Curtis Mathes circa 1980

[Eric H]

I saw one of the big combos in a Thrift a couple years ago, it was dated mid 70's as I recall.

It was in good condition but it was also in a really nasty Particle board cabinet covered with really cheap looking contact paper type veneer, some of the edges were peeling, the TV has a plain looking tube mask and just looked bottom of the line, though I suspect it was marketed as "High End"

The Stereo Components like the Turntable & 8-Track were really cheap looking, like Yorx or Soundesign cheap looking.

I have an early 60's B&W CM and it's quite well made, it's still Particle board but it very dense PB and it has real wood veneer over it so it's quite strong.

It weighs a ton for a B&W set, mostly because of the thick, dense PB construction.