Scott Quadraphonic Receivers??

Hi, I have opportunity to pick up an affordable Scott Receiver, model 477. Its a Quadraphonic, 70 wpc @ 8 ohms. I've never owned a Scott, nor a Quadraphonic receiver for that matter. It seems they are of good overall quality, and somewhat of a "sleeper" manufacturer. Anyone have any opinions on these receivers? I've found very little on them, and not even a photo of the 477. Any help is appreciated.

Info on Scott solid state is really hard to come by. You can help by posting some nice detailed pics of yours!

ryuuoh said:

Info on Scott solid state is really hard to come by. You can help by posting some nice detailed pics of yours!

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Indeed you can! Early solid state Scott gear exists in the deep shadows cast by the earlier tube equipment and the later solid state BCP. Some of it is pretty darned good though.

John

There are about 15 classic gear (receiver, amplifier, tuner, speaker) in this early and rare Scott Professional Line.


And this picture (not mine) you found on this site:

http://www.hhscott.fr/m1.html

This Professional Line was the original HH Scott Company's last gear they designed before they went into receivership in 1973. Schneider of Germany purchased HH Scott out of receivership and some classic designs continued for a year or two and then HH Scott began their downhill slope. This last great HH Scott equipment is superb performance wise and rare in the USA. Few were made. HH Scott gear was designed and built with engineering and performance in mind and was expensive to build.

Thanks for the great photos and info. You're right, info on this was hard to come by. Thanks particularly to AK members henrie and KentTeffeteller for the pics and info. I guess for its $40.00 asking price, it's worth it. All the lights and meters even work.

Sounds like a winner, but it's stereo, not quadrophonic. Personally, I think you're better off that way.

The only Scott receiver I owned was bought new from a local electronics discounter here in Maryland, Luskins. Some may remember they were famous as "the cheapest guy in town" and thats were I bought a Scott receiver in 1983. 100 wpc @ 8 ohms, new in box at a going out of business sale. I forget the model #, but it did have watt meters and a silver face.

Got it home one channel dead. No returns. I payed 220$ for it, original price was 350$. Waited for dad to get home, he opened it up, and with a Hewlett Packard sound generator and a Tektronix scope managed to find a pair of bad solder joints, on the output transistors on the rail for the right channel In fact there was NO solder applied but they were mounted to the heat sink. We looked at each other and said "could it be that simple?"

He resoldered all the output transistors plus a bunch of things else ware that looked suspicious, and we fired it back up. Both channels working and the meters worked flawlessly with good sound. Total cost of repair 0$, a little solder and about 2 hours total time.

However, it always ran hot till the day I got rid of it, but it still worked. Dad said the power supply was under spec'ed for the wattage of the unit ie. cheaply built as was common in latter Scott electronics from what I have heard.

That did it for me and Scott, and Luskins. Of course Luskins was out of business and Circuit City took over their locations here in MD. The HH Scott story is history.

I was told no to trust anything Scott past 1975 by my dad. Words to live by AFAIAC. He worked for Texas Instruments and knew what he was talking about when it came to electronics, being a hardware engineer.

Just my humble opinion...

Phil

Edit: By the way your unit is very nice, much better build quality inside and out, than mine.