1957 Magnificent Magnavox Berkshire plays Harry James In Hi
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2015
- Here is my newest Magnavox Addition, the rare Berkshire from 1957. The highs and bass on this set is amazing. It has been fully recapped both amps. I was very fortunate enough to have mine come with the optional hard to find stereo amp and controls, and stereo cartridge. It was done by your authorized Magnavox dealer at the time. I have hooked this up to the 1957 Magnavox Continental as a second channel to try the stereo and works perfect. Enjoy!
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ahhh!!!!! Eu adorei!!!!! O gabinete é lindo! más também adorei a música!!!
Que Maravilha!!!!!
Ahhh!!!!! I loved it!!!!! The cabinet is beautiful! But I also loved the music!!!
How wonderful!!!!!
I'm in love with this Magnavox!! 😍
By 57 they had the hifi thing down. Magnavox was one of the best, as was Fisher in console sound. Certainly RCA and Zenith were in the back by the mid 60's. By the 70's the Japanese took over the industry and consoles disapeared. They didn't seem to put up much of a fight, they just closed down.
My Brother, virtually, everything vintage going right up to the end of the 70s there abouts, is so, so, much better than anything modern. The look and feel of it and everything. So homey, so charming, so classy. Every piece made to be a beautiful, home, accessory, along with being a lovely piece of entertainment, as well.
I completely, agree; there's nothing out there today, nothing I'm aware of anyway, to compare to these things.
My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.
you always have the nicest stuff,like this one alot!! my favorite period for phonos/record players etc is from about 1955 to about 1962.
I agree Joe
You can't beat tube sound
Trumpet Blues in Hi-Fi on a 1957 Magnavox! Doesn't get much better than that. Very nice console!
HiFi Enthusiast
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Culd you add a link to your new channel a search didn't help
Larry Shaver
Hi just type in turkeydoodlersL
You’ll find it
Awesome
It is just beautiful! I love how it looks with the doors closed!
I like that to Rich
It has a very nice look to the cabinet
Plus those glass tops give it a nice touch
The record storage is nice. I filled that with some hifi and mono only Lp's
78's sound excellent on it to
We had one like that in 1967 I was 12 years old. I love that tuning electric eye.
It sounds exquisite coming through my headphones. As good as if I were there, in the room with you.
My Retro/Vintage Best. Out.
that song is on a cd i bought recently
Another truly Magnificent Magnavox! After 1960 they got really bassy and muddy to my ear. Plus the cabinet designs were nicer in the 50's.
I've fixed those Collaro Conquest changers. Those suckers are rather over-engineered (must have been a British thing). I can't believe you got that for $25!!!
Very nice, first time for hearing this model, that's a nice collection of Lps in the records storage department.
That's Bill
You can never have to much storage for records :)
This set sounds so nice 78's sound excellent to on it
Turkeydoodlers It looks very nice, well taken care of, that is one nice thing about your collection they were all very well taken care of, you can upload a 78 playing on your next video.
I remember these , with tubes and the wires looked like spaghetti with no circuit board design! My dad would test the tubes with his tester and use his analog Triplett multimeter to do other test back in the Fifties. Very nice unit.
excellent job of re-capping the trumpet sounds live
yeah !! the first song I remember! but I'm not sure now if it was music from (the chevrolet commercial, or if it was from the drawings of the woodpecker or tom & jerry!) more I loved the tube pick-up.
Sweet !
I think that Magnavox is the best of the best in audio reproduction in their heyday. I too have a lot of mono recordings from 1948 when Columbia first introduced LP's throughout the early '60s. Even though I have a mono cartridge which eliminates a lot of the "hole-in-center" sound, it's not perfect.
I'd LOVE to have a cabinet like they're far more practical
You must have the GREATEST pastime that I can imagine! I have the most beautiful devices to share with us :)
Bradley Greenwood
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Did you say 25.00? Great find and it is amazing how many of these great radios are around and being sold so cheap or even free! I have passed up on many that were free just because i don't have the room for them. If i owned a nice big turn of the century home it would be full of these beauties.
Nice find and thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the comments
I agree I have had to pass up ones over the years to
Now you know why Betty Grable had the hots for him & that blazing trumpet + band.
I had a changer like that many years ago but bsr sued Collaro so they eliminated the drop sensor, still a practical way for the changer to detect record size
I like the mid to late 50's consoles much better many of the newer 60's sets. They just seem classier. Hence I have a 57' RCA Victor as my little photo over there. It's the model I have, can you guess which one?
i bought a changer similar to that but the on-reject-off knob wouldn't turn counter clockwise but after several blasts of super tech it turns both ways
have you heard of the movie "What about Bob" it was set in the area you live in .but it was filmed near Smith Mtn Lake Va
Harry James never sounded so AWESOME! Great sound and what a good looking little Maggie.
Love the emblem directly beside the treble knob...it's really large. The doors and that glass top look...very classy. And those Collaros were really superb. I notice all of those 78s in the background of the vid....Are they mostly big band ? Just wondering
Hi rob
Thank you
No those 78's are all 40's and 50's promos
I have about 4000 78's in my collection of so give or take
Thanks for stopping by
cant get that live sound from a CD.
i just bought a changer like the one in there, i really oiled the daylights out of everything, if you need a motor rebuilt let me know
Would like to have seen the amp and speakers in the a rear view.
your collection of old stereos and radios and lps are amazing! where do you keep all the stuff you refurbish? do you sell a lot of it and do you do repairs for other people or just privately? this unit sounds incredible! rob
Robert
Thanks for all your comments
I restore my own stuff. I been collecting for over 20 years.
I wish I could come and hear that these computer speakers can't do it justice
I have an album of big band theme songs this is on it the artificial stereo sounds ok though
have you hooked the speakers up to the continental? I bet that would sound awesome
is that smaller knob near the back a selector switch?
does the second channel amp have the same number of tube as the "original channel' amp?
Where are you located? My grandparents had one of these...I wonder if this is it....just a shot in the dark..
All ways I hear change capacitors I have the same unit is there a list of cap values in exsistance for this radio?
Dan Craver
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Hi does the Berkshire u have a back board mine does not just curious mine is a 1956 model
Do you still have the continental?
Hi
Yes absolutely :) and some new sets I need to show so check back
+Turkeydoodlers I had an imperial many years ago that was taken out of the cabinet first, would love to have one again
you could hook this up to the 1957 for the 2nd channel
I've done that already
+Turkeydoodlers can you make a video showing that
+Larry Shaver I sure can Larry
great, I bet they sound good together
i wish i knew their secret, in a way i do in that they didn't believe in skimping on parts
Bet that was pricey in the day.
Come on, show the innards.