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A Scott receiver question

Jet Noise

Jet Noise

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To start, I'm a newbie here and this is my first question for advice.

I am looking at a Scott Stereomaster LA-88 on ebay for $149.00. However I can find little info on it. Not even sure if its tube or solid state. I'm guessing tube by the way the rear construction appears. If it is it will be my first tube unit if I decide to buy it. I don't know if it will handle 4 Ohm speakers or what sort of power it has. Can anyone furnish me additional spec information or links to where I can find this info? Anyone have any experience with this model?

Thank you!
 
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I am not familiar with that particular Scott receiver but it looks to be solid state. Did you e-mail the seller and ask?

If you are looking for Scott brand integrated tube amplifiers, look at the LK-48, LK-72, 299's and such. I'm not familiar with their tube receivers.
 
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Thank you both. There didn't seem to be much interest in it so I wondered. I will write the seller and also check out amps as well.
 
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As a word of caution toward the future, if you find something you are interested in, be careful about how to ask about it. Sometimes, when an item for sale is in the public domain, asking on a popular forum like this may lessen your chance of a fair and successful transaction. It is not unknown that these forums may be watched by individuals who are not members or contributors for the sole purpose of discovering leads. If you have a lead, ask advice from the great people here but be aware that giving too much information may not be in your best interest.

Good luck in your musical journey.
 
The LA-88 was, I believe, a kit version of an early, low-er end HH Scott receiver. I'm a-gonna check on that; gimme a minute ;-) EDIT: Per the post(s) below -- the correct model number is indeed LR-88.

The "true" (Maynard, MA era) HH Scott early (US made) solid state receivers were actually pretty nice. Not worth big money, but still equipped with very good tuner sections and actually pretty decent sounding.

As Craig said above, fifty smackers would be generous unless it's perfect, electrically restored and "OBM" (including original box and manual)... then it might be worth $100 or so (but the poor owner would probably have more than that invested in its rehab).
 
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Jet Noise said:
I am looking at a Scott Stereomaster LA-88 on ebay for $149.00.
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It's actually a LR-88, not a LA-88. The seller didn't pay very close attention on this one.

I have one of these LR-88 receivers, and I'm watching the listing too, just out of curiosity.

Looks like his Scott is missing a couple things: the two indicator meters on the front upper/left side, but they could've actually fallen down into the chassis, because mine apparently were originally installed with pseudo-scotch tape to hold in place. And secondly, the large tuning knob isn't original. The original tuning knob is about the same size but is styled like the other knobs; it shares the same shade of brown with the gold colored cap.

His has been listed for at least a couple months now, and he looks to be holding firm at $149.00.

I'm a tube guy, 100%. But now I have this LR-88, and it's a decent piece. Made in 1969. Good AM/FM sections, but I've never used any other function.

The stereo indicator lamp is a #1819 bulb. Kind of bizarre at 28 volts, and were commonly employed in aircraft dials.

As far as value, I think the previous opinions offered on this thread just about sum it up.
 
The LR-88 (d'oh!) was indeed a kit. It's fairly similar to the 384 AM-FM receiver of the same era, but not identical. The former has dual tuning meters and is rated for slightly higher output. Note that the power "claims" are per the IHF standard, stereo (i.e., both channels summed) and at 4 ohm. A "100 watt" IHF receiver would probably translate to about 20 wpc continuous into 8 ohms.

From the 1968 LRE catalog...

The LR-88:

Scan0008 by mhardy6647, on Flickr

... and, for comparison, the 384:

Scan0009 by mhardy6647, on Flickr
 
On closer inspection, it looks like the one up for auction DOES have the correct tuning knob, but the center cap is missing.

And thanks for the vintage ad, mhardy!
 
To all, thank you and point taken on how I ask a question regarding items being sold on public sites. I think I need to observe more than jump for the first things to capture my eye. But that's learning for you!
 
I know this is an old thread, but the pic I'm attaching doesn't match the LR-88 in the ad in post #8. Did Scott reuse that model number?

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Maybe a small model/year change; the front looks similar except the mic inputs at the left are vertical instead of horizontal. Also two indicator windows instead of one to the left of the dial glass
 
the photo posted above shows a receiver with more knobs than did the old LRE catalog.
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It is entirely possible that LRE put in the wrong photo, though :)

EDIT: Two other thoughts, FWIW, occasioned by a 1968 HH Scott brochure I happen to have.

FWIW 1) The brochure photo of the LR-88 from 1968 looks like the LRE catalog image.

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FWIW 2) The photo from a few posts ago (also reproduced at the top of this post), to me, resembles the 348B/388B receivers of 1968:

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(at least there are also five knobs across on the lower front panel ;) -- although the 348B/388B don't appear to have two meters for the tuner section)
 
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