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Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 6:08 pm
by macgolf
This Morse monstrosity at 8' long and a 4 figure price tag! There is a photo in the link with better lighting, but it doesn't help.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... _type=post
Mark
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 7:01 pm
by William
I'm not familiar with Morse. Was it something special?
Bill
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 7:46 pm
by Firedome
Whoa! Now THAT is an aircraft carrier! Better have a big room for that one!
Looks like a thousand Benzene rings on the front of it.
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 8:25 pm
by Dr. Radio
Here's my contribution to this rather interesting thread.....
Admiral:
https://instappraisal.com/appraisal/admiral-stereo
Lion Stereo Prinz:
https://www.chairish.com/product/217888 ... le-and-bar
Velour anyone?
When you really want a Magnavox, but want to be with your '88 Olds Cutlass Supreme's interior more often.....
https://offerup.com/item/detail/432706031
I'm not even sure if this is actual console....I found the image on the interwebs and couldn't visit additional pictures without creating a login membership.
If this is a console....nothing says "cozy" in the family room like wrought iron fencing.
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 9:32 pm
by macgolf
William wrote: ↑Mon May 29, 2023 7:01 pm
I'm not familiar with Morse. Was it something special?
Bill
Bill,
I have seen a few Morse console photos elsewhere but more posts requesting info on Morse Electrophonic speakers. This was the largest size(and price) of any of their consoles I've come across on the web. Posts elsewhere would suggest they were lower end.
Mark
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 11:46 pm
by William
Mark,
Putting the name Morse with Electrophonic no rings a bell. Electrophonic was definitely on the lower end of the quality spectrum. I remember when I was a kid working for the Gamble Store, Electrophonic was a low-end brand we sold. The worked, didn't sound too bad but the quality of workmanship was not the best. But then again, the price point reflected the quality.
Bill
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 12:14 am
by electra225
Definitely bargain basement quality. Maybe this will help:
https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_herstel ... ny_id=9815
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:48 pm
by Firedome
Another that was heavily beaten with the Ugly Stick!
As an antidote here's a nice clean one that showed up on the same day!
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:48 pm
by 19&41
Hydrolastic wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:54 am
I only put this up because my grandparents had one and it was the strangest electromechanical device ever. i remember my grandmother getting on the floor to use it and she never ever was on the floor. It hung out for a couple of years in the small subdivision ranch style house with a gold sculpted carpet and a hanging partition wall. We had many great holidays there. Even though it looks gaudy now, at the time it was fine. In the driveway at the time was his 73 plymouth satellite (huge wedge shaped car) and her 70 Chevy nova 4 door.
My parents bought a Bradford (W. T. Grant) stereo in that configuration. I never could figure a unit that one would have to get on the floor to use. When I got into Antique radios, that old Philco catchphrase, "No stoop No squat, No squint!" reminded me of such units.
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:05 pm
by DanR504
Ow! My eyes!! I cannot imagine an uglier color.
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 3:04 pm
by macgolf
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 3:54 pm
by hermitcrab
Looks like it belongs in a Indian cab
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 4:35 pm
by walyfd
Sweet lord... there's no words or hope for that SOB...
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 10:31 pm
by TC Chris
The only element of bad taste that's missing is some lurid red velour, in place of the orange. Imagine what it looks like with those lighted panels flashing colored lights. Maybe it would distract you from what is likely crummy sound.
Chris Campbell
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2024 11:47 pm
by electra225
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:45 am
by macgolf
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 61bb0e071b
This unit looked familiar. Turns out they were available with red velour! Might have been a local Chicago venture for someone.
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2024 12:57 am
by William
WOW!
Bill
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 1:48 pm
by macgolf
"Vintage Simpson-Sears AM/FM Stereo Console With Record Player/ Atrack player"
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Mark
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 3:31 pm
by William
There is a lot of plastic used in that baby.
Bill
Re: worlds ugliest consoles...?
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2024 4:01 pm
by hermitcrab
the scary part is , back in the day someone thought these looked wonderful enough to buy them...the plastikon cabinets were made too over the top IMO... embellished grilles and doo dads moulded in everywhere , I have 2 magnavox's with plasiton cabinets ... one from 64 and a late 70's model...it does reduce the weight of them though...
