1972 Magnavox console stereo sales booklet pictures.

[TheDelRogers]

I just purchased a model 3463 (in spanish styling) shown at 1:42. Only problem is the needle needs replaced and the tuner knob wont turn. I actually have this catalog being shown, it came with the unit. Bought from original owner!

[gli7utubeo]

I really like the Green one at 1:51

[jefferyb304]

@scottaschaefer I really wish I had the instructions for my 71 console. They are long gone.



[deskyles]

Jeffery, that was great and you sure put a lot of work into this video.

5 STARS.

Darlene

[JCJumps]

Hi! Very nice video! At 1:55-1:56 are the Space Savers 3320/3020. Would you please list the other model listed in the text of the ad? I ca't read it. I may buy the one shown but need the model number for research. The one I looked at has no model listed but is the exact as this.

Thank you.

[jefferyb304]

Could you be asking about the one on the next page with the tea kettle on top ?

[jefferyb304]

That one is model 3322

[JCJumps]

Thank you! The one in the picture is the exact one I am looking at. This one will not work right. The changer will not go into auto and drop the records nor will the ton arm move! Thanks again!

Thanks!

[jefferyb304]

It just so happens I have this model. My Grandmother bought it new in about 1971 and I received it when she passed away in 1992. It should be very easy to remove the record changer from this unit.

The record changer is very easy to remove from these consoles. Look for the two large tabs that say lock. Make sure they are unlocked and turn them clockwise. You should be able to lift up on the changer at this point. Wiring can be unplugged buy just pulling on the connectors.

Good luck !

[JCJumps]

Well..You seem to be the only info I can find about this console. Would you mind, Does this unit have the 15" woofer speaker sysytem? And, is there a lot of good bass response to it? I don't have the ability to investigate it. I dont want the lady sellng it think Im too much of a pest. I would love to open it up but I know it would be too much to ask her. I really don't want to buy it blind but I guess I may have to.

Thanks again!

[jefferyb304]

It only has 8'' woofers and 5'' tweeters. The amp is only 10 watts but there are loads of bass that comes from this unit in my opinion. I have some videos with the back of mine open. I'll send them to you.

[DaPhilosophical]

Do you have a picture of the stereo that is at 49 seconds that you can send to my email

[dwsh1]

What I want to know is: During the long console stereo era, was there a point when console stereo manufacture was outsourced to other countries? If so, when did this outsourcing begin? Just asking.

[jefferyb304]

I don't know about the complete manufacture but I do know that individual components ( resisters, capacitors, speakers, record players, ect.) were imported or made in foreign countries.

[HumoPiruli]

Why don't they still make console stereos?

[jefferyb304]

Good question. They make those console radio look alikes, but their components are extremely cheap so they are more or less just for looks.

Old style console televisions were made with the Zenith name until recently.

[lrd9999]

The way I always heard it, they were intended to make radios, phonographs and TVs "fit in" with a typical room decor. They were cool, but didn't make much economic sense; the cabinet outlasted everything in it, and it took 2 home visits to get them fixed. Magnavox still sold them in the mid '80s, but by then it was just a separate cabinets stuffed with slide-out components. I still like having everything in one cabinet, but it's hard to find a cabinet with grilles for speakers.

[64098]

@lrd9999 I just had a 1971 25 inch Armoire Stereo Theatre delivered, not in this catalogue, but the latest model was posted in the television brochure. The stereo works, just got to hook up the television to Comcast.

[thekidrocks72]

Ahh the old Magnavox stereos! I bought a drum table new in 1977 that I still use to this day - looks and works like new. That was near the end of the console stereo era, and it still has the Colero/Magnavox Micromatic turntable that uses the arm to sense the record size.

The consoles made in the mid-late 1970s were the best one Magnavox made. The final top-end "statement model", the Concert Grand, was a true component system in a console cabinet.

[chads84z]

I have a 1977 model that closely resembles the 3940 model, but I have an 8-track and a top that onpen up instead of sliding over. But the front is identical. Thanks for posting this...

[jasonlava]

Those horn tweeters look like the same that are installed in my Seeburg.

[speedyc395]

Awesome!!

[jefferyb304]

2 more to come

[damusician]

1972...my oldest bro was born that year. nice ads too and i saw your console at 2:06.

[jefferyb304]

Thats the reason I bought this book. I have another that I plan on posting a video of soon that has the price. 2 more to come

[jasonlava]

My Godparents had the 2nd one down at 1:13. THAT's where I think I first saw a Magnavox and being amazed at how the record changer worked.

[damusician]

on ebay there's a 1964 fisher stereo console catalog. i'm thinking about getting it. i might even see monumentfloyd's fisher console on there too.

[jefferyb304]

I think the way the tonearm ''feels'' for a record is just awesome.

I think I would have bought that stereo and the drum tables made similar in style to have a set of matching tables.

[jasonlava]

There's a computer store here that has a display window with a computer sitting on an "end table". But if you look closely, you'll see the speakers in the corners. I'm so tempted to see if they'd want to sell it to me.

[jasonlava]

STANDING OVATION!!!!!

[jefferyb304]

2 more to come

[jasonlava]

I could watch this all day long and dream. Keep 'em coming!