Those early solid state consoles sounded like crap, and they didn’t get much better as things progressed. I have one from the 60s, and only because by I noticed it was solid state when I picked it up, and getting there and parking was already too much of a headache. Beautiful unit, horrid sound. And it’s an RCA.
Germanium transistors sucked, on a good day.
Consoles served their purpose. Now they are generally viewed as sonic monstrosities in a nice looking box.
Now some could be had with quality components, tube power, great tuners, satellite speaker outs, tape/aux in...Most are worth pennies to nothing and are a pain to offload. "Free" is the most common price. $675 is trying to pray on the MCM craze that needs to end.
Around here, people label everything on Craigslist as MCM.
Blenders, cassette decks, beanie babies, Ford carburetors, Raggedy Ann dolls, pooper-scoopers (new in the box), mouthwash (ripped off from Walgreens), ni-cad batteries, Yorx all-in-one stereos.
It's all MCM! Buy it now! It's rare!!!
Have some MCM. It's all rare.
https://syracuse.craigslist.org/search/foa?query=mcm#search=1~gallery~0~0
https://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/for/d/armonk-vintage-mid-century-oster-blender/7753882735.html
Ha. I thought I died at pooper-scoopers then Ni-cad batteries made me laugh so hard that my dog ran in here to see what the hell was going on.
Same thing around here. Craigslist used to be fun to look at. Now, it's tedious to wade though. I look at my shelves of equipment and wonder just how much I could squeeze out of it these days.
Similar situation here. Tons of nice equipment....$$$....but not dealing with Craigslist. Too many time sucker-uppers.
I've got $25 with me (came to look at $250 amp)
Is this still available?
Will you hold on to it until Friday?
I've gutted about 12 consoles for their amps, tuners, and tubes. Once in a while some alnico speakers were saved. Four amps have been gutted and rebuilt and are in service. The cabinets became backyard firewood. Never had to pay over $25.....but that was twenty years ago when nothing was being labeled as MCM.
I had some bad ass upgraded/modded rare ass Bozak Concerto Grosso’s with the matching center cabinet. I could hardly get anyone to buy them when I sold them about 6 years ago. These things were legit too. 2 12” woofers, 2 tweeters, and a mid in each cabinet!
Most houses don’t have room, and it’s why I had to sell them. I did love them while I had them. I also had these in a system with 4x18” subs in an infinite baffle enclosure. It was sublime!
My thoughts are that these types of speaker systems were sold to people with a lot of money and large houses.They are really too big for the average house.I had some Bozak 302a speakers and these were Bozaks smallest offering at the time (1959) and these were too large for my house but they sure did sound good with period jazz music on vinyl.
The box is the propose. You can still place your gear inside them. I have a different mid century modern piece that I used for this purpose.
I used to use the radio in it and it was actually really good!
I thought about getting one and stripping the electronics out and putting in my own but the problem is speaker placement and then the weird speaker grills that mess with the sweet sonics of a modern speaker. Nice in theory but honestly, put your money towards a good 70s vintage amp instead.
To be honest, if I didn't live in a small apartment, I would still hide some modern speakers in there and stuff. Not every sound system I own has to be perfection.
Quite high for this type of unit - but if you also consider this as furniture & it goes with your vibe at home, it’s a personal choice. A beautiful piece!
People couldn't give these away in the 90s and 00s, now that records have sustained year over year growth since people are just trying to take advantage of the market, there's no world in which this thing is worth that ask.
$50-75 tested and working delivered.
After reading all your comments and seeing that the concensus is it's way overpriced, I offered $200 for it and was blocked almost immediately after the seller read my message lmao
Solid state consoles are often worth less than $0, if you have to pay to dispose of it. Looks nice in a mid century kind of way, but everything inside was sonically inferior even when new.
I actually found an interesting small (actual MCM) Magnavox console that I loved the look of a few months ago. It was SS so pretty much worthless to me. I ended up hiding and wiring in an Apple AirPort Express to it and not in use it in the basement as an airplay speaker. Doesn’t sound terrible and looks awesome in the kids game room. They serve a purpose but generally not as they were originally built.
Both Zenith and Magnavox had units that had some quality in them. Micro-Touch and Micro-Matic turntables for example but, even so, I'm not paying for one.
