Maybe 'cause he's been asking for USA sources exclusively?
Best regards!
Yes, I realize that. But the economy in Canada is tightly coupled to that in the US. Until recently they were each others largest trading partners. Now China puts more product into the US. But Canada supplies more auto, trucks & their parts & petroleum products into the US. Hammond has an office & reps in Buffalo, NY State not far from here & Hammond. Hammond has stocking distributors all over the US.
Our politics are different here tho!😀
Best regards!
Yes, I realize that. But the economy in Canada is tightly coupled to that in the US. Until recently they were each others largest trading partners. Now China puts more product into the US. But Canada supplies more auto, trucks & their parts & petroleum products into the US. Hammond has an office & reps in Buffalo, NY State not far from here & Hammond. Hammond has stocking distributors all over the US.
Our politics are different here tho!😀
Hammond understands that a Canada-only (40 million people) iron shop will vanish under Asian competition. California USA alone is the size of Canada. Working to support the USA market offers Hammond about 7X the possible market while staying in a comfortable economic zone. Beyond stocking distributors, Hammond have been VERY proactive in "drop shipping": I order with Ace or Mouser or Suzy, they fax Hammond and it comes to me. Possible large savings in dusty inventory and redundant shipping of heavy iron.
Jensen makes two line level transformers that were of interest to me in learning...
A little step up line input...
https://www.jensen-transformers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jt-11p4-11.pdf
And this one a line output to center tapped secondary, I've wondered if this guy can replace the phase inverter stage of a PP amp? AC couple the input (because it probably cant handle DC), then use the CT output as the phase inverter which wouldnt need AC coupling? I dont know, just spitballing, but to your topic Jensen makes these two guys.
https://www.jensen-transformers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jt-10k61-1m.pdf
A little step up line input...
https://www.jensen-transformers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jt-11p4-11.pdf
And this one a line output to center tapped secondary, I've wondered if this guy can replace the phase inverter stage of a PP amp? AC couple the input (because it probably cant handle DC), then use the CT output as the phase inverter which wouldnt need AC coupling? I dont know, just spitballing, but to your topic Jensen makes these two guys.
https://www.jensen-transformers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/jt-10k61-1m.pdf
In the thread here, it was said that ClassicTone is sadly going out of business due to the virus.
Triode Electronics online has a great selection of tube type transformers.
I've dealt with them plenty.
Most of the time, the answer to this is no. Most PP amps use a fair amount of global negative feedback, and putting another signal transformer in this loop will tend to cause stability issues.
Hammond has switched to asia manufacturing, too.
I ordered chokes some years ago and they were made in Canada.
Ordered the same chokes two years ago and they were a different manufacture.
So what they do is having a subcontract to an asian (China?) company and just ship them as Hammond. Same case was with Apple computers. Old models (Apple II) were US made, after they were nearly bankrupt they switched to another model and have their stuff produced by third party (Foxconn) in asia.
It has nothing in common with supporting US economy, just shareholder value. Hammond is a private company, so its just supporting the owners, not the canadian economy. I bet if one would search intensely the database of the chinese online markets, one would find those chokes coming directly from a big local manufacturing company.
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It is an interesting situation with North American companies, such as Hammond and Apple, going offshore. But, seriously, can anyone blame them? Without doing that, they'd probably be out of business. Think of something pedestrian like a garage door opener under the Stanley label. Is any consumer willing to pay twice as much for one made in Canada or the US as opposed to China? Not likely. The vast majority of consumers will take lower priced items if they believe that the quality is acceptable; not the same, but acceptable. That's part of Wal-Mart's success.
Industry will VANISH all over the World unless tariffs, trade barriers are erected again.
Chinese are definitely NOT competing on an even field: they pay peanuts for salaries, make workers work insane long hours, Government heavily subsidizes not only manufacturing but shipping, heavily, and many other tricks.
Tariff must compensate for such heavy biasing in their favour.
Of course, I´m not holding my breath for that to happen.
EDIT: this is a top working conditions Chinese factory, not sure many others treat workers that well. And yet ....
Imagine an American Company trying to compete with them:
Factory City: EUPA . Documentary China labors and the largest factory in the world - YouTube
Chinese are definitely NOT competing on an even field: they pay peanuts for salaries, make workers work insane long hours, Government heavily subsidizes not only manufacturing but shipping, heavily, and many other tricks.
Tariff must compensate for such heavy biasing in their favour.
Of course, I´m not holding my breath for that to happen.
EDIT: this is a top working conditions Chinese factory, not sure many others treat workers that well. And yet ....
Imagine an American Company trying to compete with them:
Factory City: EUPA . Documentary China labors and the largest factory in the world - YouTube
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For full bandwidth, single-ended designs I would second the Electra-Print recommendation.
For bang-for-buck I would second the Edcor recommendation, especially if your tube amplifier is going to be used in an active crossover style setup. They are also a great choice for power supply magnetics.
For push-pull, I would recommend amorphous core output transformers from Lundahl, available through K&K Audio in the USA.
For bang-for-buck I would second the Edcor recommendation, especially if your tube amplifier is going to be used in an active crossover style setup. They are also a great choice for power supply magnetics.
For push-pull, I would recommend amorphous core output transformers from Lundahl, available through K&K Audio in the USA.
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It seems Mike Laferve (Magnequest owner) suddenly passed away a few years back.. I bought a pair of FS-030 from him in 93, when he first started. He had just acquired all the rights to all the Altec transformer design/production. When I contacted him, I was looking for a pair of PP transformers for a 2A3 project I was putting together. Since this was a custom job, it took forever and after 3 months he offered a pair of FS-030s for the same price as the 2A3 iron.
If I were looking at current production, I'd look at Hashimoto (or Tango if that's in your budget) out of Japan, Sowter, or Lundahl. If you want old school, UTC or Peerless.
Not all of them. Last two 1650W OPTs I bought said ‘Made in Canada’ on them. One purchased last year, one this year. Then again, it is one of their more expensive models.
Elsewhere on this forum: 17 Nov 2020 ..... Magnequest messaged me personally that he retired.
SpiritPhone?
I'll be sure to mention that to him the next time I talk to him.. 😛
He's on Facebook, you can find him there.
Are they still in business? Their website has no contact info, no prices and no way to order but strangely there is a working Paypal link so you can send them money 😕
If you send an email to sales 'at' transcendar 'dot' com and ask for a quote, you'll get a prompt reply. I ordered a pair of push-pull OPTs and received them a couple weeks ago. I think it took about 4 weeks after placing my order. All good.
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