Seeburg Amplifier Type SAM1-56 What is this for?

Rob-NYC · by **Rob-NYC** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 9:05 am

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seeburg-Solid-S ... SwJQdXBnp~

It is clearly mono, from 1967 w/no motorized RVC. At first glance it looked like something used on a test bench, but the test racks at Al Simon Co had a typical rack mounted speaker-amp for routine testing and tracing.

Was this some econo-export model?

Rob

by **Ron Rich** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:49 pm

Hi Rob,
Was the "standard" issue amp for the S-100 phono--a stereo amp (TSA-5, if I recall correctly) was an option for the phono--
Ron Rich

Rob-NYC · by **Rob-NYC** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 4:30 pm

Thanks Ron, I just plugged-in that number and came up with a PDF of an S parts manual. What threw me off was that goofy RVC housing. Was the back of the machine cut out to fit it through?

I played two of those in locations here in Manhattan back in 1968-69. They weren't around too long after that and I never actually worked on one.

Rob

by **Ron Rich** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:52 pm

Yes-sir--the rear of the phono accommodated the VC--it slud rite up to the wall and fit thru the hole--'course, you could add a wire ( I think they sold a 25 -50 ft.?) kit--- Lotza them were sold here, with a modified / re-wired, stepper kit to fit the 3W-1's that were ( and are) still around ! Great little phono--once the pricing unit was modified from a code A to a code B--Ron Rich

Rob-NYC · by **Rob-NYC** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:34 am

Lotza them were sold here, with a modified / re-wired, stepper kit to fit the 3W-1's that were ( and are) still around !

That was the case here in NYC as well. One of my favorite places was a coffee shop in the arcade of Grand Central Station in the late 60's. It had an S w/3W1's and typical 8" wedge speakers. Nothing special -but the operator did at least keep good styli on the machine and it sounded decent. I once mentioned it to my friend Bill Maxwell, it turned out he had been the op'.

Rob