bvac6
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Found this gem at a local thrift shop and I absolutely love it!
Magnavox Concert Grand score!
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suckolux
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Oh my goodness!
You found THAT in a thrift shop? Amazing!! With remote and the FM multiplex!
human
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My parents had a stereo like that except it was an Admiral. Dad won it on 'The Price is Right' in 1962. I think they donated it to charity when they moved in the late '90s.
bvac6
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surprise
I was shocked to see it at the store! It was overpriced for where it was but not for what it was! I paid 250 for it and the extra bits were a total surprise! It came with the extra multiplex, spare light bulbs for the tuner, spare needle, a replacement drive wheel, and complete service records including the "inheritance" receipt dated 1987. The service receipts are all from Stucky Brothers. The only other one of these I've seen just had the remote, a scuffed up case and it sold for 850!
I was shocked to see it at the store! It was overpriced for where it was but not for what it was! I paid 250 for it and the extra bits were a total surprise! It came with the extra multiplex, spare light bulbs for the tuner, spare needle, a replacement drive wheel, and complete service records including the "inheritance" receipt dated 1987. The service receipts are all from Stucky Brothers. The only other one of these I've seen just had the remote, a scuffed up case and it sold for 850!
human
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It's great that you knew what you were looking at—and more importantly, what it was worth.
My Mom used to have one and she gave hers away when she bought an Onkyo receiver,Infinity speakers and a Technics TT from Circuit City when they were still open.This was when she lived in Ft Walton Beach,Fla.I grew up with her CG and wanted it so badly.Was willing to pay her to ship it to me-THE BIG ONE THAT GOT AWAY!!!Been looking ever since.Magnavoxes-esp CG ones are RARE in my area.About the only thing to do is grab it if I stumble into one.GREAT FIND---and near its birthplace!!The Hi-Fi never left its hometown!
Wolf & Dessauer
Was another Fort Wayne Magnavox dealer, here's the sale after the disastrous February 10, 1962 fire.
Was another Fort Wayne Magnavox dealer, here's the sale after the disastrous February 10, 1962 fire.
miskini
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I can't believe the condition its in. What year was it made.
kirbytradition7
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My family had a Magnavox stereo chest, the size of a small coffin, which included a turntable, an 8-track adaptor, radio, and space to store LPs. I don't remember the model.
My Dad (an electrical and mechanical engineer, I think) worked first at Magnavox in Champaign-Urbana, IL, until the early 1970s, when he was transferred to the Magnavox plant in Fort Wayne, IN. He retired in 1989 or 1990 from Fort Wayne Magnavox.
We had not only the Magnavox stereo chest, but also a Magnavox two-manual electric organ, and a 27-inch console TV in wooden cabinet.
When the stereo finally gave out in 2001, I gutted the chest, put a solid wood floor in and plugged all the speaker holes with solid wood, then lined it in cedar planking to convert it into a cedar linen chest for Mom. She still has it!
My Dad (an electrical and mechanical engineer, I think) worked first at Magnavox in Champaign-Urbana, IL, until the early 1970s, when he was transferred to the Magnavox plant in Fort Wayne, IN. He retired in 1989 or 1990 from Fort Wayne Magnavox.
We had not only the Magnavox stereo chest, but also a Magnavox two-manual electric organ, and a 27-inch console TV in wooden cabinet.
When the stereo finally gave out in 2001, I gutted the chest, put a solid wood floor in and plugged all the speaker holes with solid wood, then lined it in cedar planking to convert it into a cedar linen chest for Mom. She still has it!
Ordinarily I don't care for such shenanigans but
Someone on Magnavoxfriends renovated an Aegean Classic, with modern components, and smoked glass sliders replacing the wood sliders. It is stunning, it really is.
Someone on Magnavoxfriends renovated an Aegean Classic, with modern components, and smoked glass sliders replacing the wood sliders. It is stunning, it really is.
its gorgeous
over here they were called radiograms and were very popular up till the early 70s .I still have this HMV model in my lounge.Under the left hand lid there is space for a tape recorder or casette deck i have a CD player in there
over here they were called radiograms and were very popular up till the early 70s .I still have this HMV model in my lounge.Under the left hand lid there is space for a tape recorder or casette deck i have a CD player in there
At the Short Wave transmitter plant I work at a "Radiogram" is a digital encoded program sent over an analog SW transmitter that is decoded at the receiver by a program in your computer you connect the radio to-use the headphone jack or even clip across the radios spreaker.When you listen to the "Radiogram" show it sounds just like RTTY(radioteletype)The Radiogram show contains text and pictures.You can read and see the message on the computer screen.For us the show is recorded on a CD we play into the transmitter.Show runs half hour.Radiograph would mean a doctors X-Ray.
Anthony, your radiogram is one stunning piece of furniture, and electronics! I don't think any British electronics find their way over here, few if any at all.
Use the radiogram to listen-decode the Radiogram!