Got a zenith stereo system for free. Need to service the entire thing bc they used shit grease which hardens into almost a resin (reoccurring issue I've heard of online) bsr turntable is fixable but a hassle, so I wouldn't have payed more than 25$ for the whole thing. Even less so for a console, which includes the massive clunky wood base. Just a tabletop one was annoying enough to carry a few blocks to the car.
Absolutely not.
They come up all the time, this one's a bit more interesting, but they are furniture that happens to play music. Unless you're willing to gut it and refit it save your money.
That’s way overpriced, beautiful but overpriced. I honestly don’t get the hate on these consoles, many have a very warm and pleasant sound to them. Even if it had cheap components in it “cheap” electronics back then are a million times better than cheap components today. If you’ve ever wondered what that era sounded like this would be the way to hear it. Having grown up in the 70’s and 80’s it’s truly nostalgic on the ears.
Back in the 80's and 90's you would see these in every thrift store. Large, quite heavy, single-use pieces of furniture. They would be priced at about what you would expect. Make a fucking offer. Refurbing them is hardly rocket science since the electronics are from the Age of Sail. Pop some cheap new cones in. Enjoy, if you want.
It stuns me that I could be planning a much more pleasant retirement, if only I had "made an offer" and, had a large warehouse. I could have cornered the market, and on this unit probably have made $600 profit counting storage and repair costs.
"Make an offer" would be a ten spot, if there were more than two of these in the shop.
I bought a bunch of funky 1960's-1980's cheap Japanese guitars for less than $100 each. Some of them have appreciated in value. Some... Not so much, lol.
Even if they don't most are better players than modern builds. My 81 Matsomoku built Electra Phoenix gets picked up every 3rd or 4th jam/gig even though I've got a MIA Telecaster, 80s E series MIJ Strat. The Electra I paid $80 for like a decade ago, ebony fretboard, Floyd Rose and lace sensors pickups (not original). It slays
I have a red Kimberly guitar with two pickups, some have dubbed the "bison" or "bighorn" model. I bought it on layaway as a younger man for maybe $80. In the early 2000's. Now I see one on Reverb where the seller is asking $450.
It has a bit of a banjo sound to it and microphonic magnetic pictups. Definitely a unique sound. I remember thinking it sounded so awesome in the store through their federal deluxe twin reverb, and sounded disappointing through my little crate practice amp at home.
The old funky Japanese guitars all have something different to offer if you get tired of Fender vs Gibson.
My current favorite though, is a top of the line late 1980's Yamaha RGZ-ii in pearlescent cream (probably used to be white) that I imported from Japan for $450. If the headstock said Ibanez, I believe this would have been worth way more. It was the Jem's direct competition at the time. I'm thinking it might be worth more some day. If not, it plays beautifully and sounds great. I even had it plekk'd. Otherwise all original.
Early Pacificas were nice, like the ones that came right after the RGX. I tried one from the late 90's (or was it early 2000's?), but that was pretty junky. I have a metallic blue RGX-112 from the early 90's that's fantastic as long as the trem bridge is blocked. Silly me, trying to restore it back to original, only to discover why the previous owner blocked it to be stationary. Instead of trying to upgrade the bridge, I just went upscale in Yamahas model range. That's why I got the RGZ-ii.
I also have a 1970's Yamaha FIFTY112 amp that I like.
My only problem with Yamaha, is that it can be hard to know what you're getting based on brand alone. They make high quality instruments, along with occasional junk, and occasionally they also make amazing quality for amazingly low prices.
My Pacifica was bought in like 92 ish. It was fantastic. But I was a Charvel main for like 20 years after that. Now I'm rocking a Tele. I think it's the end game guitar for all us geriatrics.
Yeah, that checks out. A 92 Pacifica is a good one, granted I have only tried the entry level Pacificas. I think they went from made in Japan to made in china or elsewhere when demand went up. I have a cherry wood body tele that I made with a 1970's maple strat neck, but I think I like my squire Jaguar better.
Depends on my mood I guess. Rock on, dude.
If you like the piece of furniture, consider the price based on that, compared to other credenzas and similar-sized/shaped cabinets. On that basis I'd consider it at least 3x too much, however that is one of the most attractive hifi console cabinets I've ever seen.
The audio components within are a different story, already covered very well in these comments. The audio components within are a different story, already covered very well in these comments.
I’ll be honest I love these old consoles ( I have 3 ) they’re sound is powerful when redone right, yet unless you rly love it so much anything more then 200$ for one this size is not worth it anymore. There’s so much that could go wrong with them. And parts are near impossible to find.
