Magnatone | M14 Twin Amplifier

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M14

Solid-State Amplifer
Discontinued

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Release Date:

1963 - 1965

The Magnatone M14 was a premium, true stereo amplifier designed in 1963. Parent company Estey advertised the M14 as the “Club-Date Stereo Amp”, and the “Mighty Midget”, describing it in sales literature as the same as the M15 without Reverb. The M15 and M14 were the top of the line Magnatone amplifiers. While the M15 was a stout 65 lbs, the M14 was a much more managable 48 lbs, and ome 6″ shorter. While the M15 shared the larger width and depth demensions of the M12 and M13, the M14 shared the smaller Royalite top of the M10 and M7.

The M14 was very expensive with a list price of $460 in 1964. Sales figures were low, as its chief competitor, Ampeg, was selling the Super Echo Twin for $380 and it came with two 12″ speakers and reverb!

In 1965, when the rest of the Custom amps were treated to the silver motif change, the M14 remained in the catalog as the only gold trimmed amplifier. The price was also dropped to $400. Mostlikely, Estey had an overstock of gold M14 amps, so it stayed in the catalog until the last ones shipped. By late 1965, the M14 was dropped from the catalog.