Western MA. Craigslist free "MagnOvox" mono console

[Saratoga48]

The price is right.
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/zip/2150250625.html

 

[mhardy6647]

Low end but the price is indeed right - despite its simplicity, I do think it is stereo - Heathkit sold an entry level stereo phono console that looked identical in the very early 1960s.

Hope it has found a new home already; it derseves one! Perhaps Markus "the console king" who also spells good snagged it!

 

[Saratoga48]

Low end but the price is indeed right - despite its simplicity, I do think it is stereo - Heathkit sold an entry level stereo phono console that looked identical in the very early 1960s.

Hope it has found a new home already; it derseves one! Perhaps Markus "the console king" who also spells good snagged it!

I hope so, I hate seeing any of this stuff end up in a landfill.

 

[relaximus]

... despite its simplicity, I do think it is stereo

I don't think so. There was a companion speaker that could be paired with this, but the amplifier (for that speaker) was within that extension cabinet. I don't believe that the tuner had (either built-in or as an add-on) a multiplexer for decoding a stereo signal. I'm fairly certain that the TT came with a mono (2 wire) cartridge. I'd peg this at around '58 to '60, just before or at the cusp of "stereo" as we know it today. This is just a guess mind you.

Dave

 

[mhardy6647]

I'll post a scan of the Heathkit I mentioned; I am not sure either... but there is hope.

 

[nissan guy]

would still be cool to own i think. It looks to be in pretty good shape.

 

[Andyman]

I'll bet that BeeGee's LP sealed the deal....

 

[relaximus]

In fact, this may have no tuner at all. One of my collection is a '58 Motorola "Hi-Fi" console that is TT only. The tuner was an option for that model. I also have a '63 Moto that is without a tuner and a TT-only unit that substitutes an LP storage pocket in place of the tuner. I'd love to add this Maggie to my collection!

Dave

 

[mhardy6647]

I don't think it does; just a phono console.

 

[gadget73]

Notice what appears to be a newer Crosley all-in-one perched on top of it. Sadly that old Magnavox is far and away a better machine if it was in working order.

 

[mhardy6647]

 

[cabinover]

Boy Mark, you and the Missus were quite a bit younger in those photos.

 

[TheRed1]

It looks like Magnavox's "Aristocrat" model which was introduced for the 1959 model year and it is, indeed, stereo. No radio, though.

 

[mhardy6647]

Nothing else to buy!

Cool ad, thanks! I think it is interesting that the true Maggotbox in the ad above appears to be the mirror image of the Heathkit I invoked. Three possibilities spring to mind.

1) There's no actual relationship between the two products
2) Heathkit flipped the image in their ad copy (in two places?!)
3) Heathkit deliberately had Magnavox build the OEM version as a mirror image to differentiat it from the name brand version.

All three are about equally likely, I reckon
One does note that the Heathkit also boasted 12", 8", and 5" speakers, though...

Boy Mark, you and the Missus were quite a bit younger in those photos.

I'll say! We were both in the single-digit ages in 1961 from whence that Heathkit catalog dates