The Official Vintage Curtis Mathes site by Glenn Waters
The Official Vintage Curtis Mathes site by Glenn Waters
Curtis Mathes, Vintage Electronics, Televisions, Stereos, Radios, VCRs, Multiplexes, Speakers, Eight Track Players, Cassette Tape Decks, Reel to Reel Players, Wall to Wall Entertainment Centers, Curtis Mathes LPs, Camcorders, Mathes Coolers and Fans, Made in the USA. Design
Welcome to the Curtis Mathes Vintage Site by Glenn Waters, here we cover every aspect of the early days and the golden era of Curtis Mathes. From the early days of the Mathes Cooler Fans the the start of the Curtis Mathes Electronics Company. We cover every aspect from the first Curtis Mathes televisions to the last television to come off the assembly line in Athens Texas. Curtis Mathes Advertisements, Curtis Mathes Stereos, Curtis Mathes wall to wall complete Entertainment Centers, Curtis Mathes VCR Players and recorders, Curtis Mathes Camcorder, Curtis Mathes LPs and Records, Curtis Mathes Reel to Reel, Console Television Combos, Curtis Mathes Cassette Players, there is so much more, the list of electronics is amazing. Today Curtis Mathes today stands as a reminder of an era when televisions were crafted as enduring centerpieces of the living room, combining reliable performance, thoughtful engineering, and sophisticated design into a single statement of American craftsmanship. Curtis Mathes will always be remembered as one of America's most respected names in premium home entertainment. In the 1980s The Curtis Mathes - Las Colinas Design Group, led by visionary designer Glenn Waters, earned acclaim for merging architectural proportion with technological precision. Their design philosophy emphasized harmony between form and function, ensuring every Curtis Mathes console served not simply as an electronic device, but as a centerpiece of gracious living.
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Curtis Mathes in the early years made many beautiful designed smaller stereo for apartment dwellers, and folks that wanted great sound but had little space. This section has some examples below.
Curtis Mathes in the early years made many beautiful designed smaller stereo for apartment dwellers, and folks that wanted great sound but had little space. This section has some examples below.
A CM Stereo prototype that survived the great Austin Texas factory fire...
A CM Stereo prototype that survived the great Austin Texas factory fire...
Here we have Paul Cortese newly purchased CM Stereo Console it has 2512C as the model, this is one your will not find online. Paul sent us some nice pics to share.
It has a Collaro Conquest turntable a very early 60s model.
It has the superb workmanship in the wood like all the early models of this era from Curtis Mathes.
This stereo is one of the Holy Grail for a Curtis Mathes Collector, looks like one of the famous missing prototypes that survived the great Austin Texas factory fire that destroyed most of the 1960 line of production.
You will not find this online, only a hand full every made it out of the factory. A few of these models got to the Showroom floors before the Austin fire ... and the were make with a great chassis, as you can see ...
You will not find this online, only a hand full every made it out of the factory. A few of these models got to the Showroom floors before the Austin fire ... and the were make with a great chassis, as you can see ...
The photos below are of the Pandora Model Curtis Mathes Stereo. This was also an expertly made in Texas stereo, and is a pocket Battleship of awesome sound.
A beautiful modern design CURTIS MATHES stereo console.
This is an all wood cabinet, with a hand wired chassis and this Curtis Mathes stereo has an EL84 stereo tube amp.
Built for one thing and one thing only, to play music the way it should sound.
With hand made in in Texas speakers, that can produce sound like a concert in the park.
With hand made in in Texas speakers, that can produce sound like a concert in the park.
With a custom built for Curtis Mathes Turntable, and the sound only a diamond can make.
The hand wired, all tube, deluxe FM / AM High Fidelity system of the Stereophonic Music Center was the best ever made, and is still playing today as great as it did back in 1962.
After the tragic fire at the Austin Texas plant Curtis Mathes wisely turned to using the made in England Collaro Conquest turntables in many of its 1962 models.
They really do have a rich sound just like the earlier made in Texas Curtis Mathes turntable from the Austin Texas plant.
