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From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 12:16 AM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] AM radio...Re: [ARSCLIST] NAB vs. DIN recordings
Most modern AM radios are horrible. They have way too much roll off and
cause listener fatigue (because of the phase anomalies, in my opinion).
Those classic tubed consoles from the 30's-50's are SO MUCH better. One
of these days I'm going to find a HH Scott to listen to sports and the
local R&B/soul station. >
Don't you mean an E.H. Scott? HH was the later manufacturer of hi-fi and
stereo gear.
I have an E.H. Scott 800-B, dated 1946 (when it cost $1,600, which was
about $4-500 more than a new Chevrolet sedan!). 24 tubes, solid mahogany
(veneered with MORE mahogany!) cabinet, both chassis chrome-plated...
25-watt output into a coaxial speaker, with a 15" main driver. It's now
in storage in Milwaukee...but when I had it in Toronto I could bring in
WGN (Chicago) at high noon...!
Mr. Scott left the firm shortly after the 800-B was designed...the company
and "goodwill" were later sold to a maker of ordinary radios, which "died"
in a couple of years as TV pretty well ended the "luxury radio" business
and household radios all became 5 (sometimes 6) tube AC/DC "All American
Specials"...mostly AM-only until stereo FM gave buyers a reason to listen
to that band...!
Steven C. Barr