Scott 312C
The Scott 312C is a solid-state FM stereo tuner that Scott introduced in late 1966. It was a top-tier model. High Fidelity (March 1967, p.61) listed it at $294.95, a significant sum at the time, and described it in a product-news item as a "broadcast monitor tuner." The same review gave the front panel as 15 by 4⅜ inches, with an 11-inch chassis depth.
The 312C used three field-effect transistors in the front-end tuning section, which was silver-plated - a detail noted in HiFi/Stereo (December 1966, p.26). The i.f. section used silicon transistors. A front-panel switch let the tuning meter work either as a signal-strength indicator or as a zero-center tuning aid. Scott advertised the 312C and the similar 315 together, claiming their FET circuitry made them audibly superior to anything else available. Those ads ran in Audio (September 1966, p.2) and elsewhere.
Documentation on the 312C is thin beyond these period sources. No service manual or detailed specification sheet has turned up in the Archive’s research. Scott meant it as a no-compromise FM tuner at the dawn of the solid-state era, and it remains a fairly obscure model among Scott’s tuners.
- Type: FM stereo tuner, solid-state
- Front end: 3 FETs, silver-plated
- I.F. section: Silicon transistors
- Meter: Switchable signal-strength / zero-center
- Dimensions: 15 × 4⅜ in. front panel, 11 in. depth
- Price (1967): $294.95
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