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Oh, much! Welcome to HeadCase!

Yes, but hopefully they put the money inside? Better than some vendors with a $300 case on a $500 $25 unit.

Time to resurrect this thread. The shit still sucks, and its only Dec. 1st; way too early to start this crap again!

Thanks Marc. I wouldn't need to parallel the secondaries, but have dual supplies, so one secondary per supply (channel). I may just use a 102VA Hammond 186F120 instead. Regarding the transformer you are having problems with: have you tried reversing one set of secondary connections? If that doesn't do it, I don't know. Could be a defect, but I'm not the most knowledgeable on transformers either.

I took another look, and also checked some of the other suppliers you recommended Marc. DIYGene has a 100VA R-core, and one of the secondary choices is: R80-34 (30-20-0-20-30)X2(1A).0-15 X2(1A).0-9 (1A) I would guess that the 30-20-0-20-30 windings would work as 60V windings from the ends? Or am I mistaken? Anything I would need to be concerned about as far as ground for the preamp goes, etc? I don't think so but thought I'd check. Also, Marc, was it your impression that these R-core trannys that you have used are light on their specification (i.e., a 50VA isn't really 50VA, etc.) I got a bit confused reading your impressions of these. Thanks, Chris

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I got an email today from partsconnexion regarding their November sale, and they indicated that Zapfilters are back in stock at $214. They should be on sale at least until the 30th at 15% off.

happy birthday Aura!

How many you need?

Modified sigma22 kit from glassjar for morphsci's Audio Alchemy HPA1.0... Moar power be like good, ya know?

Look at Sonic Craft High-End DIY Audio Parts. They have the C series as well as the AC and Std. If you could use a K series (VK, etc.) that is what I would get, but it doesn't look like there is anything close to what you need. I assume you also checked Michael Percy Audio?

Oh My God The BS meter did itself in after reading that site...

I wouldn't.... j/k

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I'd like to see SED... think this was Toshiba and Canon (or someone else??), and supposedly gives you all the advantages of both LCD and plasma IIRC. I think they are supposed to come out next year?

What? Returning items to Best Buy isn't a pleasant experience?

I'm glad to hear that Luis!

I didn't see anything in analog888's listings, nor any offer for custom values. DIY Gene also sells R-cores on ebay: 50W R Core Transformer,115V//230V, for Preamp,DAC/R26-x - eBay (item 260307179697 end time Nov-27-08 05:34:16 PST) R26-42 0-50-55X2 would work, although it is 50VA, which I guess would be more than enough. I had heard the same thing as you were telling me though that going up a bit on the xfrmr rating could sound better. He has some 100VA, but nothing with the right secondaries. Plus, this was the guy that was doing the clone amps (and probably still is), so I'm not sure I want to deal with him.

I would think Reactionary might be a better term...

Marc, The transformer I need for the Aleph clone is 2 x 55-60V secondaries (and probably something to do a 5Vdc supply off of for input selector/volume control ala Dantimax or TwistedPear, etc.). I was looking at vt4c, but only see the custom 50VA and 100VA, of which I would probably want the 100VA one. They are somewhat unclear, as they have a statement but then provide pricing quantities of 1-3, etc. which would seem to indicate that I could order 1? Regarding your last statement, I ran across this thread today which I found rather illuminating... particularly around the middle of it (p5 or so, p8 is interesting ).

This is our 4th Accord... I must be getting too set in my ways I was considering a TL, but decided to limit the damages more...