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Post# 742843   3/18/2014 at 00:32 (3,691 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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This vintage Magnavox combo looks to be in great shape. The B&W television most likely needs a digital adaptor. The price is right. In the Los Angeles area.
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Post# 742913 , Reply# 2   3/18/2014 at 09:10 (3,691 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 743226 , Reply# 4   3/19/2014 at 10:18 (3,690 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Nothing says "we just hauled this outta the back room and flopped it down for pics" like the arm on the platter. "You're supposed to secure the arm? I didn't know that". You want $50 MORE worth of fun? Gainesville, Florida. One of you grab it! CLICK HERE TO GO TO 112561's LINK on Gainesville Craigslist |
Post# 743233 , Reply# 5   3/19/2014 at 10:39 (3,690 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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....That when Magnavox discovered injection-molded plastic for console fronts (around 1966, if memory serves), that was the beginning of the end for the brand as a high-end manufacturer.
They continued for a while, but all that stamped-out Mediterranean Madness really compromised Maggie's reputation for quality, I think. |
Post# 743262 , Reply# 6   3/19/2014 at 12:58 (3,689 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Post# 743440 , Reply# 7   3/20/2014 at 00:45 (3,689 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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I didn't like the "Ye old Fake injection molded trim " on the later Magnavoxes either-looked so CORNY!!!Their all wooden models were the best!!Thought the injection molded stuff came into play when Philips took over the Magnavox brand. |
Post# 743508 , Reply# 8   3/20/2014 at 08:53 (3,689 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Well, it's like the components are good, consoles are bad arguments, tubes are good, solid state is bad, etc. The "plastic" in Magnavox is a higher grade than ordinary, and is finished with the wood in the cabinets instead of being color matched later. Magnavox was no more guilty than Sylvania, Philco, Packard Bell, Westinghouse, General Electric, Zenith, of using plastics. Seems like (some of) the public liked those ornate cabinets and bedroom furnishings, living room suites made like something out of the Spanish Inquisition. More than one maker had that fake wood glop too. Not trying to argue, because it is a matter of taste and preferences. Back when console stereos were actually a status symbol of the middle class, it would have cost a fortune to buy even a small console with hand carved wood. Later, when they were becoming popular as land fill, or could be found in junk shops for $5 to $50 or on the curb, it didn't make any difference if it were solid teak, tin, or cardboard. Simple cabinets in Danish or contemporary were still 95 to 100% wood. |
Post# 743521 , Reply# 9   3/20/2014 at 09:33 (3,689 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Everything had a name - "we drive a Cordoba, we listen to an Astro-Sonic, etc.
Plastics - prefer wood, but understand a use for plastics, just hate how they used them in turntables and replaced stereo cases with plastics or plastic knobs, either destined to fade to yellow or peel chrome. Like some of the aw.org members with old stereos in their homes/apts, I have an old Magnavox stereo from 1957, cased in solid cherry wood. It's hard to look at the cheaper plastic turntables in the solid state models known as Astro-Sonics. That is a GREAT deal for $50 - if closer, I honestly would haul it away...somehow. And then hear complaints forever from the other half. :-) |
Post# 743541 , Reply# 10   3/20/2014 at 11:50 (3,689 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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I have a '57 Magnavox console, a ruined '59 Magnavox console, a '65 Magnavox "Sorrento" solid wood Italian Provincial console, 1959 Magnavox Belvedere twin consoles, a tabletop 1953 Magnavox Playfellow, a 1956(?) Stromberg Carlson with a matchstick grill cloth, several wood Magnavox components. I despise plastic changers, but I did own one plastic turntable that performed surprisingly well. Oh, just for the record, the Astro-Sonic changers were mostly heavy metal, it was the post 1975 changers that were mostly the plasticrap variety. But by then, as with the other manufacturers, the console was passe.
Here's a Bakersfield, California Magnavox showroom, with the Sorrento front and center. |
Post# 743573 , Reply# 11   3/20/2014 at 14:25 (3,688 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 743590 , Reply# 12   3/20/2014 at 15:22 (3,688 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 743633 , Reply# 13   3/20/2014 at 17:39 (3,688 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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anything like this store in the Detroit suburbs, but I'm sure there were some. Now we have Brand Smart, Best Buy, Fry's, remains of Sears tv/audio department, and some independent a/v showrooms. But there's nothing like this anymore and while it's not relevant today, since we passed up audio in furniture so long ago, it's still a great photo, good memories of what our parents bought, and I'm sorry I never saw one of these Magnavox showrooms...they'd have to kick me out, hangin' around to hear all the stereos.
I never knew they made organs, too. Thanks for posting. Got any more? ;-) |
Post# 743653 , Reply# 14   3/20/2014 at 18:29 (3,688 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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The Danish Modern Magnavox in reply #8 is like the one I have. My parents bought it sometime around '65 or '66. Still worked the last time it was turned on. Record changer had to be replaced sometime in the 80's. |
Post# 744032 , Reply# 16   3/21/2014 at 23:55 (3,687 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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The photo of the Magnavox showroom is just great. Thanks for posting.
At $200 this is no bargain, but the replacement television looks better than most. I wouldn't be suprised if the TV's audio doesn't play through the original speakers. Magnavox always did such a very nice job with their Asian (Oriental) cabinets. As I recall RCA had a few attractive ones too. CLICK HERE TO GO TO twintubdexter's LINK on Slo Craigslist |
Post# 744040 , Reply# 17   3/22/2014 at 00:50 (3,687 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Nice Oriental Magnavox system-too bad the TV isn't orig.The good thing about this---No FAKE molded plastic "wood". |
Post# 744718 , Reply# 18   3/24/2014 at 06:52 (3,685 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida)   |   | |
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Here's an ebay ad for an advertisement. If I can find a photo of an organ, I'll post it. And even though I can't play a note, it makes me ill to think of all the organs and pianos that go to landfill! Just like all the vintage Magnavox, etc products that are jetted there. CLICK HERE TO GO TO 112561's LINK on eBay |