Never saw a 1960's Magnavox console stereo like this one...

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No side firing speakers, and the top lifts up to open. No sliding panels.
Wonder if this was a special made to order model for Sammy Davis Jr??? Looks as long as a Hummer! lol!

It does have the mid 60's and up Collaro changer, so it is a 1969 model at the latest.
(I think it was 1970 when they added the lock down latches and changed the mech. to play 7" 10" and 12" records only)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Magnavox-Solid-...ryZ73382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
 
It is a custom made model, I just looked at all the pixs! Bet that baby weighs a TON!! <:
 
gorgeous~

I love it~

It's gotta be the longest console ever, and historically significant, having once belonged to Sammy Davis Jr.

That's an awesome piece.

b
 
Absolutely love it. Would love to know the history.
On a related-unrelated note:
While on a business trip in Fort Wayne, I stayed at a Ramada on Magnavox Way.
Drove up and down the (fairly short) street looking for any remnant of Magnavox but could not.
Someone out there must know about these custom jobs.
 
Perhaps Mr. Crane

Specialized in Magnavox makeovers for the well to do and
famous. It does look like a very custom crafted cabinet.
I have a Voice of Music 1000 that is that size , and very
heavy.
In other slightly related snippets, just recently I saw a
1975 GMC Motor Home on eBay that was told to have been
Mr. Davis Jr.'s. It did have his name on the registration
and a tour itinerary included.
 
Magnavox plant

Hi Paul, The original Magnavox plant is on Beuter Road and is now being used for another business.I cannot remember the name right now, but their metal sign hangs over the original Magnavox lion head and speaker horn logo, and the company name carved in Indiana limestone . That limestone panel was incorporated in the brickwork, and was above the main front doors. This is the original brick facility that the stereos radios, and tv's were made in back in the day. There is also a much newer Magnavox building on US 30 West.
The later building was used in the 1980's for building electronics that Magnavox/Phillips produced for the US government.

Magnavox Way has nothing to do with Magnavox facilities, but was named after the Magnavox Company. Why??? I don't know...<:
 
Ken Crane . . .

Is still a big dealer here in the Los Angeles area for home theatre equipment. I had no idea that they have been around for so long. Regardless of its' history, that is one cool console!
 
plastic lock-down latches

the plastic lock-down latches came out in 1969 because i have a 1969 player with one. btw the console is badass and has the same changer in my 1967 magnavox full dimension stereo portable record player.
 
'67

I was gonna guess '67 as it resembles my '67 Zenith very closely, except the Magnavox is quite a bit longer. Both feature louvered speaker grills with slats on 45 degree angles to enhange stereo seperation.

I wonder if it'll sell, and what the total value of it will ultimately be.

I guess we'll see.

b
 
bundtboy

i said the samething about the magnavox it resembles a zenth console. can you put the zenith console up on youtube someday and present itz operations? love to see it!
 
1968

I'm gonna guess 68 because that looks like the turntable in my portable Magnavox stereo.

that thing's 6.5' long. You'd need a U-haul or long-bed pickup.
 
Mark, I think you should go for this one. Your collection is the best, and this is one of a kind. I thought of you right away when I saw it. <:
 
Magnavox was purchased by Phillips in the 1970's. That is about when Magnavox started building items for the Department of defense and seemed to loose a market share in home entertainment products. Of course at that time Japan was starting to come out with home entertainment products, so perhaps it was the way with all the american based companies that produced electronics for home use. RCA, Zenith, Syvania,Motorola ect. They all seemed to fall off by the mid to late 1980's.
Motorola survived by building communication products. Don't know about the others.
Now they will all go under because of the cheap throw away crap that comes from China! YIKES!!
 
lol!! I know that Mark..... I'm just trying to help you find cool stuff to replace what you get rid of!! <:
 
The preamp-tuner looks something like what was in my Mom's unit.The tubed Magnavoxes ROCK!!Cleaner-better sound than many of the early SS ones.The TT was similar as well.Can't get a real good look at it though-they need to get a closeup TT well shot.
 
i have a 1962 tube portable set with that same tt. amp portable needs rebuilding eventhought it still plays. sometimes i get a tiny zap when touch the connector for cartridge or the hardware around it including the screw on headshell or the amp casing. only new thing i did to it as of right now is rewired and replaced the cart. here a vid of it.

 
Fonografmaniac-that Maganavox portable record player is pretty neat-it has the same TT as my Moms console.Got pretty good at removing it from the console-cleaning and regreasing the works.did this about every few years.The heat of the tube amps baked the old grease-drying it out-making the changer sluggish.
 
1974 was pretty early in the game to be acquired. Most of the consolidation didn't start until 1979-86 or so.
To tell you the truth, I wasn't aware that Magnavox had such a large following. I've always been a components type of guy.

We've always had Zenith and Sony color TV's but when I was growin g up a few people had Magnavox Color televisions. How were they rated amognst the rest?
 
Capacitors are the #1 problem in old electronics. Some people think tubes are the usual problem, but they actually tend to be pretty reliable. I have a 1937 GE console that has all original tubes (picture enclosed).

Big problem?

1) Bad capacitors

2) lots of rotted rubber covered wire.

If you have one you're getting shocks from, leaking line bypass capacitors are almost always to blame.

There are much better quality parts available today, and the prices are reasonable. If someone needs sources for radio parts, just ask and I can give you several.

Remember - capacitors are cheap to replace and easy to find. Power transformers can be easily destroyed by bad filter caps. They are expensive and usually difficult to replace.

But hey...it's your choice...

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i have a 1965 vm tube record player i got off ebay. works, but the volume is weak and tinny. is it a bad cap? itz not the phono cartridge because i replaced it twice. the 1st one had a bad rubber yoke cause the needle to jump tracks and the 2nd is fine.
 
Yes-heat from tubes will cause caps to dry out-esp electrolytics.In some tubed electronics I have seen electrolytic filter caps mounted right beside hot rectifier or output tubes garanteed to bake the dielectric fluids out of them.also with any caps father time takes its toll-not just heat.also repeated on-off cycles stressess caps-esp electrolytics.I have noticed in commerical radio station equipment and others that runs contuniously-never turned off-the caps last for many years.Many Applianceville folks are correct that running vintage electronics with old caps-esp old electrolytics-causes power transformers to be at risk.And yes-old phono cartridges can age-causing bad sound-the rubber cantelever supports in cartridges age and get stiff-no longer soft or pliable-cuasing the stylus to mistrack or distorted sound.In ceramic and crystal cartridges moisture can deteriate the ceramic or crystal elements.The cantelever is the lever the stylus is mounted on-the other end goes to the cartridge element-transfering vibration from the stylus to the cartridge coils or ceramic elements then making the electrical signal to be equalized and amplified.Yes the record player that sounds "tinny" more than likely has bad caps-warm up the soldering iron and replace them.As HuggyBear pointed out-line bypass caps are important-not only for noise reduction-but for safety.When they age they can cause line voltage to appear on the chassis or other parts you can touch while using the device in question.Replace them.Not only will tingles and shocks go away but same with hum and other noises.also in some Hi-fi and other push-pull amplifier stages-replace the bias rectifier or diode-A bad one will cause your output tubes to run abnormally hot-same with bad coupler caps.Many early amps had selenium bias rectifers or diodes-as these age they get weak-reducing their voltage.A schematic is useful for locating them.Sometimes tubes can be to blame-you need some spares to replace the originals to see if you get improvement.A tube checker can help too.Bad output or rectifier tubes can cause power or output transformers to fail.These trasnformers are more expensive to replace then tubes.In many peices of equipment there is a fuse on the power transformer primary-on the power line side-bad filter caps(shorted)or bad rect tubes can cause the fuse to blow.
 

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