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RE: AS250 info

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In Reply to: RE: AS250 info posted by twystd on May 21, 2009 at 23:46:15

My experiences with the AS-250...

I got a pair of the AS-250 units (M4 I guess, no nickel was offered at the time) when Mike first offered them (mid '90s?). I combined them with a pair of the MQ/Peerless Altec 17173 centertapped driver chokes and made a Brook 22A clone. (WE396 input amp/phase splitter, 5687 driver, Sovtek SP 2A3, no NFB). This made one great-sounding amp. While my speakers are quite efficient, this amp sounds more powerful than the 80W solid-state amp I was using previously. Even with zero feedback the bass is well-controlled.

If this is a relatively-simple coil wind job (compared to a 20-20 series unit), it might make a good budget offering. It sounds good to my ears, anyway.

-Dan

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RE: AS250 info - mqracing 21:11:46 06/25/09 (0)
neat. I was just stacking a few pairs of these today from a newer run of AS-250's. These are really nice designs.

A topology such as you describe is so easy and straightforward... that with good tubes, good iron, good layout, etc... it would just plain have to sound quite good.

And funny you mention about the nickel.... I actually stacked one pair with all nickel lams. Did one other pair with M4 lams... and a third pair with M6 laminations.

I'll probably be putting these up for sale very shoortly---- look for an announcement over the next few days or so.

Mike

Builder of MagneQuest™ & Peerless™ transformers since 1989

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