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Article #14862Re: Tube amp transformers
From: George L
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 05:20
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 05:20
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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
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.audio,alt.guitar,rec.music.makers.guitar Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!eng.ufl.edu!delta.ee.ufl.edu!george 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 Lines: 16