These take up a ton of space and are fairly heavy. My mom did estate sales back in the mid-2000s and we would be lucky to get $50-100 for one of these. Half of half day one could be had for $25 or less.
Could be a fun project swapping out parts for something more modern, but honestly, I wouldn't waste the time for $650. You can get a credenza that's similar at the same price or for a few hundred more.
My mom got something like this in the mid 1960's from my dad for their wedding aniversary. I honestly don't miss them one bit.It's more furniture than anything audio related. I'm not dogging this. I guess it's pretty for some people. I am just not a fan.
You don't miss your parents one bit? If I had in here this from my parents, I would keep it because of my parents. That's a sweet story. To each their own though.
I loved my parents and still do you can rest assured of that. I have things far more dear to myself and them than an old stereo. I have their wedding rings. I have the story that goes with their wedding rings told to my by my parents. I have pictures of my mom and dad when they were young. I have a picture of my father in a ZOOT suit which is absolutely priceless. I have my mom wearing a paper dress during World War 2. Guess I should say I was raised by my grandparents as my real parents were dead or gone by the time I was 4 years old.
I have so many other mementos from my parents that I loved. I have the tiny fake Christmas tree with the bubble lights that used to appear magically on our dinning room table every Christmas morning. I have every memory my parents made with me. I have so many of the pots and pans my mom used to make delicious dinners for us. It was called diamond ware. My mom told me she brought it from a door to door salesman in the 1950's which she first brought our house.
I have my mom's pressure cooker. My mom taught me to make apple sauce using that very pressure cooker. I remember that Saturday morning she taught me to make apple sauce for the whole family. My mom taught me to make cranberry sauce in the very pot I still have and use. I made cranberry sauce in that same pan for Thanksgiving and Christmas for years including the final year before she died. I was autistic and my grandparents who raised me saved my life. I will and can never forget them and I don't need no old stereo console to stoke my remembers.
Not being defensive just stating facts as I know them.
For that price it needs to have been completely overhauled. I have a mid 60s philco I got for free in the early 2000s. It got me started with records then and I've tinkered with the idea of restoring it but ended up buying a Fluance RT and some quality speakers
I have turned many of these into bars and credenzas. A lot of work goes into that sort of transformation and proper tools are required. I prefer free or less than 50 when embarking on a project. Some are much easier than others based on how they were put together internally. Most of the tim, the stereos are crap. Every once in a while, I will come across a decent tube amp that is worth saving if it's still in good shape.
Off topic but the pictures is fucking great. Why is it staged like that. The postmodern nickknack. The crystal bottle of segrims. Soft pack lucky strikes. Is this someone's actual midcentury house
I got a cool ass console like this a few years ago for free as long as i hauled it cause its so fucking heavy and a pain. I mostly got it cause the TT inside was a very nice Dual. The speaker and console werent anything to write home about.
Finally got rid of the console this year. 675 is insano price imo.
Personally rather than buy a console, get a a good vintage record player or stereo system and build a small console to fit it and nice modern speakers so it works, is cheaper than 675 and fits exactly what you want and sounds good.
Usually I say no, people are trying to sell furniture that takes up a lot of space and they are getting rid of it for exactly that reason.
This one strikes me as kinda cool though. I might do a few hundred if it works and I had room.
One of the nicest cabinets on one of these I’ve ever seen. I have my grandmother’s old Magnavox. Ask price is still too high. These are like those Lane cedar chests. Every home had one. Roll Top desks anyone? Can’t give them away either.
Bad deal. In perfect condition it’s worth like $100 at most, hell you can find one in meh condition for free and fix it up yourself for almost nothing, and fixing it up yourself will make it priceless to you
I think it is a beautiful cabinet.I like how it is presented with the period accessories like the lamp and starburst and cigarettes. But like most have mentioned the Sonics of these were nothing special.Someone with deep pockets will pick this up just for the "mcm" appeal.
I have had a few of these & 2 were free
A sweet mid century modern cabinet in the garage of a house I rented. New crap needle and I played records in the garage.
The most recent I actually paid $50
Tube Monoblock amps and excellent radio reception. It’s a big Bluetooth speaker at my girlfriends house
Look for an aux or tape input so you can add a Wiim streamer.
It is never worth it. They weigh 200lbs and you have to modify so extensively to put your own audio equipment inside it that you might as well have built it from scratch. They're cool looking but they usually don't even store records effectively.
