03-06-2011, 12:02 AM
OOPS! didn't see the CR 198 number!
Firstly, Bill's Maggie is definitely a postwar. The prewar sets had a totally different control panel. Try to get someone to look for two rubber stamped numbers on the receiver chassis. One will be the "CR" number. The other will be a six digit number, like 470822, which would mean 1947, August 22. That would be the date the set was made. While some sheets are missing from my postwar Maggie book,
The model numbers in my Magnavox book go around the CR 198. Nertz!
The early postwar FM tuners had both FM bands on them. The one I sent Ron had only the present one.
I once had a Regency-Symphony in Walnut, back when I was still in Detroit. I had to sell it because of no space . I didn't know about the dates at the time, nor model designations. It must have been a late version, because it had a single chassis, 6L6 power amps, and the FM band on the main receiver chassis. I had service notes art the time, but it was before I had my Magnavox manuals.
Now, after the Belvedere and Regency models were done, Magnavox built a line of phonographs, using the 4-6V6 amplifier, with preamp stages. They called them: Magnasonic. They had Collaro changers, with Ronette pickups, as I remember. They had the two speakers as did the Regency and Belvedere. I haven't had mine fired up for several years. They'd blow the RCA "New Orthophonics" out of the water.
I have a prewar Regency-Symphony. It resembles the one Ron nhas, but is a slight bit different. The chassis is a single one, with Push Pull 6L6 power amps, and the two speakers. It even resembles Bill's. Magnavox had an FM tuner as an accessory for that set, and I have one (42-50MC), but it is set up for other than my cabinet. The changer was the 3 post Webster-Chicago top line model for 1941-42. It was made totally of die castings, and they simply fell apart. I have one that's disintegrating, and not suitable for use in the Maggie cabinet.
Firstly, Bill's Maggie is definitely a postwar. The prewar sets had a totally different control panel. Try to get someone to look for two rubber stamped numbers on the receiver chassis. One will be the "CR" number. The other will be a six digit number, like 470822, which would mean 1947, August 22. That would be the date the set was made. While some sheets are missing from my postwar Maggie book,
The model numbers in my Magnavox book go around the CR 198. Nertz!
The early postwar FM tuners had both FM bands on them. The one I sent Ron had only the present one.
I once had a Regency-Symphony in Walnut, back when I was still in Detroit. I had to sell it because of no space . I didn't know about the dates at the time, nor model designations. It must have been a late version, because it had a single chassis, 6L6 power amps, and the FM band on the main receiver chassis. I had service notes art the time, but it was before I had my Magnavox manuals.
Now, after the Belvedere and Regency models were done, Magnavox built a line of phonographs, using the 4-6V6 amplifier, with preamp stages. They called them: Magnasonic. They had Collaro changers, with Ronette pickups, as I remember. They had the two speakers as did the Regency and Belvedere. I haven't had mine fired up for several years. They'd blow the RCA "New Orthophonics" out of the water.
I have a prewar Regency-Symphony. It resembles the one Ron nhas, but is a slight bit different. The chassis is a single one, with Push Pull 6L6 power amps, and the two speakers. It even resembles Bill's. Magnavox had an FM tuner as an accessory for that set, and I have one (42-50MC), but it is set up for other than my cabinet. The changer was the 3 post Webster-Chicago top line model for 1941-42. It was made totally of die castings, and they simply fell apart. I have one that's disintegrating, and not suitable for use in the Maggie cabinet.
