I have a sort of love/hate relationship with Magnavoxes... But anyway here is one of their stereos. They made zillions of different cabinet styles using the exact same guts for years.
This is the first time I’ve seen you actually operate a record changer. Usually you play a record manually without demonstrating the changer function. Also, the Colaro changers used in these Magnavox Astrosonic Consoles must have the record speed set before it is turned on. The speed selector control cannot be turned while the platter is spinning.
I have the same issue with my 1965 Magnavox console record player. I found the bushing in the platter to have excessive side thrust wear causing a drag on the speed with every revolution. If you press on each side of the platter, the platter will wobble side to side if worn. Wonder if thicker grease would make up for the wear? I have not tried it as of yet, but I just may give it a go.
@@cjmarsh504 The record play is more of less a novelty anyways, so I live with it. It is a wonder it works as good as it does. I use my 160 gig iPod hooked up to the aux input anyways most of the time. Ya, I still got one of those.
Very nice set, she's a beauty! I have always wondered what the non horn style sets sound like compared to the horn tweeter sets. Do you have a preference Seth?
Audio amplifiers in these units sound great. I remember somebody cursing out a unit very similar to this back in the early 1980s. At that time all I did was pull out the audio amplifier and to this day I still have it and I still use it. It has been recapped in the past. All of the original tubes are still in good shape and still work. And I must say it sounds good for what it is.
Seth, another awesome video from you! It is a huge break from you working on German sets. I have always loved these late 1950's-early 1960's console stereo/record players that you have done.
Nice old midrange console, with push-pull 6V6 outputs. Did you run the bluetooth unit into the AUX input? I must have missed that, and the AUX feature wasn't too common. Super useful nowadays, as we can run all our playback devices that way.
I have the exact same console that my Father In Law gave to my mother in law back in 1961, I would like to do the same think as you did. Do you have a list of the capacitors that you replaced and with what values? Thanks
This was a sort of botched episode as I did a lot of the job at our radio museum which is always distracting. The set DID work when we tested it. All of the controls were very dirty and scratchy and one channel was louder than the other. The record player's idler wheel was rock hard. I usually show befores on these guys. Even if they fail catastrophically.
I’m not sure why magnavox has gotten such a bad reputation among collectors. I agree with you that they are almost zenith level quality. I have a ‘55 console television that I bought several years ago that just worked when I plugged it in. Obviously I’ve since done a full recap and restoration, but I feel they used good quality components, the cabinets were well made and the actual electronic assembly was beautifully done. I’ve just never had an issue with a vintage magnavox needing major work.
