Old Magnavox console 1944?

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Old Magnavox console 1944?

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My understanding is that these are good performers. IT has FM capability. Those tuners show up on Ebay once in awhile. Probably worth $100 in the condition it's in. I'd recap it and go thru it if I was going to run it much. Good luck. ;)
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Elton, are you going to add it to your collection? It looks like it would be powerful and sound good too. You should go for it. :roll: ;)

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That unit looks closer to 1950 than 1944. I know it's newer than my 1947 unit. It's in nice shape.
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That is a 1947 I believe, my Berkeley 134B has AM/SW and AMP on one chassis, so this must be a step-up.

The space above the escutcheon is for the FM tuner, which has its own power supply and plugs in to the tuner or amp. I have that FM in mine, but the AM-SW tuner is way better! If this has tunable wide-narrow switch for treble, go for it!
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William wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:14 pm Elton, are you going to add it to your collection? It looks like it would be powerful and sound good too. You should go for it. :roll: ;)

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Nice try Bill... :D I just saw a ad for 4 used zenith transoceanics a 1000, 500, 600, and a 1942 sailboat am only , all for 40 bucks ... I almost got them , but figured it would be more stuff to throw away .. besides I got the whole series already
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You folks all get the good stuff. This is what you get for "Magnavox Console" here on Craigslist.

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/search/s ... %20console
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hermitcrab wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 6:38 pm
Nice try Bill... :D I just saw a ad for 4 used zenith transoceanics a 1000, 500, 600, and a 1942 sailboat am only , all for 40 bucks ... I almost got them , but figured it would be more stuff to throw away .. besides I got the whole series already
Geez, buy 'em and resell 'em to me....

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the Zeniths were stripped out chassis that the seller used for parts only ... got enough of that stuff lying around now...
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