[Jukebox-list] Seeburg LS2

[Bob Ellingson]

At 02:21 PM 5/25/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>does anyone have an opinion on the Seeburg LS2 Juke?  I may pick one up
this weekend (see past list from Glen)  I don't know much about them but am
hoping it is not as "touchy" as the Statesman?  It sure looks cool!!!  I
love the cabinet!  Thanks for any thoughts you may have,

Well, it was the last 160-play Seeburg to have the Tormat Electrical
Selector system (i.e. you still push a letter and number button combo to
make your selection, rather than the three digit combo on the keypad of the
LS-3), so in my opinion, that's a plus.  Style appreciation is in the eye of
the beholder, ain't it!  The model before (the LS-1) had a sort-of-cool
moving display that pulled album covers past a window on a little gear-track
setup (this often is broken, sadly), as well as those back-lit color panels
along the lower front.  The LS-2 just has that gentle blue glow and big red
emblem in the upper right for eye-appeal.  I'm away from my manuals, so
can't check, but did this model have the later cartridge with wedge-styli?
Given the problems with repro T-needles these days, that would also be a
plus, I guess, although there are some bad wedge repros out there too.

I think Dr. Know-it-all has complained that these are not the easiest
mechanisms to work on, given their low-down and reversed position in the
cabinet.  My cousin has a LS-1 she has been trying to get me to work on, but
I haven't had time to make the trip to San Luis Obispo yet!  I suppose I'll
find out.

--Bob
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