[thirtiesradio]

Yes the Scott 4310 was the FM-1000 for Scott. I own a FM-1000 and it's a pretty good tuner although I've found the MF300 and FM200B almost as sensitive. The 4310 is ultra rare and really a great tuner. I compared my rebuilt and professionally aligned FM1000 to a friends 4310 and the 4310 was clearly a better performing tuner. I'd love to own one but the rarity and performance made the price sky rocket the last 10 or so years to about twice of a rebuilt FM1000.

I've never been a fan of Scott as the few items I had were built on cheap, thin aluminum chassis and the components were not up to the standards of Fisher and McIntosh. These were the early tube items too which should be built better than the later items. The Scott items I owned did sound OK but two 222C's I bought both had hum problems that were difficult to remove. I've heard good things about the popular 299 series but have never owned one. I was just to turned off by the 222's to buy another Scott. I had heard about the 296 but never saw one for sale and I don't want to pay close to $2000 for an integrated amp no matter how good it is. Mine came up for sale real cheap so I grabbed it.

The 296 amplifier from 1961 is the exception of the Scott's I've owned and has a reinforced chassis. The weight of the amp and size of the transformers out do my Fisher X1000 and sound wise there is no comparison. The Scott 296 is in a league of it's own. I never thought I'd be so fond of a Scott. I'm still a Fisher and McIntosh fan and listen to a Fisher system almost every night.

I'd love to hear about any Scott's out there as I've heard great things on the 299 series as well as many of their tuners. I believe the 299 series went through many changes and a lot were made.