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It probably is a decent player.
Not something I collect but definitely worth saving.
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Well, it does sound pretty good. Only issue is it has almost all the original tubes in it and I think a few are getting weak. With six speakers (the woofers point out the sides) and four 6V6 tubes on the amp, it should perform well once gone through.
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It looks like a cross between Colonial/Early American and Mid Century.
No multiplex adapter would date it no newer than 1961, as it was in April of that year that the FCC approved the GE-Zenith FM Stereo system as the standard. (Other companies who made competing FM Stereo systems included Crosley (!), Halstead, and EMI.)
I see the tuner does not have provisions to tune AM and FM separately. Before the FCC adopted the GE-Zenith system, some combination AM and FM stations broadcast the left channel over AM, and the right channel over FM (or vice versa); if you had two separate tuners, or a tuner or receiver which could tune AM and FM independently, you could receive these early stereo broadcasts.
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You can roll your own FM multiplex adapter using an IC, a perfboard, and some resistors and capacitors. Instructions are easy to find on the web, just Google "FM multiplex adapter" and it will return several hits.
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Thanks! I will have to look that up. Now I know why my Arvin table radio has a button that brings both bands in at the same time and claims to be stereo. It has the separately tuned AM and FM bands as does the Emerson TV-Stereo console I have.
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That's odd, the function switch has a position that says FM MPX, if that is not FM multiplex what does that mean?
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That's because the system is already designed to have the multiplex added at a later date. This is even mentioned in the instruction manual that the multiplex would soon be available for purchase to install.
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What the model number of the Magnavox?
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I wish I knew. Guess which part of the tag is missing off the back?
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