Thank you for showing us this wonderful gram. Ive just bought a 1953 Telefunken concerto radiogram,cocktail cabinet. I will love it as you obviously do yours. Paul. New Zealand
Beautiful Scott 800B! Looks and sounds wonderful! The only EH Scott I own, is an Imperial Allwave 23, which I've restored to operating condition. I wish I also had an 800B, maybe one day I'll find an affordable one!
Quite an impressive set for home use. The 25w 6L6 amp and 15" speaker are the same as used in jukeboxes of the day, so I imagine that unit could certainly fill the room with sound!
It's not the same company. This early piece is the E.H. Scott company, Chicago. These were all hand-built chassis! Later was H.H. Scott, out of Maynard, Massachusetts. HH Scott made some wonderful hifi and stereo equipment. Much later, HH Scott was bought out including the name "Scott" that is the cheaper stuff. There was no relation between E.H. Scott and Hermon Hosmer Scott.
That's cool, in the 1970's we had one that lifted up with two separate tops, split in the middle, turnable and receiver, speakers on each side. I miss those. Thank you.
What a beautiful model. Thank you for the demonstration, your hard work, investment and time dedicated to keep it going. I also admire the room, very fitting. Kudos Sir!
Oops.. going back to the beginning I do see the ‘AM eye’ illuminates and all is well. It is doubtful that either ‘eye’ will fully close on any station… AM or FM… you tune in… regardless of how well you have aligned the IF section. The ‘eye’ closes based on a voltage obtained from the AGC (automatic gain control) circuit of the IF section. Unless you live next to the transmitter of a given station don’t expect the eye to fully close. The ‘perceived signal strength’ of the station will not be great enough to close the ‘eye’.
Grand! I do notice that the ‘AM eye’ does not work… I believe at the beginning of the video you were in the AM mode… you ‘punched up’ WGN… which is AM… and I noted noise behind the faint signal as you’re out in New Jersey and WGN is in Chicago. The filament is not lit on that eye… but the ‘FM eye’ is lit… even while you are in the phono mode… so, some confusion remains in my mind. At one point I thought, perhaps, the unit was ‘intelligent’ enough to power up only the ‘eye’ appropriate for the band you select.
What a beautiful set. You did a great job with the electronic restoration. It sounds wonderful! I love the warm room filling sound of 1940's audio equipment. I have an RCA 648PV rear projection TV with an AM/FM/SW receiver and 78RPM record changer that I restored in 2000 (some clips of it are available here on RU-vid). It too offers that warm, full sound.
The third and least expensive choice of record changers was the Webster-Chicago, a common model used in many lower-priced consoles. The Thorens CD-40 may have cost more than the Garrard and was unconventional and more difficult to operate, so I'd imagine most people chose the Garrard.
All that i can say that this piece of neat hifi kit originally drove a 15 electrodynamic coaxial speaker the tubes that drove the massive speaker where a pair of 6v6s in push pull some models had a built-in b&w tv receiver and a phonogram record player inside also motorised tuning lovely piece of vintage pre hifi gear though love it
I have a 1930s RCA console radio with a motorized tuner in it. I haven't messed with it yet as I need to restore it. I'm fearing it's going to be a very challenging radio to restore as I am sure all the grease has hardened with age. I've always liked the look of the Scott 800B and it's neat to see a demonstration of it. Did you have to refresh all the grease on this tuner?
My parents had a 1962 Coupe deVille in the new color "Maize" (aka canary yellow) with matching interior. It was gorgeous. How far Cadillac has fallen. They've completely lost their identity and position in the luxury car market. Sad indeed.
I had a 77 CDV. Drove like silk. Engine was really weak. So the 502 that replaced it woke this beautiful beast up. Sounded like ripping silk with the right exhaust. Sold it with 34k miles. Had everything m, moon roof, dual power leather seats. A rust free southern car. Should have kept it. Just a smooth riding car. NOT a back road burner. Brother owns it and the original 425. Has only put 186 miles on it. Sits in a climate controlled garage and is started up weekly, washed n waxed, detailed monthly. What a car. Really nice Caddy you have here.
