Phonoland

This is the second of three consoles that I bought for $10/each at the flea market.

This is a Morse tube type AM/FM/phonograph console and it's the only tube type Morse product I've ever seen. When I think of the Morse brand, I think of those cheap Morse/Electrophonic stereo's of the '70's and early '80's.

Judging by the looks of the BSR turntable in this unit, I'm guessing it's from the '66-'67 era and is probably one of the last tube consoles. It's in a cheap cabinet and the chassis is a Japanese built series string type that's probably good for about 1-1.5 WPC. The record changer needs the usual overhaul and the radio works; but, it's controls are dirty and probably could stand a re-cap.

Even though this is a cheap unit; it still looks nice and is probably worth saving.

I have virtually the same unit. I am not impressed with it and haven't decided whether or not I'll restore it. Speaking of Japanese chassis I am planning on restoring a Delmonico Nivico consolette Model#224 EA. I am hoping to find the schematic for it but I can do it blind if necessary.

Years ago, I had a Nivico Japanese console that had a R2R tape recorder, record changer, and AM/FM radio. It seemed to be a better unit than this Morse.

Since the cabinet looks decent, I'd like to get the bugs out of the Morse. That is, if I can do it on the cheap. It certainly is no where near high quality and probably cost $69.95 when new.

BTW, my first "real" stereo was a '70's Morse-Electrophonic 8-track/radio/record changer combo with two speakers. It had a round, green backlit tuning dial and the changer was a cheap plastic BSR. I paid $2 for the whole thing at a church rummage sale. After about a year, I sold it to a guy who wanted something to play 78's and I upgraded to a mid '70's Kenwood receiver and other stereo components from the same era. That was in the mid '90's and I still have the receiver.