Magnavox Stereo Entertainment Console - $100 (Parker, CO)

[firedome]

high frequencies

are very directional, thus horns would always need to be on thre front, whereas bass frequencies are non directional and can be mounted on the side, underneath, even behind furniture. Altec even made a cool coffee table 15" bass unit that fired downwards and was a functional table on top.

 

[ovrphil]

Classiccaprice: I didn't see the circle on the bottom right of the Zenith tv tube, til you mentioned it , thanks. It came to me - horns are front mounted, duh.

Countryford - found your YouTube vid; did you archive public domain, black and white or color tv shows or are you watching ME-TV or some other station locally?

Not to single out Magnavox for any reason, but does anyone know where, online, there might be a brochure of the Maggie's consoles, with or without the tv - including the late 1950s and early 1960s? I'm going to check out and probably buy a 1959 Magnificent Magnavox(no tv, just am/fm/phono) tomorrow. Thanks.

 

[classiccaprice]

It's a Magnavox, not a Zenith

Sorry to be "that guy," but just to make sure we are all on the same page.

 

That said, you can search the link I posted under the brochure pictures I posted.  There are several old tvs on the site... Mainly 50's, but some earlier and later.  The owner is building a good amount of reference materials on the tv units.  He's a great resource and there is a good amount on the page if you look around.  Audiokarma might have something in one of it's archives. Otherwise, it's just a google search shot in the dark.  I wish I could be more help.  

 

[ovrphil]

Maggie not Zenie

Haha. I wonder what got into me..I'll blame it on Tropical Storm Andrea. Thanks Will, sorry I missed seeing that link.

 

[whirlcool]

Stay safe during the storm. It has now dissapated and all that is left is the rain and a little wind. But still be careful.

We were an all Zenith family until 1992. We always owned Zenith sets and were happy with them. I still have a 1968 Zenith 12 inch B&W set I received as a graduation gift. The picture was growing dim so I replaced all the tubes which brightened it up a little. But this set has only been turned on once or twice in the past 20 years and now the vertical roll is continuous and the picture is quite dim. Probably needs a new CRT and recap job.

Whenever I see B&W consoles I think of when I was a youngster I used to play outside in the summer until my parents called me in the house. You know how it is, you feel hot & sweaty until you cool down. It always seemed like they were watching "Alfred Hitchcock" on the television, in B&W of course.They usually called me in around 8:30pm. This would have been around 1961-63 or so.