funkenaround
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Just got my HH Scott 399 receiver running this evening, this after many hours of work, after running for a few hours hooked up to my Kef C'40's ( what a great speaker they are), I have become more and more impressed with it listen minute , after being comfortable that everything was stable, I buttoned up bottom and top, moved her over to my main speaker stage, Gemme audio Katana's and wow, sweet sweet sweet.
the 399 is a compilation of HH Scotts all famous 299 B amplifier section and a 330 D tuner section all together in one. Operating at 20wpc, 23 tubes in all, output section calling for 7189's and 12ax7's for audio af
Seeing as the called for 7189 is an over glorified 6bq5/el84 running close to temperature of the sun and as scarce and expensive as platinum, I've decided to make a simple modification in order to allow the receiver amp section to run on the more common, easily attainable, cooler running and affordable EL84. I've dialed it down to just a tick over 300 V at the output stage and with onboard D/C, AC and Bias Adjust capable circuitry, it was a no brainer.
sounds wonderful at most levels, just not sure if the JJ's were the best choice, just is that the JJ's came down to the only choice, I wanted a matched Quad in a new issue EL84, the JJ's were the only ones that would fit in the sub chassis mounted tube socket design here, I originally picked up a matched quarted of EH's, but they would fit and anything else I was told by the tubestore were larger in diameter hence the JJ's I ended up with.
it has some bumps and bruises, not a perfect specimen cosmetically, and the AM section is out to lunch but who listens to that anyhow except while driving in the car. The FM section is so incredible awesome, it rivals the FM section in my Macintosh MX-110, not sure why, but it just seems to. ....
I just love the presence of the dual tuner dial in this Scott design, the 399 is a rare beauty any in any condition I was a taker.
I'll post some pics later
the 399 is a compilation of HH Scotts all famous 299 B amplifier section and a 330 D tuner section all together in one. Operating at 20wpc, 23 tubes in all, output section calling for 7189's and 12ax7's for audio af
Seeing as the called for 7189 is an over glorified 6bq5/el84 running close to temperature of the sun and as scarce and expensive as platinum, I've decided to make a simple modification in order to allow the receiver amp section to run on the more common, easily attainable, cooler running and affordable EL84. I've dialed it down to just a tick over 300 V at the output stage and with onboard D/C, AC and Bias Adjust capable circuitry, it was a no brainer.
sounds wonderful at most levels, just not sure if the JJ's were the best choice, just is that the JJ's came down to the only choice, I wanted a matched Quad in a new issue EL84, the JJ's were the only ones that would fit in the sub chassis mounted tube socket design here, I originally picked up a matched quarted of EH's, but they would fit and anything else I was told by the tubestore were larger in diameter hence the JJ's I ended up with.
it has some bumps and bruises, not a perfect specimen cosmetically, and the AM section is out to lunch but who listens to that anyhow except while driving in the car. The FM section is so incredible awesome, it rivals the FM section in my Macintosh MX-110, not sure why, but it just seems to. ....
I just love the presence of the dual tuner dial in this Scott design, the 399 is a rare beauty any in any condition I was a taker.
I'll post some pics later
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