audioslave73
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Just found one on a major auction site. Thinking about taking the plunge if the price stays with in a couple hundred of where it is now. How high would you guys go?
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HH Scott 296 amp
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I generally see the big Scott amps sell for around $600 or so in unrestored condition. If you are trying to get it for less, chances are you'll be outbid. The thing may sit at as low as $150 up until the last few hours, then go way up. Myself, if I was in the market for this model, I'd put a top stop at $600 and hope for the best. That is if the amp is presently working and not modified (other then the replacement of the bias rectifier and coupling caps) and if it includes a set of tubes. If the amp has been professionally rebuilt, it is probably worth twice that. Heck, the transformers alone are worth around the $600.00 price.
soundmotor
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I have one and the only thing I can't say about it is if it is better sounding than my non-working 272. The power is effortless and on bass it truly slams, almost solid-state in presentation. Midrange & up it is wonderful as well. Of all the integrateds I've had and still have, it is the best (comment on 272 noted). Good luck, if you get it you will love it too. I had always hoped to find the big Fisher equivalent to compare it too but that never happened unfortunately. I suspect it would be close.
audioslave73
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Thanks for the info guys. I emailed the guy he swears that last time it was fired up by his father in law it worked great. He just doesn't know enough about it to test it out........ Would be sweet if I was able to sneak in there and win it at the last minute and didnt need to much resto.
Always assume that it needs 100% restoration! Even if working now, the old caps will inevitably fail over time, perhaps catastrophically :thmbsp:
I bet a lot of amps have been lost to bad caps that seemed good at the time. And they can really destroy tubes, too. :sigh: I have one amp here with spendy unobtainium output tubes, two of which are nearly shot because the previous owner didn't replace the coupling caps or bias supply (the other two are as-new). I have a Citation II that had a bad bias supply and couldn't idle lower than 100mA with good tubes. Even worse, someone had replaced the bias resistor with the wrong value, so the past owner had been setting it at a ridiculous idle. Needless to say, it had a nice puddle of transformer wax inside the case. :nono:
