Scott 310-B
The H.H. Scott 310-B is an FM tuner from the late 1950s. Scott's advertising pushed it hard and billed it as the best FM tuner of its day. The surviving record is almost entirely that advertising, so this page is built from it. These are marketing claims, not independent lab findings.
A January 1957 ad in High-Fidelity (p.115) priced the 310-B at $159.95, offered a mahogany accessory case for $19.95, and listed dimensions of roughly 13¾ × 5 × 9¼ inches. Scott boasted in High-Fidelity (May 1958, p.111) that a leading consumer-testing organization had rated the 310-B outstanding in every respect. No other tuner got that rating in the report. Scott also claimed it was the only tuner that would hold its tuning on a weak signal right next to a strong one, with no drift and no pulling. The engineering pitch was an exclusive wide-band FM design and a new silver-sensitive front end, both aimed at serious long-distance (DX) reception. Prices were slightly higher west of the Rockies, per the ad's fine print.
Beyond the advertising, documentation is thin. No independent review of the 310-B is in the archive, and no service manual or full spec sheet has turned up here.
Known specs, drawn from the period ads:
- FM tuner
- $159.95 list; mahogany case $19.95 extra
- About 13¾ × 5 × 9¼ inches
- Wide-band FM design; silver-sensitive front end
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