Anybody Use Jukebox Amp?
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century tek
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Sure! I am currently using two non modified Wurlitzer mono blocks for stereo for my barn stereo. Organ and Juke box amplifiers are great for hifi audio.
There are all kinds of stereo Juke box amps being used for home audio use. I used to have a Rowe-AMI stereo 7868 push/pull Juke box amplifier I used for years as a stereo base amp until I sold it a few years back. I have regreted that and miss it and am looking for another one
ivan100000
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I'm using a stereo Wurlitzer jukebox amp...in my 1959 stereo Wurlitzer jukebox!
dewdude
High on resolution.
So..jukebox amps. Here's a can of worms I've had to dig in because part of my day-job is servicing jukeboxes! In fact, I rebuilt 3 Seeburg amps (two tube and one early SS) and a Rock-Ola tube amp just last week.
Can you use these for hi-fi use? Sure. I know of at least one guy on here who guts them and just uses the chassis and iron to build new amps. Sometimes this is necessary...for various reasons. Sometimes it's not.
So the truth is modifying them for home use is largely just feeding them power and input. This isn't always straightforward. Wurlitzers typically need to have the "junction" plug jumpered to operate out of the box; but that's largely it. They're big, heavy...and depending on the type; I never found them to sound exceptionally great. They were going for good sound...but I'd stop short of saying they were going for audiophile grade.
If you give me the amp model number, I can tell you what it needs to have done or if it's not really worth messing with. AT the very least you have a set of good iron. If it's like most of the Wurlitzer boxes I've seen...it's a 6973 based amp.
Can you use these for hi-fi use? Sure. I know of at least one guy on here who guts them and just uses the chassis and iron to build new amps. Sometimes this is necessary...for various reasons. Sometimes it's not.
So the truth is modifying them for home use is largely just feeding them power and input. This isn't always straightforward. Wurlitzers typically need to have the "junction" plug jumpered to operate out of the box; but that's largely it. They're big, heavy...and depending on the type; I never found them to sound exceptionally great. They were going for good sound...but I'd stop short of saying they were going for audiophile grade.
If you give me the amp model number, I can tell you what it needs to have done or if it's not really worth messing with. AT the very least you have a set of good iron. If it's like most of the Wurlitzer boxes I've seen...it's a 6973 based amp.
604man
Super Member
Is this amp mono or stereo ???
50's Wurlitzer's used the the Cobra cartridge A capacitor based device - you would need
to modify for line in.
trainbuftony
Electron Herder
Seems to me a Wurlitzer juke box amp should be inside a Wurlitzer Juke box. Someone restoring a Wurlitzer Juke box may pay a premium for it in order to have the correct parts. You could potentially buy something which is going to serve your needs better with the money. Those old Juke boxes were so cool with the bubbles and the 45s, that I would tend to want to help keep the remaining units Alive and working. This is my opinion and I represent it as such. Obviously you own the amp and can do whatever you want it.
ivan100000
Well-Known Member
And if it's a 6973-based amp, then it's a stereo amp from 1959-64.
dewdude
High on resolution.
It's actually pretty rare you need to find an amp...that's usually only after something like a transformer has blown up or the thing was pulled out of a lake. As long as the iron is fine...most of the ones worth rebuilding can be rebuilt. I've seen a number of those Wurlitzers get trashed and the guts parted out. They're sometimes more of a hassle to restore than it's worth...or sometimes...just costs more to restore than it's worth.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
used one many years ago for our disco amp . we were called the jukebox disco . was about 15 at the time .
Keneye
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Hi, It's a #2810 juke.
dewdude
High on resolution.
A100 is not a valid Seeburg amp...but they did make a 100A jukebox.
It was a 78rpm unit...so it was mono. ItsI probably a later amp as you could plug any number of Seeburg amps in.
They did make a mono amp that could be upgraded to stereo by adding a second module to the other half.
There's a model on the ampifier itself. Like MHFA1 or SHFA. This is what you have to go by.
dewdude
High on resolution.
It looks Cobra but being stereo it can't be.
I have to dig up the 2810 book to see what amp it was. I know amp models more than jukebox models.
Keneye
Well-Known Member
It's a Wurlitzer #2810. Since it was given to me, I was considering it a source for a low cost tube amp. It has keyboard issues and taking up the middle of my home bar. Weighs about a ton too. Just considering my options. I have a nice NSM CD box and prefer it. 1500 songs versus 200 on the Wurlitzer.
