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H.H. Scott 377B Receiver

I thought I would never buy another vintage receiver, until this HH Scott 337B popped on the market. It was partially recapped and the work was done by a fellow AKer. You can see his work and his ramblings on audiokarma here: HH Scott 377B

I've never heard an American made HH Scott before. While the Japanese made ones sounded nice, they all sounded much like other Japanese made stuff in the late 70s. I was curious about the American made ones. I had an inkling that because it was made in the early 1970s it would be very warm sounding as a lot of early solid state gear replicated the sound of tube amps of the era before.

My suspicions were correct, the HH Scott 377B definitely is on the warmer side of things. Its very nice, very "full/robust" sounding. Definitely a lot more robust sounding over the Pioneer SX-636 I had previously. It has a certain tube characteristic with an emphasis on the more midrange, which is nice. If matched with a more "brighter" sounding speakers to "balance" things out, I think it will sound fantastic. If you like early 70s gear, you will like this Scott. 

The tuner is sufficient, an antenna would work best (like with all tuners) and sounds alright.

Overall, the condition is good. Lamps were replaced and while it seems one of the meter light isn't as bright as the other, that is due to the pigment on the diffuser, no the bulb itself. I think the overall build quality is good, probably similar to many Japanese makes of the time. However, there are a few things I am not a huge fan of 1) the particle board and vinyl wrapped case (some peeling so it can be either be replaced or re-veneered), 2) the second set of speaker binding post are a set of RCA plugs and 3) there are only 3 indicator lamps - FM, AM and "Stereo," no phono or auxiliary light. Nitpicking: the speaker spade connectors are very narrows so I couldn't even use my banana to spade adapter - so I keep some wire attached for ease of plugging them in.

Certainly, the cost saving measures were indicative to keep up with the Japanese manufacturers. But, where quality was needed, it was there.

It's pretty powerful at 40wpc considering this was the middle of the HH Scott trio of the 357B/377B/387B series. It's heavy too! Roughly 26lbs. 

There is not a lot of information about these series of receivers however, they are well made (heavy) and have a very nice mid-century design. The face of the 377B is beveled. Looks great!

Specification according to vintageshifi.com:

American manufacturing
Tuning range: AM FM
FM: 88/109 Mhz
MW: 535/1620 Khz
Usable Sensitivity FM IHF: 1.9 µV
Capture Ratio: 2.5
Selectivity: 35dB
Stereo Separation: 30dB
Tape Output: 0.5v
Power output: 2X40w/8 ohms
Frequency response: 15Hz/20kHz
Total harmonic distortion: 0.5%
Input sensitivity Phono: 3, 6 mV
Signal/noise ratio: 75dB
Dimensions: 17"1/2 X 5"1/2 x 13"1/2
Dimensions: 444 x 140 x 342 mm
Weight: 12,7 KG - 28 Lbs
1972 Price:$ 319,90








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