nubie tubie questions

[JoZmo]

There 's an old Magnavox console sitting at my parents house from the 50's or 60's I guess, I'm not sure.

It doesn't work, meaning there's no sound, but I took the back off and the tubes light up and the preamp and tuner seem to work also.

It's got one of those tuning 'eyes' I guess you call them and that seems to work as I tune up and down the dial.

It's got a huge 12" or maybe 15" speaker in it and what looks like a small horn driver in it.

Anyway, I was thinking of taking the guts out, the amp, preamp, tuner and speakers.

If I got the amp working again could I hook up a pair of speakers to it? Isn't it made for just one speaker?

What else could I do with parts? I'd love to hear what those tubes sound like.

 

[Rob]

Magnavox

Jo,

It sounds like it is strictly mono, but those vintage Magnavoxes were beautifully built, high performance consoles. Why not repair it and enjoy it as is? Eric H has one that may be similar to yours which he recently posted pictures of. Do a word search for magnavox here on AK to find it. I also posted pictures of a much older Maggy I own from 1947. It has two 12" electrodynamic speakers but is of course mono with push-pull 6L6's in the ouitput making a full 18 watts RMS, big power in those days! I fully re-capped and re-tubed mine and it works great. I love it as a piece of pretty furniture too and wouldn't think of gutting it out.

Sounds like you'll have a fun project. Yes those are called 'eye' or 'magic eye' tubes. They are way cool.

Rob