[holmesuser01]

Early to mid 1980's is when I pretty much stopped, too.

I did manage to sell a few really ornate cabinet sets that were made out of real wood to several folks whose living room consoles had died. I still do minor repairs on a big Magnavox custom console that is in a cherry wood cabinet. It's on its 2nd CRT, and I still have one new spare on hand. If the current tube dies, I have a feeling today that the owner will opt for the CRT before they go messing up the living room with something modern.

I've never seen another Magnavox like this one. On the little model ID tag, it's marked CUSTOM. It's a tube chassis, and has only required sweep, and audio output tubes in all these years. It was built in Fort Wayne, and features a pair of 15" woofers, midranges and horn tweeters. There is no phono/radio system, and never was. On the TV chassis, the sound PCB has everything except an output tube socket. I got it from the family of a doctor that lived near me. It took 4 people to get it out of their house. Until I sold it, I kept it wrapped in blankets.

I forgot to add: It used a nice little audio amplifier for sound.