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**FOTEP** · #7 December 16th 09, 03:38 AM

OK, I'm going to put a vote in for the Chicago Gaming Company Digital Bubbler 1015.

It's solid, sounds great and is just shy of 4 grand ($3,995).

Plus you can "hack" it to load your MP3 collection onto it over your home network.

I have one of these and am very happy with it. It's not extra fancy (no touch screen) but it is well made and very functional (rips cds, has playlists, has a jukebox mode, accepts an iPod (etc.) plug into it, and will play entire albums/collections by default).

All over people are charging the "full" $5,000.

Here it is for that $3,995 price:

Product page: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.ht...reative=390957

They list more than one, be sure to only pay $3,995.

Also, there is a page on "hacking" the jukebox (simple command lines) so you can load your music collection directly from your PC instead of reading music CDs like the machine supports natively:

http://www.fotep.com/hack_digital_bubbler.shtml

This has saved me a ton of time and has kept me from having to burn 100s of music format CDs of things I've already sorted on my PC (in MP3 format).

Quote:

Originally Posted by

Rock-ola according to http://www.homegameroom.com/Rock-Ola.htm

I've been like a sponge as a juke box newbie reading all I could on
Wurlitzer 1015 CD repro's from Rock-ola, Wurlizter and Rowe looking for
my first juke. I've read every posting I could find on this foreum on
this subject and spent hours on the internet, but the above link is the
FIRST real spec for spec comparison I could find on the Rock-ola vs
Wurlitzer with Rock-ola the hands down winner.

Is this the general consensus of the group that Rock-ola is the best of
the 1015 bubbler jukes?

Does anyone know if there is a Rock-ola Bubbler vs the Rowe Home
Nostalgia comparison chart?

Really appreciate any direction on recommendations on these three as in
the San Francisco Bay area I have not yet found any dealers that I can
actually go see and hear any of juke boxes, and spending $6000 without
seeing or hearing one is kinda tough for me. If anyone can recommend
someone with a showroom or warehouse in Northern California, or would
let me listen to there's, it is much appreciated. In turn, I have 8
pinballs (Medival Madness, Twilight Zhone, Star Trek Next Generation,
Whirlwind, Tales of Arbaian Nights, Cirquis Voltaire, Strange Science,
Monster Bash) you are more than welcome to play!

Thanks in advance for your insight on Rock-ola, Wurlizter and Rowe
bubblers on my first jukebox.

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