Coffee Table Stereo's

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I saw a marble topped Truetone in a shop in Jensen Beach about ten years ago, didn't float my boat at the time. I think during that era they were not always in the middle of living rooms, in this house, the only place the sofa has been for 51 years is along the wall with an outlet on either side of it. A coffee table type could have the cord run under the sofa and into an outlet with no trouble, and little treading on the cord. The Magnavox drum tables don't make bad coffee tables either, being the correct height. Magnavox had one with casters on it and tambour doors for its last model.

 

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South Florida madness

Fort Lauderdale, to be exact. Mid Century Modernists with deep pockets out there?
$250, Craigslist, Motorola with Drexel cabinet! [this post was last edited: 9/7/2012-08:40]

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[paulg]

Ultra cool

That hex unit has the same radio as the traditional Motorola coffeetable unit I once saw. So apparently they made a few different models.
But that hexagonal unit is just fabulous.
We're talking early 1960's - so it would be about 50 years old now.
Wouldn't it be cool with a QUAD amp and phono!! And a down-facing subwoofer??
SENSURRRROUND !!
If I had that unit I WOULD put an ac receptacle in the floor!
And although I tend to like things original I would not resist "tricking" that stereo out.
Stop me now... and can go on and on about this fun piece.

 

[yogitunes]

I have one of the Magnavox's barrel table stereos.....one of the coolest things ever.....some major speakers built into this thing....and ports for Aux inputs and extra speakers....

 

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Barrel table

Drums, or whichever, in spite of what some collectors think, they have darn good sound for what they are. And of course you can get (good luck with that) the companion set with record storage, and speakers, for spaced out stereo. I have a contemporary model with the first model receiver, Yogi has the second model receiver, with the full sized Micromatic changer, and built in eight track player. My set likely had the failure prone Mark I pushbutton plastic changer, now has the 400 Automatic, which is a smaller version of the Micromatic. The last series of barrels/drums, have the killer receiver, and purportedly blow the first two series out of the water. They came in five or so different furniture designs.

 

[paulg]

The weird shaped stereo club

Although I don't have the drum or coffee-table Magnavox stereo, I do have the columnar-type Magnavox stereo.
You can attach an external phono, but I didn't. It sounds great on its own as a radio but really does a nice job with the CD player or iPod.
It's attractive, works good and doesn't take much room. It's..... Magnificent !