1965 MAGNAVOX CONSOLE STEREO AMP WITH OPTIMUS TAPE DECK.

THIS IS MY MAGNAVOX STEREO AMP AND OPTIMUS TAPE DECK PLAYING A TUNE BY DON RENO AND RED SMILEY CALLED DON'T LET TEMPTATION (TURN YOU'ROUND) PLUS A DEMO OF THE AMP FUNCTIONS.

I INTEND TO MAKE A CABINET FOR THE FOR THE AMP SET WHICH CAME FROM A CONSOLE. SADILY I HAVENT HAD TIME TO MAKE A CABINET NOR DO I HAVE THE ORIGINAL SPEAKERS AND TURNTABLE. BUT THE AMP FUNCTIONS PERFECTLY AND THE TAPE DECK IS FROM THE EARLY 90'S BUT IS LOW HOUR AND HAVE THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING FOR IT.

THE SPEKERS ARE JENSEN. THE ONES IN THE CENTER ARE NEW OLD STOCK AND WERE MADE FOR PA SYSTEM APPLICATIONS. I JUST REMOVED THE TRANSFORMERS AND SOLD THEM FOR WHAT I HAD IN THE SET (WOW)
THE OTHERS ARE BRAND NEW 105 WATT JENSENS.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE WAS WON ON EBAY EXCEPT FOR THE TAPE PLAYING. (SMALL SQUARE RACK AT WAL-MART)

THE RED LIGHT YOU SEE REFLECTING IS FROM MY CAMERA.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• 1965
• MAGNAVOX
• OPTIMUS
• JENSEN
• DON
• RENO
• RED
• SMILEY
• DONT
• LET
• TEMPTATION
• TURN
• YOU
• 'ROUND

[Kingdong]

I have a Magnavox, built in Dec '65, that I just dismantled. Do you still need any parts? I know everything still works but, just like yours, the controls are a bit touchy.

[jefferyb304]

Thanks for the offer. I'm good to go for now.

[chrisw71]

Nice equipment, I see they have everything built onto 2 seperate chassis. I have a 1969 Magnavox AstroSonic. By then they were fitting everything on 1 chassis with 1 pc board. It probably reduced their manufacturing costs. Your heat sink is also much larger, maybe it has more power output. The amp drives a pair of 15" woofers and 4 x 10 tweeter horns built into a huge cabinet. I also have a 1954 Magnavox that is built on 2 chassis, like yours but all tubes.

[jefferyb304]

I have 4 large transistors in that heat sink. I've seen videos and pictures of others that have 2 heat sinks and 8 or 9 transistors. I also see a few ''top hat'' shaped( about 4 ) on the radio chassis. Transistors were only around about 15 years back then.

[raymondleeleggs]

If you had carpenfry slikks you could build it into a case to look like an old receiver! great sound too!

[jefferyb304]

did you mean carpentry skills? I do plain on making a like a console cabinet or finding like a suitable dresser to put it in. something of that nature.

Hopefully ill find a suitable turntable to connect to it someday.

[coondogtheman1234]

nice system, sounds classic

[CassetteMaster]

That's a nice stereo set with good sound.

[raymondleeleggs]

I wish I had one! wait I already have 2 soundesign stereo's 3 Tapedecks 2 Eq's and an Emerson stereo!

[jefferyb304]

I wish.