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Transformers
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 3:24 pm
by karatestu
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
Re: Transformers
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:10 pm
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Nope!
Re: Transformers
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 4:24 pm
by karatestu
Oh
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:17 am
by karatestu
So Doc, what makes you like toroids more than EI ?
Lower hum field ? Lower winding resistance ?
Stu
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:12 am
by Dr Bunsen Honeydew
They make my amps sound better.
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 11:22 am
by Classicrock
Toroids have long been regarded as superior.
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:19 pm
by wiicrackpot
Classicrock wrote:Toroids have long been regarded as superior.
Naim used them, so it's the best, my brainwashed days.
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:25 pm
by Daniel Quinn
Robots in disguise .
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 12:32 pm
by _D_S_J_R_
wiicrackpot wrote:Classicrock wrote:Toroids have long been regarded as superior.
Naim used them, so it's the best, my brainwashed days.
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 problems
Re: Transformers
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:17 pm
by Geoff.R.G
The only real issue with toroidal transformers comes when the case shorts on the central mounting bolt! Acrylic cases obviously prevent any such problems.