Scott LK-72 (c. 1960–1961)

Most of what survives about the LK-72 is H.H. Scott's own advertising from the 1960-61 season. No independent lab review of this kit has turned up in the archive. The ads make the basics clear enough: the LK-72 was a 72-watt stereo complete amplifier kit, preamp and power amplifier in one chassis, meant to be wired by the buyer.

High Fidelity (December 1960, p.33) carried Scott's launch announcement. It promised the kit was easy enough to wire that the builder could finish it in a few evenings, and that it would hold its own against factory-assembled units in both looks and performance. The same ad claimed the LK-72 cost less than many separate preamp-and-power-amplifier combinations. A follow-up in High Fidelity (January 1961, p.31) repeated the pitch and described Scott's Kit-Pak container, which unfolded into a self-contained work area.

Scott's ads billed the LK-72 as a breakthrough and a new approach to kit design. By March 1961 the advertised price was $149.95. The companion LT-10 Wide-Band FM tuner kit was listed alongside it at $89.95, with a claimed 2.2µV sensitivity (High Fidelity, March 1961, p.19).

Beyond those ads the documented record is thin. No measured specifications - power per channel, distortion, frequency response - have surfaced for the LK-72, and production years and sales figures are unrecorded here. If you've built one, measured one, or have original paperwork, the archive would like to hear from you.