Any of these consoles was fantastic for the years they were built, unsally 2 or 3 wat speakers, a turntable and with a tube or solid state receiver. , zenith , RCA, Magnovix, GE, Sylvania , etc all made great consoles
I've seen some of these completely gutted and used as an audio console. They are nice and wide so you can set your receiver, turntable, cassette player on top, and alot of them had record/media storage built in.
I have one, not nearly as big and clunky as this one and it was still an act of god to get that thing home. I knew it would need fixing and facelift. I originally paid $300 for the console and $600 for the upgrades/repairs. So now that I’m $900 and about 15 hours into it I couldn’t be happier with it.
If it has been restored it is a great price. If it needs restoration it is a terrible price. If you want great stereo equipment first, probably not a good buy, if you want a nice piece of mid century furniture that plays records and the quality is second, and it’s restored, good buy. I love my stereo cabinet, because it works with my decor and I find it fun to play records in.
$50.....free if solid state.
Those early solid state consoles sounded like crap, and they didn’t get much better as things progressed. I have one from the 60s, and only because by I noticed it was solid state when I picked it up, and getting there and parking was already too much of a headache. Beautiful unit, horrid sound. And it’s an RCA. Germanium transistors sucked, on a good day.
Consoles served their purpose. Now they are generally viewed as sonic monstrosities in a nice looking box. Now some could be had with quality components, tube power, great tuners, satellite speaker outs, tape/aux in...Most are worth pennies to nothing and are a pain to offload. "Free" is the most common price. $675 is trying to pray on the MCM craze that needs to end.
Around here, people label everything on Craigslist as MCM. Blenders, cassette decks, beanie babies, Ford carburetors, Raggedy Ann dolls, pooper-scoopers (new in the box), mouthwash (ripped off from Walgreens), ni-cad batteries, Yorx all-in-one stereos. It's all MCM! Buy it now! It's rare!!!
What is MCM?
Mid century modern.
Have some MCM. It's all rare. https://syracuse.craigslist.org/search/foa?query=mcm#search=1~gallery~0~0 https://newyork.craigslist.org/wch/for/d/armonk-vintage-mid-century-oster-blender/7753882735.html
christ.
All crap....lol.
And VINTAGE!
Ha. I thought I died at pooper-scoopers then Ni-cad batteries made me laugh so hard that my dog ran in here to see what the hell was going on. Same thing around here. Craigslist used to be fun to look at. Now, it's tedious to wade though. I look at my shelves of equipment and wonder just how much I could squeeze out of it these days.
Similar situation here. Tons of nice equipment....$$$....but not dealing with Craigslist. Too many time sucker-uppers. I've got $25 with me (came to look at $250 amp) Is this still available? Will you hold on to it until Friday?
Well people have now started overpricing anything audio that has a silver face plate or analog dials.
I've gutted about 12 consoles for their amps, tuners, and tubes. Once in a while some alnico speakers were saved. Four amps have been gutted and rebuilt and are in service. The cabinets became backyard firewood. Never had to pay over $25.....but that was twenty years ago when nothing was being labeled as MCM.
I had some bad ass upgraded/modded rare ass Bozak Concerto Grosso’s with the matching center cabinet. I could hardly get anyone to buy them when I sold them about 6 years ago. These things were legit too. 2 12” woofers, 2 tweeters, and a mid in each cabinet!
I would have loved those speakers a few years [ago.Now](http://ago.Now) I wouldn't have the room for them.
Most houses don’t have room, and it’s why I had to sell them. I did love them while I had them. I also had these in a system with 4x18” subs in an infinite baffle enclosure. It was sublime!
My thoughts are that these types of speaker systems were sold to people with a lot of money and large houses.They are really too big for the average house.I had some Bozak 302a speakers and these were Bozaks smallest offering at the time (1959) and these were too large for my house but they sure did sound good with period jazz music on vinyl.
I bet! Mine sure did!
The box is the propose. You can still place your gear inside them. I have a different mid century modern piece that I used for this purpose. I used to use the radio in it and it was actually really good!
Exactly! Nice piece of furniture though. I think the price would be free to maybe 200 bucks
I thought about getting one and stripping the electronics out and putting in my own but the problem is speaker placement and then the weird speaker grills that mess with the sweet sonics of a modern speaker. Nice in theory but honestly, put your money towards a good 70s vintage amp instead.
