Transformers
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Transformers
Most of the gear i have owned has come with a torid.
I have just acquired four lovely EI transformers to try instead of toroids. Can't wait to see what effect these will have on SQ.
A year or two ago i used very small (5VA) pcb mount EI transformers for dac and clock supplies in my Naim CD player. Whoops should not own up to having a Naim on this forum. Anyway, with the DAC i swapped the 5VA EI for a much larger toroid but much preferred the EI.
Anyone else like EI over toroids ?
Stu
I have just acquired four lovely EI transformers to try instead of toroids. Can't wait to see what effect these will have on SQ.
A year or two ago i used very small (5VA) pcb mount EI transformers for dac and clock supplies in my Naim CD player. Whoops should not own up to having a Naim on this forum. Anyway, with the DAC i swapped the 5VA EI for a much larger toroid but much preferred the EI.
Anyone else like EI over toroids ?
Stu
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Re: Transformers
So Doc, what makes you like toroids more than EI ?
Lower hum field ? Lower winding resistance ?
Stu
Lower hum field ? Lower winding resistance ?
Stu
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Re: Transformers
Naim used them, so it's the best, my brainwashed days.Classicrock wrote:Toroids have long been regarded as superior.
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Re: Transformers
Naim's transformers may have been 'better,' but they were so loosely wound/not impregnated that most of them sounded off like buzz-saws with anything other than perfect mains. Maybe it was better to have them like this, but that was the least of their amp's problemswiicrackpot wrote:Naim used them, so it's the best, my brainwashed days.Classicrock wrote:Toroids have long been regarded as superior.
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