I had seen from time to time Mapleshade modded Scott tuners for sale on Audiogon but they never seemed to last very long. So I started to do research as much as I could about the mod and found many user comments to be extremely satisfied ones. So I made the call.

Mapleshade is only about two hours from my home, so I made arrangements to meet Pierre Sprey, President of Mapleshade Records, halfway between our locations. I was very pleased Pierre made the offer to meet me, it saved me a longer drive and any possibility of damage if I had elected to ship the tuner. I very much appreciated this customer consideration.

So where are we...Well, the tuner has been back for a while now and I just can't say enough how great it sounds, "CD quality" clarity was an underlining theme I kept reading while researching the companies tuner mod, and they were very accurate with this assessment, and it all somehow still retained the tube sound magic. Truly a great mod and I highly recommend it to any Scott tuner owner.

Disclose; I have no affiliation with the company other than the recent worked performed, nor was I asked to make any postings or received any discounts thereafter. Actually, if there was one thing I felt could deter some, it would be the price as there are other mods out there to be had for cheaper but in my case I believe it was money well spent.

 RE: Scott 310-e w/ Mapleshade mod - Marantzguy 18:22:54 05/11/12 (3)
 Ask Scott Blair? Search here. - Timbo in Oz 19:54:14 05/13/12 (1)
 RE: Ask Scott Blair? Search here. - Mr_bill2 05:54:02 05/14/12 (0)

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 RE: Scott 310-e w/ Mapleshade mod - Marantzguy 18:22:54 05/11/12 (3)
 Ask Scott Blair? Search here. - Timbo in Oz 19:54:14 05/13/12 (1)
 RE: Ask Scott Blair? Search here. - Mr_bill2 05:54:02 05/14/12 (0)
 RE: Scott 310-e w/ Mapleshade mod - Mr_bill2 09:13:55 05/12/12 (0)

The details of the mod were not explained to me, other than they called it a "full Mapleshade mod" which to me implies other low alternatives.

Externally the only thing I see different is a new set of RCA jacks installed on the back replacing old ones. The internal changes were not divulged other than to say the mod could be deleted(ie brought back to original) in the future if I ever wanted to. Also I got the impression the mod was more subtractive than additive, but that it did include capacitor changes here and there and a full alignment for optimal performance.

I would suggest a call to Mapleshade for more specifics on this topic. Sorry I could not be more helpful, my knowledge in this field is very limited but luckily my ears tell me all I need to know. One of the first things that really struck me was, that it recreated the best concert hall effects I had ever heard from a tuner while listening to my local classical station. It really blew me away. Now granted the tuner was stock from the mid 60's so probably in need of a service but even before the mod, the Scott sounded great and actually better than my previous tuner it had replaced, an MD-102 an older ss model. So I wasn't expecting that much of an upgrade from stock to the Mapleshade mod, I was thinking more along the lines of a maintenance & tuning upgrade to bring it up to 2012 standards.

If you have any other questions you think I might be able to answer that I haven't addressed, please feel free to ask away.

Regards,
Bill