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Rather than building a box from scratch I bought a plastic electrical component / junction box this came with a lid with a rubber seal so I guess it may be for outside use.
The lid is about an inch deep, as the box is 2′ 7/8 & as I had seen some 2′ speakers that I intended to use, I judged that the box was deep enough to contain the required components. Unfortunately to get a box of this depth I had to get one that that was 9′ 1/2 x 7′ 1/2 which didn’t lend itself to the idea I had for disguising the box, so I cut one end off & turned the box through 90° giving me a plastic box of 7 12 x 7 1/8 X 2 7/8 which no back.
Personally I think the sound is marginally better than the speakers of an SC1 less tinny. The only thing between the emulator and the transformer is a electrical connector block where the mains flex comes in, no other board.
The side view shows the 5 pin din socket, red cancel button, volume adjustment knob and the earphone socket. After the top photo was taken I added 2 more pieces of plywood 1 behind the speakers & another separating them, and two small holes adjacent to each speaker in an attempt to improve sound quality, which I believe it did.
Just made a lead up and connected the 3w1 up to the box I have been working on.
All appears to be normal so far👍
Cheers Scudie
Even stranger that you should get 3 faulty ones when apparently they are indervidually tested befor being dispatched.
You have to ask yourself how this is possible?
Cheers Scudie
Hi Steve
Have not purchased anything recently I have been holding off buying any further units while Fabien sorted the audio problem, in the box I have been working on I have used the last one I have probably had it a year or so.
Yes fingers crossed that your new ones work with no issues and you get the correct psu with them. After he had the problem with the optocoupler he told me he had bought a couple of wallbox’s so he could test each emulator before being dispatched seems odd that your two got passed as OK when / if they were tested.
Cheers Scudie
Hi Steve
Black and white checks very 1960’s, That must of took an age masking that lot out. Am not sure if I would have the patience for that, it’s a credit to you.
I guess the dice is the volume knob? How do those speakers perform ? Any better or worse than the 50 year old ones in the SC1?
Hope to get the 3w1 connected to the new box tomorrow night, fingers crossed all is good.
cheers Scudie
The last contact I had was with Gaëlle via email, I had asked if Fabien had had time to study the email I had forwarded from my pal Andrew.
Andrew had took a look at the audio side of the Wb2mp3 emulator, & had made a few suggestions about mods to the audio circuit to stop the back ground noise.
I had asked if Fabien had made any headway into resolving the problem.
Gaëlle did respond on the 26th of April but I have heard nothing since.
Cheers Scudie
Still working on the box when I get a minute, I have most of the parts now cut to size & have started to assemble (loosely) the cover for the box, this will hopefully disguise it.
The page return springs that I had ordered from Jukebox revival in Holland, for the 3w1 have arrived so hope to get those fitted soon.
crazy thing I can buy the springs here in the uk but with VAT and postage it’s cheaper to get them sent from Holland!
Cheers Scudie
I had kind of guessed that it wasn’t one of yours , after seeing the quality in the photos of your SC1 and the box you have made for your 3W1.
I grabbed a couple of hours yesterday and managed to get all the components into my box. Connected them all together, haven’t had time to test it yet, will now concentrate on disguising the box & making it easy on the eye.
Cheers Scudie
Have just seen Sooners photo with the conversion components cleverly hidden out of site. It is all starting to make sense.
No drawing pictures of boxes, no saw dust and glue fumes.
No problems with access when changing sd card, or adjusting the volume.
No problems with components overheating plenty of air to circulate plus the back of the 3w1 will act as a heat sink.
Infact the only negative I can think of is the length of screws required to facilitate fastening it to the wall.
I guessed that it would be you as I have not seen evidence of Fabien or Gaëlle on here for quite a while now.
It is very good that you offer to do this as a volunteer otherwise the forum would once again get swamped with spam. Often wondered why the call it spam ? when I was a kid we used to have spam sandwiches or spam with a salad, basically it was tinned meat a bit like luncheon meat.
Carry on the good work👍
Good morning Klaatu
I guess it was you who has removed the Russian ? Posts, so thanks. Strange thing is that I was able to post a reply in that section without being required to prove that I can recognise a zebra crossing or that I know what a shop front looks like.
As any one been able to read the post by Anonymous?
Regarding ideas I have them, submit them to the planning authority (wife) from which I normally get a negative response, but this time I received a maybe, so took that as a green light and went ahead anyway!
Cheers Scudie
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Hi Guys Good to hear that you have had a reply & that it sounds like you may well get the replacement units that you wanted.
Still building my box it’s fair to say it’s work in progress , I did try to figure it out on paper first, but as I am more of a hands on kind a guy I felt that I would be better off just getting on with the job. It is challenging trying to fit everything that I want into the space I have allowed. I do keep thinking of things & have to then modify to be able to acomadate. But still where there’s a will eh.
Cheers Scudie
Hi Sooner
I do realise that they are only a small company & that Fabien has many roles, so he is always very busy& that when his partner left the company he was left to try and run it all on his own. With the jukebox /wallbox expert gone I believe he was dropped in at the deep end in regards to Wallbox’s. The wb2mp3 emulator is not the only thing they market, the Retroelectronik website has many products, I am guessing designed and built by Fabien. Don’t get me wrong it is very good news that you have been refunded, so your not left out of pocket, But I am guessing that if you ordered 3 emulators that is because you wanted 3 emulators & that you would have much more preferred replacement units.
I believe I have said this before else where on the forum, how many potential customers look into the pro’s and cons of a product on line before purchasing? How many look on this forum prior to purchasing ? Surely if the forum was was looked at by Fabien or Gaëlle once a week, they would have been able to pick up on your post & post’s similar to this.
Potential customers I am sure, would be much more confident & more likely to order the emulators if they saw that the after sales back up was there, and they were able to sort out problems with wrong / faulty equipment in an efficient manner.
Anyway transformers, speakers, switches , & lamps arrived today so here is a couple of photos of the speakers, no idea what they will sound like, will have to wait and see.
Cheers Scudie
Good Morning
In answer to your question no I haven’t bought any emulators recently.
Yes I intend to use one with the 3w1 and mount it in the box that I am building with the transformer & the 5 v psu.
I did consider doing the box behind the wallbox myself, but thought I would try that later & try and keep it as slim as possible.
Speakers are from RS components here in the uk. Will post a photo when they arrive.
cheers Scudie
Hi Sooner
its a real shame that no one has been in touch about your problems, l had hoped that since Gaëlle had joined Fabien that things were going to get better, initially when the forum was re started (I think just after last Christmas) both Fabien & Gaëlle were seen to be active answering queries on the forum, and replying to emails fairly promptly. But it is sad to say that there does not appear to have been much input from either of them on the forum recently.
And that the time it takes for them to respond to emails has to be said is a bit hit and miss to say the least. I have still had no response from Fabien concerning my friend Andrews findings / suggestions about possible modifications to the emulator to resolve the humming noise from the audio. I did get a response from Gaëlle thanking me & telling me that Fabien would take a look at it & be in touch.
As to the box yes I intend to fit a couple of 50mm speakers I have ordered them along with a couple of AC transformers they should arrive tomorrow.
cheers Scudie
Morning, Sooner
I guess that the higher voltage may have damaged one of the emulators, which is bad news. And very disappointing to hear. Have you heard anything From Fabien or Gaëlle yet regarding the problem?
Have just been out and bought some materials to have a bash at start building a box to fit the conversion parts in. I have a idea and will give it a go if successful will post photos later.
