In Reply to: RE: Waamamps??? posted by Cleantimestream on July 9, 2012 at 11:07:17:
That's a good point: the builder goes into a lot of detail about easily replaced components but never mentions the output transformers. I have to laugh at the tiny transformers on the 807 amp. I remember years ago in one of the first issues of Sound Practices there was a build article on a SE 807 amp and the Magnequest SE output transformer was huge; much larger than a 300B OP transformer. The ones on the Waamamps 807 appear to be from an early 60s Japanese PP 6BQ5 amp. As far as I am concerned, the bulk of the price of an amp and the most important components are the power and output transformers. I would never buy an amp without knowing what output transformer was included.
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