Scott 31Z (c. 1964)
The Scott 31Z was a solid-state FM stereo tuner, advertised as new in the autumn of 1964. Almost all that survives of its record is one ad campaign. Scott's ad quoted Audio (October 1964, p.2) as calling the 31Z one of the finest tuners anywhere, and offered it at $259.95. The same ad also ran in HiFi/Stereo Review (September 1964, p.31).
Beyond that campaign, almost nothing is documented about the 31Z. The Archive's research has turned up no service manual, no specification sheet and no independent test report. The surviving scan has one wrinkle. The ad's body text also mentions a "Scott 312" solid-state tuner, and it isn't clear whether that was a sibling model or an OCR slip of the 31Z's own name. Either way, the 31Z appears to have been one of Scott's early transistorized tuners, sold on the strength of a favorable Audio review.
Known from period advertising:
- Type: solid-state FM stereo tuner
- Price (new, 1964): $259.95
- Advertised in Audio (October 1964) and HiFi/Stereo Review (September 1964)
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