UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


               October 27, 2004 (Date of earliest event reported)

                                 MAGNETEK, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


   DELAWARE                               1-10233               95-3917584
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (Commission           (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                       File Number)         Identification No.)

                       10900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850
                          Los Angeles, California 90024
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (310) 689-1610


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ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

     See Press  Release  dated  October 27, 2004  entitled  "Magnetek  Announces
Fiscal 2005  First-Quarter  Results",  attached as Exhibit  99.1 to this Current
Report.


EXHIBIT
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION

99.1     Magnetek, Inc. Press Release dated October 27, 2004 entitled "Magnetek
         Announces Fiscal 2005 First-Quarter Results".



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                                MAGNETEK, INC.


                                                By:   /s/ David Reiland
                                                      -----------------
                                                      David Reiland
                                                      Executive Vice President
                                                      & Chief Financial Officer


October 27, 2004




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER          DESCRIPTION

99.1            Magnetek, Inc. Press Release dated October 27, 2004 entitled 
                "Magnetek Announces Fiscal 2005 First-Quarter Results".