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| Post# 622708 9/5/2012 at 08:21 (4,271 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
 At one point these were popular many made them but always wondered what you did with the cord? Seems like a trip hazard especially during the cocktail hour.
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| Post# 622726 , Reply# 1 9/5/2012 at 09:44 (4,271 days old) by Hunter (Colorado) | ||
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way cool! I'd never seen one that's cool! I agree about the cord, and I'm surprised that it isn't a flip-back lid because otherwise you could spill coffee in it (it is a coffee table, yes? LOL) Thanks for posting this. | ||
Post# 622734 , Reply# 2 9/5/2012 at 10:44 (4,271 days old) by hydralique  (Los Angeles) |
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Floor Outlet . . . Having a floor outlet or two isn't unusual in a large living room in an older home. Generally they were intended for lamps but worked just as well for anything else, the big problem is of course arranging the furniture to suit the outlet. | ||
| Post# 622742 , Reply# 3 9/5/2012 at 12:30 (4,271 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I think all that's wrong with it is that the lubricants in the turntable may have dried out so a cleaning and relubricating will have it running like new again! The unit appears to be in surprisingly good shape! | ||
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Post# 622767 , Reply# 4 9/5/2012 at 14:47 (4,271 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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General Electric six speaker coffee table | ||
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Post# 622768 , Reply# 5 9/5/2012 at 14:49 (4,271 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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With the Garrard record changer | ||
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Post# 622769 , Reply# 6 9/5/2012 at 14:54 (4,271 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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your choice of styles | ||
| Post# 622777 , Reply# 7 9/5/2012 at 16:04 (4,271 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
 Lovable.... Cord I think was intended to disappear under a carpet to a next outlet in lack of floor outlets, maybe two similar carpets joined just under it, or even why not a moquettes? Some homes as said have outlets inside floor in large living rooms, not unusual even now ........ I think this item was just not adapt for every living room layout though.....just the ones allowing an outlet near it..... Does it have even AUX jacks for TV ? Just questioning........maybe newer models got this feature also.....
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| Post# 622952 , Reply# 9 9/6/2012 at 08:48 (4,270 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut) | ||
and to set the mood for those cocktail parties... The Retro Cocktail hour.... from Kansas Public Radio.
"The home of space age pop and incredibly strange music"
Actually it is a lot of fun to listen to regardless of your equipment. CLICK HERE TO GO TO miele_ge's LINK | ||
| Post# 622966 , Reply# 10 9/6/2012 at 10:31 (4,270 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
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Post# 622969 , Reply# 11 9/6/2012 at 10:58 (4,270 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Threatening to trash an unsold Ebay item is "incentive" to the prospective buyer to move fast, before the unthinkable happens. Even if it were totally dead, it's still worthy of saving. What a jackbag. And the only time I buy a non working item is if I have never seen another, and am desperate to own it. Otherwise, most or all of it has to work. My stereo theatre was a pig in a poke, after I got it here, I found out the radio worked very well, tv, not at all. Then I got a ceramic cartridge apropos to it, and it rocks the house. The 1963 Custom Decorator tv phono I have lights up on the tv, and the stereo amp works but not the receiver. I bought it because it was cheap, complete and clean.
Oh, and I'm very very big on Space Age Pop here, I have one RCA cd, and some of the Capitol Lounge Series. And an assortment of exotica vinyl, Latin music, and Command Records made for stereo demonstration, and the general market of that era. Good listening! 
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| Post# 622972 , Reply# 12 9/6/2012 at 11:40 (4,270 days old) by drewz (Alexandria, Virginia) | ||
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Post# 623070 , Reply# 13 9/6/2012 at 18:25 (4,270 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 623071 , Reply# 14 9/6/2012 at 18:28 (4,270 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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I've seen Motorola and Truetone versions
The trend for coffee-table stereos seems to have been short lived.. I would like one if I could find one though.
I just wonder about that cord though. The typical owner would almost HAVE to snake the cord under a carpet; something one should never do. Perhaps fire liability issues caused these stereos demise? Or maybe not... | ||
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Post# 623094 , Reply# 16 9/6/2012 at 22:03 (4,270 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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The Retro Cocktail Hour... | ||
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Post# 623129 , Reply# 17 9/7/2012 at 00:06 (4,270 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Command Records | ||
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Post# 623178 , Reply# 19 9/7/2012 at 07:45 (4,269 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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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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Post# 623182 , Reply# 20 9/7/2012 at 07:54 (4,269 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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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! CLICK HERE TO GO TO 112561's LINK on Miami Craigslist 
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Post# 623276 , Reply# 21 9/7/2012 at 18:26 (4,269 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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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. | ||
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Post# 623287 , Reply# 22 9/7/2012 at 20:09 (4,269 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 623372 , Reply# 23 9/8/2012 at 06:32 (4,269 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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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.
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Post# 623395 , Reply# 24 9/8/2012 at 08:20 (4,268 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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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 ! | ||
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