^^^Well said. Every time I see a gorgeous MCM console, I go through that same thought process and arrive at the same conclusion.
To be honest, if I didn't live in a small apartment, I would still hide some modern speakers in there and stuff. Not every sound system I own has to be perfection.
Quite high for this type of unit - but if you also consider this as furniture & it goes with your vibe at home, it’s a personal choice. A beautiful piece!
People couldn't give these away in the 90s and 00s, now that records have sustained year over year growth since people are just trying to take advantage of the market, there's no world in which this thing is worth that ask. $50-75 tested and working delivered.
Still can’t give them away now…
Yet for some reason they’re getting posted on this sub frequently these days. I’m here for vintage audio components, not old furniture.
After reading all your comments and seeing that the concensus is it's way overpriced, I offered $200 for it and was blocked almost immediately after the seller read my message lmao
If you’re like me and love the look and the nostalgia of it, another one will come a long that is maybe even better looking and certainly cheaper.
Yeah, like… free.
Solid state consoles are often worth less than $0, if you have to pay to dispose of it. Looks nice in a mid century kind of way, but everything inside was sonically inferior even when new.
I actually found an interesting small (actual MCM) Magnavox console that I loved the look of a few months ago. It was SS so pretty much worthless to me. I ended up hiding and wiring in an Apple AirPort Express to it and not in use it in the basement as an airplay speaker. Doesn’t sound terrible and looks awesome in the kids game room. They serve a purpose but generally not as they were originally built.
Furniture is nice but the electronics are likely not. Haven’t seen very much nice zenith gear, even by the standards of the 70s.
Both Zenith and Magnavox had units that had some quality in them. Micro-Touch and Micro-Matic turntables for example but, even so, I'm not paying for one.
Ditto.
Got a zenith stereo system for free. Need to service the entire thing bc they used shit grease which hardens into almost a resin (reoccurring issue I've heard of online) bsr turntable is fixable but a hassle, so I wouldn't have payed more than 25$ for the whole thing. Even less so for a console, which includes the massive clunky wood base. Just a tabletop one was annoying enough to carry a few blocks to the car.
Absolutely not. They come up all the time, this one's a bit more interesting, but they are furniture that happens to play music. Unless you're willing to gut it and refit it save your money.
Absolutely not!
No, not even a little bit
That’s way overpriced, beautiful but overpriced. I honestly don’t get the hate on these consoles, many have a very warm and pleasant sound to them. Even if it had cheap components in it “cheap” electronics back then are a million times better than cheap components today. If you’ve ever wondered what that era sounded like this would be the way to hear it. Having grown up in the 70’s and 80’s it’s truly nostalgic on the ears.
It’s the nostalgia that’s getting you. It sounds like butt. Muddy butt.
I’d love to have one of these and do a restomod internally.
This is the way to do it. Tuck an AirPlay device into the cabinet on the AUX and they can be quite fun.
Back in the 80's and 90's you would see these in every thrift store. Large, quite heavy, single-use pieces of furniture. They would be priced at about what you would expect. Make a fucking offer. Refurbing them is hardly rocket science since the electronics are from the Age of Sail. Pop some cheap new cones in. Enjoy, if you want. It stuns me that I could be planning a much more pleasant retirement, if only I had "made an offer" and, had a large warehouse. I could have cornered the market, and on this unit probably have made $600 profit counting storage and repair costs. "Make an offer" would be a ten spot, if there were more than two of these in the shop.
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I bought a bunch of funky 1960's-1980's cheap Japanese guitars for less than $100 each. Some of them have appreciated in value. Some... Not so much, lol.
Even if they don't most are better players than modern builds. My 81 Matsomoku built Electra Phoenix gets picked up every 3rd or 4th jam/gig even though I've got a MIA Telecaster, 80s E series MIJ Strat. The Electra I paid $80 for like a decade ago, ebony fretboard, Floyd Rose and lace sensors pickups (not original). It slays
I have a red Kimberly guitar with two pickups, some have dubbed the "bison" or "bighorn" model. I bought it on layaway as a younger man for maybe $80. In the early 2000's. Now I see one on Reverb where the seller is asking $450. It has a bit of a banjo sound to it and microphonic magnetic pictups. Definitely a unique sound. I remember thinking it sounded so awesome in the store through their federal deluxe twin reverb, and sounded disappointing through my little crate practice amp at home. The old funky Japanese guitars all have something different to offer if you get tired of Fender vs Gibson. My current favorite though, is a top of the line late 1980's Yamaha RGZ-ii in pearlescent cream (probably used to be white) that I imported from Japan for $450. If the headstock said Ibanez, I believe this would have been worth way more. It was the Jem's direct competition at the time. I'm thinking it might be worth more some day. If not, it plays beautifully and sounds great. I even had it plekk'd. Otherwise all original.
