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- From: george@delta.ee.ufl.edu (George L)
- Subject: Re: Tube amp transformers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.052030.9009@eng.ufl.edu>
- Sender: george@alpha.ee.ufl.edu
- References: <Bz0GpF.Fyn@hfglobe.intel.com> <1992Dec11.002155.19125@ke4zv.uucp> <1gagtfINNqru@rave.larc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 05:20:30 GMT
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- In article <1gagtfINNqru@rave.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey) writes:
- >
- >True enough. If you want to build your own, however, you can easily use
- >undersized output transformers which will saturate more easily. I have,
- >in fact, seen guitar amps that use old filament transformers for the output
- >device; they tend to ring quite a bit because of the uneven phase response
- >and have a quality that some folks like a lot.
- >--scott
- >
- While we are on this subject:
- I have an old Heathkit W4-B tube amplifier with a blown output transformer.
- Anybody got a spare in their junk-box (or know what its specifications
- should be)?
-
- Thanks,
- george@alpha.ee.ufl.edu
-