Scott 384 (circa 1967–1968)

Name: Scott 384
Brand: Scott

The Scott 384 is an AM/FM stereo receiver, and almost everything known about it comes from period advertising. No original owner's manual, service manual or factory spec sheet has turned up in the Archive's research materials. No contemporary review with measured performance data has been found either. What exists is a handful of Scott promotional placements from 1967 and 1968.

Scott pitched the 384 as a medium-priced receiver with 90 watts of "usable" power, which the ads called "conservatively rated." FM sensitivity was claimed at 1.9 µV. The design used Scott Integrated Circuits in the FM IF section and Field Effect Transistors in the front end. The company was pushing both technologies across its line at the time. The front panel had pushbuttons for input selection and a "disappearing dial." The dial stayed hidden when the receiver was off and showed only when it was powered on, which left the face unusually clean. A "Wide-Range AM" section was included, and Scott played it up as a differentiator when AM was often an afterthought. High Fidelity (November 1967, p.21) called the 384 "all-new" and "medium-priced," and pointed to its integrated-circuit FM circuitry and conservatively rated power.

Past the advertising claims, the specifications are undocumented in the available record. That covers distortion figures, frequency response, dimensions and weight. The 384 does not appear in the published Scott model catalog on the Archive. No production run dates or original price have been confirmed.

Known specifications (from period advertising):