160 miles but well worth the trip
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It's a big heavy postwar console (several different cabinets were used, some with TV). Two chassis, tuner on top (push-button with motorized tuning), power amp in the bottom which also has the FM IF and detector. If it's all original, cap replacement will be a BEAR of a job.
wildone
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I just got back from picking up a E H Scott 800B
Wow,
This thing is nice. Solid wood no veneer here! It is all origonal except the TT it was swapped out in the early 50's for a Thorens "Concert,, Model Cd43 N
No pitting on the chrome and I will clean it up real nice.
His dad was a dealer back then and custom made a remote for this one. It is the little box with the buttons and 25' of wire.
I am feeling lucky as the owner said these were the top of the line for there time.
Wow,
This thing is nice. Solid wood no veneer here! It is all origonal except the TT it was swapped out in the early 50's for a Thorens "Concert,, Model Cd43 N
No pitting on the chrome and I will clean it up real nice.
His dad was a dealer back then and custom made a remote for this one. It is the little box with the buttons and 25' of wire.
I am feeling lucky as the owner said these were the top of the line for there time.
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Nice Find! I love the remote!!
spartanmanor
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Beautiful!
diamondsouled
Recycle belly button lint!
Nice Thorens as well :yes:
airframer85
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Love to hear it when you get it up and running
Hm, that speaker is different than mine. Mine has the resistors to sub for the not-there field coil mounted under the big plastic cover on the back of the magnet. Interesting. Also looks like you're missing the rectifiers. Should be a pair of 5Y3's.
The turntable upgrade was common. Not too long after the 800B came out with its 78 rpm changer, the LP format really took off and many people wanted to play LPs on their recently purchased and still very nice Scott radio. One of the original table offerings was a Thorens model, so its possible that CD43 just drops right into the original cutout. Looks like they did a nice job of it either way.
There is a thread on antiqueradios.com about a tone control modification for the 800B that makes a tremendous improvement in sound. The stock controls are sort of strange. The bass control works by bypassing a high pass filter, and I think the treble control is simply variable low pass filter. It doesn't sound that wonderful, poor bass and fairly shrill mids. The modification posted over there removes the stock control circuitry and substitutes what you'll find in the back of the RCA books from the 50s and 60s for a tone control, but it uses two of the existing tubes in the radio. its basically moving a few wires around and adding a couple of caps. I did it to mine, and its just a world of improvement. The amplifier and speaker are quite capable, but the stock tone circuits needed help.
The turntable upgrade was common. Not too long after the 800B came out with its 78 rpm changer, the LP format really took off and many people wanted to play LPs on their recently purchased and still very nice Scott radio. One of the original table offerings was a Thorens model, so its possible that CD43 just drops right into the original cutout. Looks like they did a nice job of it either way.
There is a thread on antiqueradios.com about a tone control modification for the 800B that makes a tremendous improvement in sound. The stock controls are sort of strange. The bass control works by bypassing a high pass filter, and I think the treble control is simply variable low pass filter. It doesn't sound that wonderful, poor bass and fairly shrill mids. The modification posted over there removes the stock control circuitry and substitutes what you'll find in the back of the RCA books from the 50s and 60s for a tone control, but it uses two of the existing tubes in the radio. its basically moving a few wires around and adding a couple of caps. I did it to mine, and its just a world of improvement. The amplifier and speaker are quite capable, but the stock tone circuits needed help.
Caps are mostly in soldered sardine cans. a number are oil caps, but plenty are just paper/wax. I recapped mine completely, melting the solder off the sardine cans to open and re-stuff them. It took quite a lot of time. It also had some bad resistors. Many of the resistors are mounted on tag boards, but there are plenty that aren't. Its possible that the old sardine cans weren't faulty, but i rebuilt them anyway. Its an excellent performer, but its big and complex in ways that only a Scott is.
wildone
Learning as I go!
Hi Frannie,
Yep it was in my pocket! I went over the cab with some howards and she looks great.
Scott