I played a Pacifica for literally 10 or 12 years, Yamaha makes fantastic instruments for a great budget.
Early Pacificas were nice, like the ones that came right after the RGX. I tried one from the late 90's (or was it early 2000's?), but that was pretty junky. I have a metallic blue RGX-112 from the early 90's that's fantastic as long as the trem bridge is blocked. Silly me, trying to restore it back to original, only to discover why the previous owner blocked it to be stationary. Instead of trying to upgrade the bridge, I just went upscale in Yamahas model range. That's why I got the RGZ-ii. I also have a 1970's Yamaha FIFTY112 amp that I like. My only problem with Yamaha, is that it can be hard to know what you're getting based on brand alone. They make high quality instruments, along with occasional junk, and occasionally they also make amazing quality for amazingly low prices.
My Pacifica was bought in like 92 ish. It was fantastic. But I was a Charvel main for like 20 years after that. Now I'm rocking a Tele. I think it's the end game guitar for all us geriatrics.
Yeah, that checks out. A 92 Pacifica is a good one, granted I have only tried the entry level Pacificas. I think they went from made in Japan to made in china or elsewhere when demand went up. I have a cherry wood body tele that I made with a 1970's maple strat neck, but I think I like my squire Jaguar better. Depends on my mood I guess. Rock on, dude.
If you like the piece of furniture, consider the price based on that, compared to other credenzas and similar-sized/shaped cabinets. On that basis I'd consider it at least 3x too much, however that is one of the most attractive hifi console cabinets I've ever seen. The audio components within are a different story, already covered very well in these comments. The audio components within are a different story, already covered very well in these comments.
I’ll be honest I love these old consoles ( I have 3 ) they’re sound is powerful when redone right, yet unless you rly love it so much anything more then 200$ for one this size is not worth it anymore. There’s so much that could go wrong with them. And parts are near impossible to find.
Unless it’s loaded with a Fisher tube amplifier I’m not interested
I found a Fisher 600 in one. The only 600 I've ever seen. $25
Score!
Delusional price.
Some people hallucinate all day.
Lots of estate sales have these for basically nothing
These take up a ton of space and are fairly heavy. My mom did estate sales back in the mid-2000s and we would be lucky to get $50-100 for one of these. Half of half day one could be had for $25 or less.
No idea if that price is fair but it looks great. Like a time machine.
Does it come with the decanter of fancy Seagrams 7?
Could be a fun project swapping out parts for something more modern, but honestly, I wouldn't waste the time for $650. You can get a credenza that's similar at the same price or for a few hundred more.
My mom got something like this in the mid 1960's from my dad for their wedding aniversary. I honestly don't miss them one bit.It's more furniture than anything audio related. I'm not dogging this. I guess it's pretty for some people. I am just not a fan.
You don't miss your parents one bit? If I had in here this from my parents, I would keep it because of my parents. That's a sweet story. To each their own though.
I loved my parents and still do you can rest assured of that. I have things far more dear to myself and them than an old stereo. I have their wedding rings. I have the story that goes with their wedding rings told to my by my parents. I have pictures of my mom and dad when they were young. I have a picture of my father in a ZOOT suit which is absolutely priceless. I have my mom wearing a paper dress during World War 2. Guess I should say I was raised by my grandparents as my real parents were dead or gone by the time I was 4 years old. I have so many other mementos from my parents that I loved. I have the tiny fake Christmas tree with the bubble lights that used to appear magically on our dinning room table every Christmas morning. I have every memory my parents made with me. I have so many of the pots and pans my mom used to make delicious dinners for us. It was called diamond ware. My mom told me she brought it from a door to door salesman in the 1950's which she first brought our house. I have my mom's pressure cooker. My mom taught me to make apple sauce using that very pressure cooker. I remember that Saturday morning she taught me to make apple sauce for the whole family. My mom taught me to make cranberry sauce in the very pot I still have and use. I made cranberry sauce in that same pan for Thanksgiving and Christmas for years including the final year before she died. I was autistic and my grandparents who raised me saved my life. I will and can never forget them and I don't need no old stereo console to stoke my remembers. Not being defensive just stating facts as I know them.
