No shade on Magnavox, certainly they were tops in console sales. That said, the console and component audio markets were overlapping, not separate, consumer markets. Most components were bought by general consumers and most were not "Hi-fi nuts" or 'Stereo-nuts" as they were known then (or "audiophiles" nowadays, to use a non-derogatory term). My father certainly wasn't, he couldn't carry a tune in bucket but my mother wanted to listen to music so he bought her a Harman-Kardon receiver solely because it fit on a bookshelf, and I'd bet that was a not-unusual scenario. Scott made a big deal in their ads of the compact nature of their new low profile Scott 99 amp in 1955 and it's appeal to the distaff side... many components were bought for just that reason: wife acceptance factor, a lot of people didn't want big and heavy consoles in their living rooms even then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiele/Small_parameters
T/S parameters revolutionized speaker and cabinet design in the '70s, but the point of my comment was whether this console had sealed or ported enclosures, and wondering how enclosure volume was determined specifically because T/S didn't exist. All designers of speakers in any price range employ it now, just like suspension designers use computer technology developed by GM in the late '60s.
The point of acoustic suspension, popularized by AR, was extension of low frequency response to about 30-40 Hz in a smaller enclosure, but that wasn't always desirable in a console due to acoustic feedback to the cartridge and amplifier microphonics, the problem being typically avoided by intentionally attenuating response under about 80-100Hz which could result in overly "boomy", not true, bass response, and less sensitive cartridges. Thus it'd interest me to know the design philosophy employed here, and how the feedback problems were avoided. Stromberg used separate fiberboard sealed speaker enclosures which were isolated on heavy jute mats in the 2 speaker compartments. It'd be fun to talk to the engineers if any of them are still around, about stuff like this!
