In 1957, Magnavox knew how to enrich our lives, with the Continental AM-FM Radio-Phono. Music becomes magic when Magnavox sets it free!
Collectors dream of finding vintage pieces like this, a Luxman M-1600 stereo power amplifier from the 1970s, complete with its original box. The amp delivered 80 watts per channel into 8 ohms and would be right at home with a wood-cased preamp from the era. Courtesy of VintageChief.com.
Is it a portal to The City on the Edge of Forever? No, just a 1950 RCA ad for its Duo-Cone driver. Interesting that RCA uses the term “Living Presence” around the same time that Mercury Records adopted it for their famous series of stereo classical recordings.
There's Living Presence, and then there's Floating Sound. It featured a Hoffman AM/FM tuner, Garrard record changer, and...we'd give anything to get a look at its Frequency Display Scope.
Here's a stunning Harman Kardon HK 330B receiver, courtesy of VintageChief.com. It was made between 1973 and 1976 and offered 20 watts per channel, a Contour tone-shaping switch, dual speaker outputs, and styling that set it apart from other 1970s receivers. The author once bought one for about $20 on eBay...and when it broke, he threw it out. He regrets it now.
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