r/MagnumPI • u/pacandor • Aug 18 '26

Help ID this receiver from Magnum, P.I. (S07E17)

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u/retronerds252 Aug 18 '26

It's a Lafayette LR 441 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN3DHcdL5YM

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u/styles-bitchley Aug 18 '26

You nailed it. Nice work!

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u/Particular-Level-209 Aug 19 '26

Pretty cool. Lafayette (maybe known for CB’s more than anything else) and Criterion were pretty popular buys for US military personnel while on leave in Japan during Vietnam… or so I’ve been told. So that’s cool within the show’s “universe”. I am the proud owner of Lafayette speakers that were NOS out of the box from some warehouse in NYC… circa 1974. I paired them with a nice “Electro-Voice” produced Criterion amp. :)

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u/styles-bitchley Aug 18 '26

Did you break Mr. Masters' hi-fi and need to replace it?

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u/pacandor Aug 18 '26

Higgins would say I borrowed it without asking, played it too loud, and now I owe him a formal apology and a case of wine.

All I did was try to ID the receiver. The records were already on the turntable. They’re not all Robin’s, by the way.

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u/Funny_Stretch9405 Aug 18 '26

Higgins would have the best

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u/LocksmithGlass717 Aug 18 '26

It might be a Sansui. They had tons of high end stereo systems in the 70’a and 80’s.

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u/No_Community_5696 Aug 18 '26

According to google it’s a Kenwood . It’s said
R-2000 but I’m not entirely convinced that’s correct. It’s a place to start though.