[Jeffhs]

Your Magnavox console should sound great with those 50EH5s in the output stages. My Zenith MJ1035 FM stereo radio also has 50EH5s in its output stages (one per channel), with a 12AX7 preamp, and sounds absolutely fantastic, even though the volume control is intermittent as all get out (if I pull outward on the control shaft I get more volume than I'll ever need, although the radio plays at normal listening volume with the control set where it is at the moment--so I won't do any more with it or to it until or unless something goes wrong, like a tube filament burning out).

In case you ever need to replace one or both of the output tubes (or any tube, for that matter) in your console, be sure to replace them with the same type Magnavox put in there in the first place, when they designed the unit. The 50C5 may work in a pinch as a substitute, but I wouldn't count on it; it is best to use 50EH5s to replace 50EH5s. Another good thing about the 50EH5 is that it is actually cheaper to replace than a 50C5, as I found out from an AK member (electroking, in Montreal) recently, in response to an inquiry I had made about substituting 50C5s for 50EH5s. I found this rather odd, as I had thought it would be the other way around; that is, the 50C5 would be cheaper than the 50EH5.