Magnavox 1KA201 (c. 1960s)
Documentation on the Magnavox 1KA201 is thin. The record shows an Astro-Sonic console stereo, sold as a solid oak cabinet housing a radio and turntable. One owner listing calls it "Vintage 1960s solid oak stereo cabinet," bought new by grandparents and inherited. That was a typical path for these large-format consoles. The unit was listed at 66 x 19 x 31 (units unspecified in the source).
The model number is slippery. The same source that identifies the "MAGNAVOX 1KA201 Astro Sonic Console Stereo" also lists "1ka201 1ka202" together as a single part entry. Elsewhere it conflates the two: "The Magnavox Astro-Sonic 1KA202 console stereo, model 1KA201…" Nothing in the record clarifies how the two designations relate. A parts-price listing shows "$10.00-$55.00" for "part #: 1ka201," which suggests the set was serviceable into the secondary market era. It gives no specifics on what those parts were.
One owner reported the radio and turntable "operate perfectly" and described the unit as in excellent condition. Beyond that, nothing is documented: no power output, no speaker complement, no circuit details, no original price, no production years beyond the approximate 1960s dating. The Astro-Sonic lineage places it within Magnavox's solid-state console push of that era, but no model-specific technical facts survive in the sources reviewed.
Known specs:
- Console stereo (Astro-Sonic line)
- Solid oak cabinet
- Radio and turntable integrated
- Dimensions: 66 x 19 x 31 (units not specified)
- Made in the United States
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