The Dude Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Haven't seen any post on this classic for a while, so I thought I'd share mine. Recently received from @NOS Valves after he performed one of his deluxe rebuilds. I once had a 222c refurbed from him and i now remember what I've been missing all these years. This thing sounds amazing and is amazingly clean sounding, no hums or hiss even with the volume all the way up and no music playing. Man this sounds so good with my Heresys, I don't know how to explain it, natural, clean. I'd say this integrated amp compares to my Diy ACA. Please excuse the mess as I recently started to convert one of my kids old rooms into a study. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I use an HH Scott LK-72 which I think is similar to a 299C. It was a DIY kit from 1960. I have had that unit for close to 20 years and I use it regularly still with some Heresys like you are doing. My experience has been similar. Clean clear sound, virtually dead silent, and a very noticeable 3D sound stage. Somewhere in this forum are the performance measurements after John Warren replaced the power transformer and other parts several years ago. I think he even developed his own version of the LK-72 after servicing my unit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 17 hours ago, mark1101 said: I think he even developed his own version of the LK-72 after servicing my unit. I followed that thread of him building his own version. I would love to hear one some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Craigs completely restored Scott compares to an do it yourself Amp Camp Amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWelsh Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Nice post! I don't know much about the 299C so I had to look it up. Sounds like your experience with the Scott is similar to mine with my Fisher X-101-B. I even relate to what you're saying about the comparison with the ACA. Between the Fisher and the ACA, I can't say that one is better than the other. They are very slightly different, for sure, but I couldn't say one is clearly better than the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I never heard an Amp Camp Amp, but I will say that my HH Scott LK-72 has a definite vintage sound to it. It does not sound at all like my NBS/VRD more modern tube setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 On 9/4/2024 at 10:03 AM, mark1101 said: but I will say that my HH Scott LK-72 has a definite vintage sound to it. It does not sound at all like my NBS/VRD more modern tube setup. That is interesting, I some day would love to hear that NOSValves set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleJ Posted Wednesday at 02:06 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:06 PM Hi, If I hook a powered subwoofer to the "derived" channel on my Scott 299c, will the subwoofer control be from the amp only? Just trying to figure out if I will lose the ability to adjust volume/crossover settings at the subwoofer. Thanks JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted Wednesday at 03:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 03:14 PM From the schematic, it appears that the center channel is derived from secondary of the output transformer. So the volume control will also affect the center channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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