Magnavox R2B

THIS BABY IS HUGE and a GREAT DEAL! 

The Magnavox R2b iHorn is made from a Magnavox Radio Horn which is the single largest iHorn ever made.  It has a 20” bell which is considered huge in terms of radio horns.  Further, its original selling price is also the highest original selling price of any horn ever researched.  It was made in 1922, originally sold for $85.00, and reflects its roaring age.  If adjusted for inflation, today the horn would cost $1,299.08 which is a cumulative inflation rate of 1428.3%.  In 1910 Magnavox started as "Commercial Wireless & Development Company" at Napa, California. In 1915, Magnavox put a horn to their "telephone receiver with moving-coil system" and then used it as a "Fog-Horn" for the local baseball park.  It was called the “Magna Vox” which was latin for “Great Voice.” In 1917, the Company changed its name to Magnavox. Magnavox introduced its first tube radios in 1920, and continued to manufacture electronics until the 1980’s when it merged with Phillips. Appropriately, the Magnavox logo is the lion head roaring.  The R2B is a product of the roaring twenties.  The Roaring 20s was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States.  The decade was known as the Crazy Years.  It was the an era emphasizing social, artistic and cultural dynamism. Jazz music blossomed, the flapper redefined the modern look for women, and Art Deco peaked.  The Magnavox R2B is a wonderful piece which represents it era to perfection.  No longer a youthful flapper, it remains in the height of fashion.  So sit back and enjoy a period which revolutionized the world.