I have a 62 Magnavox console with the identical changer. It only has a pair of EL84's powering each 12" speaker and horn though. I bet that sucker thumps.
@@SteveScarlet Absolutely, this is only the week that this speaker was manufactured. Magnavox may have had is sitting on a shelf for weeks to months. That is six weeks before the end of the year. I guess there is slim possibility that they were behind on speakers and popped these in in time to have this sell before Christmas 1959 but you would have to find other date codes on the pots or transformers to confirm. One on my Magnavox amps output transformer says 515725 the first 3 are the manufacturer which is Electronic Components Corporation the last three numbers are the year and week 725 is 25th week of 1957. The Power Transformer is from 26th week of 57' the speakers from that console are from the 35th and 37th week of 57' so you use multiple date codes to Sherlock Holmes the approximate date it was completed.
These were obviously built to last. Hand wired chassis using real humans to build. Noticed your Lincoln Continental Mark series in the background!! Your's is a later version because it has the tuning meter rather than the "magic eye" tube.
Out of curiosity, are the woofer chambers open on the bottom or sealed? Those started the Acoustical Tunnel design, where 2 slightly different woofers were placed in a sealed chamber with a tunnel under the tuner chassis... but the 2 I have had experience with were both cut open on the bottom. I should have kept the ebony contemporary one!
Is there a Part 2 ? We never got to see the speakers ! I cannot work out how the amplifiers are designed ... the outputs must be parallel push pull but there's only ONE output transformer.... very odd 😮
Not sure, but I think the S-600 came out in 1961 when Magnavox acquired Collaro. I believe each one of those Imperials was tested for speed, flutter and rumble before being accepted. I believe it was the TC-740 Coronation as the Collaro model. And they cost around $75 in 1961. A V-M 1250 was like $17.00 and BSR Monarch was $19.00.
Often when trying to melt very old solder it helps to add a little fresh solder onto to the old stuff. This adds some fresh flux and improves heat conduction. Though you really need a 200-300 Watts iron to solder direct to chassis like that.
