Scott/Heathkit Tube Amps Modded By Mapleshade

Arrakian
The scott 299a with the europas' sounds very open and neutral (i.e. not overly tube like or colored). with proper placement this combo offers a respectable soundstage. if you like loud you may be disappointed, on a loudness scale of 1-10 your only going to get a 7. mids are wonderful highs are great lows are so-so. i listen to jazz mainly and some rock. system is in a medium size room (12x12). overall sound for the price is excellant. this is a second system for me. my main system is cj 8a's, cj 16ls, cj15 phono, wadia 860, rega 3 w/exact, martin logan proteges'. this little scott/europa combo holds its own very well.

Thanks for the reply, Schiss. I kinda figured I wouldn't get super loud sound out of a 20-watt amp, but with the speakers having 90+dB, I'd get reasonable loudness in my room. my main thing was to get the beauty of tubes with the great Europa qualities talked about on this forum...and then some.

I have a Mapleshade modded 222c that is driving MMG's without difficulty. The sound quality is superb, and they can reach good volumn levels in my small (12x 12) brightish room without clipping.

Drdennis