I finished my SHFA5 amplifier. It is for a DS100 or 160. This is an amp I will put up for sale. I have several more that will be done for the same reason. 50’s and 70’s amps for the most part. I usually do this kind of amp work in the evenings an hour here and there. It has a loud hum on the bench. I believe it is due to my set up. I use an old turntable with a magnetic cartridge as my input. The test record is now the second copy of “I Can Help” by Billy Swan. I never get tires of it which is a good thing since I’ve heard it several hundred times now. I got a SHFA3 in from Joe R. and while tesing it there was a loud hum as well. That amp has a weak Channel 1. I called Jeff to see if I could put the SHFA5 in his DS and test it. Removing his and replacing it with mine will take longer than the actual testing.All I need to do is verify if there is a hum or not. While there he is giving me a couple of mono redhead cartridges. I say give. I’ll swap out work for him for them. He has a C he is hot to get the mech working. I will then turn around and sell one to a fellow that Terry L. introduced me to. The guy’s cartdridge crumbled when Terry removed it to inspect. I need to trace down why I have such a bad hum on the SHFA amps. I tested the ground from the turntable to the amp and it is solid. I’ll visit him next week and check the amp.
I’ve been reconditioning a couple more wallbox boards to test. Speaking of which…I’ve been trying to find out what SCS device Seeburg uses on the audio control. My DEC manual does not have a parts list. I got on ebay and found a fellow in Canada who sold me a service manual and a parts catalog. I have never seen a parts catalog for the DEC wallboxes and am looking forward to getting it. Victory Glass for some reason does not have this manual. I think they are happy to coast on whatever manuals they recieved when they bought AMR, the original publishers of reproduction manuals. I buy/use Seeburg manuals or the ones made by AMR for their quality. I bought one off of ebay once, cheap. It was a copy of a copy and looked like crap. The schematics were unusable.
I also received six gray boxes from Don S here in Texas. He let me have them at a real good price. He is the go-to guy for CD jukebox player units. I met him through the Seeburg Jukebox Collectors page on Facebook. I’ll re-condition these to sell. I’m somewhat known as the go-to guy for black and gray boxes. I’m tickled to get the grays. They’re not as plentiful as the black boxes and hard to come by. I have about a dozen now. I took the cases apart and threw the plastics in a container of water to soak for a couple days. It makes getting the paper labels off a lot easier. One evening I’ll start inspecting the boards and getting the units ready to test.
My Seeburg Life 