie had no showroom-just a sales coun ter and a warehouse type place.Custom Hi Fi had showrooms.That little Zenith console's power amp could almost have the same layout as a dynaco St35 power amp.Smaller version of the St70.The St35 was about 18W per channel.Oh yes-the Dixie Hi-Fi place in Downtown DC closed as well when the Circuit City store opened in Marlow Heights.also Circuit Citys headquarters was in Richmond,Va-passsed by it one time.