
In short, was this dropped? Often these units have a crooked chassis around the transformers. Look for dinged corners on the frontpanel. (4) Is the chassis rectangular and even? - or is the chassis slightly bent. Make sure that the frontpanel is in good shape. (3) Make sure the unit has all original knobs. Since the set is allegedly "virgin," this may be subtle. (2) Look for oxidation on the chassis and RCA jacks on the rear. (1) Do all the output tubes look silvery on the top? Lack of silvering or whiteness (ugh) indicates a bad tube, and possibly bad components surrounding the tube. She probably won't let you take it apart, so from the outside. I have the entire 299 Scott line as well as many other models as well.ĭon, your 299 is gorgeous (drool, slobber!)Īs for the 299 that is being offered for sale. Sorry to go OT, but hey, I am using a Scott amplifier and am willing to answer any questions that the OP has. Tape to disc transfer employed an automatically variable pitch Scully lathe with heated stylus Westrex feedback cutting head." To effectively cover all sounds, the organ was miked with two Altec M-11 microphone systems using type 21-C condenser microphones and a model C-12 AKG (Austrian make) acoustically variable condenser microphone. From the album jacket: "The master recording was done on an Ampex 350 Magnetic Tape Recorder at 15 IPS using Scotch type 111-A Magnetic Recording Tape. But for the last few months it was selling mom's home and now, boxes and boxes are piled here to go through.īut I am listening to an LP on the Scott LK-72 with JBL L-100 speakers (free, gift from a friend they were going to GoodWill ) George Wright "Merry Christmas" HiFi Records R-706 (1956) Stereo. I only wish I could get to the bench and work on some tube audio stuff. Thanks Larry, Merry Christmas to you as well. Paul, I agree with Tom and Don that the asking price is too high, but it might be worthwhile to see if she's open to negotiation.