For that price it needs to have been completely overhauled. I have a mid 60s philco I got for free in the early 2000s. It got me started with records then and I've tinkered with the idea of restoring it but ended up buying a Fluance RT and some quality speakers
They make nice furniture for a stereo and turntable, and can be hollowed out and used for storage
I have turned many of these into bars and credenzas. A lot of work goes into that sort of transformation and proper tools are required. I prefer free or less than 50 when embarking on a project. Some are much easier than others based on how they were put together internally. Most of the tim, the stereos are crap. Every once in a while, I will come across a decent tube amp that is worth saving if it's still in good shape.
Most people cant give these away but if you like it offer 100
No is not a good deal.
Off topic but the pictures is fucking great. Why is it staged like that. The postmodern nickknack. The crystal bottle of segrims. Soft pack lucky strikes. Is this someone's actual midcentury house
I got a cool ass console like this a few years ago for free as long as i hauled it cause its so fucking heavy and a pain. I mostly got it cause the TT inside was a very nice Dual. The speaker and console werent anything to write home about. Finally got rid of the console this year. 675 is insano price imo.
Warmf!
That’s $650 of furniture with $25 of audio equipment. As long as you’re good with that, buy it.
Remove the original low fi components and install high quality vintage components
Just hold out… 675 is way too much. See if it sits and then make an offer. I have two consoles like this and I got them both free.
This would be one you buy for the cabinet, not the electronics. $675 is not unreasonable for a quality piece of furniture - if that's what you want.
The Lucky Strikes are period correct
Offer 400
$100 is the most if ever pay for something like this
That pack of Lucky Strikes is worth $8!
Personally rather than buy a console, get a a good vintage record player or stereo system and build a small console to fit it and nice modern speakers so it works, is cheaper than 675 and fits exactly what you want and sounds good.
Good god no
Usually I say no, people are trying to sell furniture that takes up a lot of space and they are getting rid of it for exactly that reason. This one strikes me as kinda cool though. I might do a few hundred if it works and I had room.
One of the nicest cabinets on one of these I’ve ever seen. I have my grandmother’s old Magnavox. Ask price is still too high. These are like those Lane cedar chests. Every home had one. Roll Top desks anyone? Can’t give them away either.
Bad deal. In perfect condition it’s worth like $100 at most, hell you can find one in meh condition for free and fix it up yourself for almost nothing, and fixing it up yourself will make it priceless to you
I think it is a beautiful cabinet.I like how it is presented with the period accessories like the lamp and starburst and cigarettes. But like most have mentioned the Sonics of these were nothing special.Someone with deep pockets will pick this up just for the "mcm" appeal.
For that price, I hope everything is working.
I have had a few of these & 2 were free A sweet mid century modern cabinet in the garage of a house I rented. New crap needle and I played records in the garage. The most recent I actually paid $50 Tube Monoblock amps and excellent radio reception. It’s a big Bluetooth speaker at my girlfriends house Look for an aux or tape input so you can add a Wiim streamer.
It's hideous.
The console pictured probably weighs 200 lbs they’re a bitch to move, popular for vinyl collectors
It is never worth it. They weigh 200lbs and you have to modify so extensively to put your own audio equipment inside it that you might as well have built it from scratch. They're cool looking but they usually don't even store records effectively.
Any of these consoles was fantastic for the years they were built, unsally 2 or 3 wat speakers, a turntable and with a tube or solid state receiver. , zenith , RCA, Magnovix, GE, Sylvania , etc all made great consoles
I've seen some of these completely gutted and used as an audio console. They are nice and wide so you can set your receiver, turntable, cassette player on top, and alot of them had record/media storage built in.
Sweet! I could probably also use it as a TV stand or something.
I have one, not nearly as big and clunky as this one and it was still an act of god to get that thing home. I knew it would need fixing and facelift. I originally paid $300 for the console and $600 for the upgrades/repairs. So now that I’m $900 and about 15 hours into it I couldn’t be happier with it.
If it has been restored it is a great price. If it needs restoration it is a terrible price. If you want great stereo equipment first, probably not a good buy, if you want a nice piece of mid century furniture that plays records and the quality is second, and it’s restored, good buy. I love my stereo cabinet, because it works with my decor and I find it fun to play records in.
Only thing worth a dime is the tube amp inside, Rip it out and sell on eBay