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- Magnavox Audio Frequency Amplifier, Type AC-3 B, 1920-1927 - This amplifier was designed for use with a public address system, in large venues. Equipment like this made it possible for Americans to listen together--from the voices of politicians at rallies--to recorded music in the dance hall. The new mass medium of radio now had the ability to pervade listening practices at home, and in public.
- 1920-1927
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Audio Frequency Amplifier, Type AC-3 B, 1920-1927
This amplifier was designed for use with a public address system, in large venues. Equipment like this made it possible for Americans to listen together--from the voices of politicians at rallies--to recorded music in the dance hall. The new mass medium of radio now had the ability to pervade listening practices at home, and in public.
- Cutaway Model of a Magnavox Speaker Driver, Type R2 Model B, 1920-1925 - This is the speaker driver--the electrical device that produces sound--for a Magnavox R2-B speaker. Consumers received this driver and an 18-inch speaker horn to amplify and direct the sound. At this time, listeners were accustomed to buying multiple components to power radio listening apparatus. This object has been cutaway for display purposes, possibly used in a store display.
- 1920-1925
- Collections - Artifact
Cutaway Model of a Magnavox Speaker Driver, Type R2 Model B, 1920-1925
This is the speaker driver--the electrical device that produces sound--for a Magnavox R2-B speaker. Consumers received this driver and an 18-inch speaker horn to amplify and direct the sound. At this time, listeners were accustomed to buying multiple components to power radio listening apparatus. This object has been cutaway for display purposes, possibly used in a store display.
- Magnavox Audio Frequency Amplifier, Type AC3, Model D, 1920-1927 -
- 1921-1922
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Audio Frequency Amplifier, Type AC3, Model D, 1920-1927
- Electrodynamic Speaker, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Electrodynamic Speaker, circa 1930
- Magnavox Speaker Driver, Used Inside the Tower of Jewels Building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 -
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Speaker Driver, Used Inside the Tower of Jewels Building, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
- Magnavox Electro-Dynamic Telephone, 1917 -
- 1917
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Electro-Dynamic Telephone, 1917
- Desk Stand Telephone, circa 1915 -
- circa 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Desk Stand Telephone, circa 1915
- Magnavox Dynamic Speaker, 1928 -
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Dynamic Speaker, 1928
- Magnavox High Fidelity Dynamic Speaker, circa 1934 - The basic design of a dynamic speaker driver--a paper cone manipulated by electrical currents and a magnet--remains in use today. Unlike Magnavox's earliest designs, which were essentially phonograph speaker horns connected to speaker drivers, this model shows a refinement of the apparatus. This dynamic speaker could have been used with a public address system in large venues.
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox High Fidelity Dynamic Speaker, circa 1934
The basic design of a dynamic speaker driver--a paper cone manipulated by electrical currents and a magnet--remains in use today. Unlike Magnavox's earliest designs, which were essentially phonograph speaker horns connected to speaker drivers, this model shows a refinement of the apparatus. This dynamic speaker could have been used with a public address system in large venues.
- Magnavox Transistor Radio, Model AM-2, 1956 - The size of radios shrank following the advent of transistor technology. Even the smallest vacuum tubes were bulky, and their power consumption ensured the need for large batteries. Transistor radios made of lightweight plastics were cheap and truly portable. With the addition of an earphone a radio such as this allowed the listener to enjoy a completely personal listening experience.
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Magnavox Transistor Radio, Model AM-2, 1956
The size of radios shrank following the advent of transistor technology. Even the smallest vacuum tubes were bulky, and their power consumption ensured the need for large batteries. Transistor radios made of lightweight plastics were cheap and truly portable. With the addition of an earphone a radio such as this allowed the listener to enjoy a completely personal listening experience.