Billingtons in the UK are a good source. They have used, guaranteed tubes.
Billingtons
Those are wholesale prices, so there is a minimum order price. Maybe take 8, and offload a few locally to pay for postage?
You will be hamstrung with your cheap OPT, however. Perhaps a headphone amp is the best way to connect to the character of a tube?
Billingtons
Those are wholesale prices, so there is a minimum order price. Maybe take 8, and offload a few locally to pay for postage?
You will be hamstrung with your cheap OPT, however. Perhaps a headphone amp is the best way to connect to the character of a tube?
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How does the Fullmusic compere to a original 45? It looks more like a long plate 2a3 than a 45.
The Edcor XSE15-5K works surprisingly good with 45's, after all you are only asking for it to pass 2 watts.
Measured frequency response in a TSE amp set up for 45's was about 10 Hz to 45 KHz @ 3dB. Listening tests surprised most of the listeners.
After these tests nearly 15 years ago I started making triode wired 6V6 amps based on the SSE board with these OPT's. They were the closest thing you could get to a 45 amp without spending DHT money.
Some old info here:
Budget Output Transformers | Tubelab
Cheap SE output transformers
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