MAGNAVOX STEREOPHONIC HIGH-FIDELITY CONSOLE - $50 (W. Seneca NY)

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MAGNAVOX STEREOPHONIC HIGH-FIDELITY CONSOLE - $50 (W. Seneca NY)

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/ele/3173363650.html

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[kirkendoll]

one of these came up in my local cl but was asking 150 pretty close to that one they said it was a 1963 couldn't find out if it was a good one or not

 

[N8Nagel]

My grandmother had the exact same console, I recall it sounding quite nice. I preferred a similar Pilot console that she'd acquired somehow that was the "basement stereo" though. Most of the listening I did on both was obviously either FM radio or the turntable, and I really only remember the Pilot having a Garrard turntable, I don't actually recall listening to the turntable on the Magnavox.

Those don't seem to pull big bucks because people need space to put something like that, plus, the stereo separation obviously suffers from having the speakers built in.

 

[roberttx]

There's one round our way, but the seller wants $300 for it.

With expectations that unrealistic, there's no point in even trying to negotiate.

 

[janikphoto]

Yeah, the prices on these run the gamut. Some people are trying to get rid of their junk, and others feel like they have a "Smithsonian-ready" national treasure for sale.

 

[tmccullough]

One could conceivably put better gear in them, right? I mean, like, if it fits and I wanted to, I could put like a Pioneer unit in there. I believe there are speaker outputs, so you could maybe bypass the stock speakers and plug into something much nicer?

There's a thrift shop not too far that has a console with an Asian flair. It has the whole mid-century thing going on. I think it's awesome, but not $200 awesome.