Blue lover here! About to place my order
I like the Blue as well.
Best Regards,
TerryO
Maybe I got an especially good deal 'cause our commercial millwork installations also include a lot of steel and aluminum metal work, and he gets all our business.
Ya think??
The choice for that type of blue mystifies me, anyone knows their reasons?
It's a big marketing f* up, if you ask me.
Well, those blue bells 'stick out like a sore thumb' in online pictures, so free advertising??
First thing I'd do would be repaint over the blue and the large Edcor label....if they want free adverts, they can give me a discount.... or go to a classy badge like some of the high-priced can transformers...
In case anyone is interested, Edcor's powder coating comes off relatively easy with conventional paint stripper. Just about falls off, actually.
In my experience with powder-coated stuff on my boat, powder-coating is quite over-rated. No more durable than decent paint.
It's a long way from the 'porcelain' coatings on old metal stoves and pots, etc....
It's a big marketing f* up, if you ask me.
Edcor is a typical company that is run by a semi-entrepreneurial techie, rather than a true business minded entrepreneur. All marketing knowledge came through trial and error, not intuition or training.
I keep imagining them looking for investors...
Investor: "So what sets your company/product apart from your competition?"
Edcor: "Our products are blue, they really stand out!"
Sounds like something from Spinal Tap.
Yes, I believe they have sacrificed a LOT of sales because of their stubborn attachment to the color and will continue to do so. I don't mind the color, personally, but it's not something I want to see too much on my audio gear.
..Todd
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Stripping seems like a lot of unnecessary work. What I've done is to peel off the Edcor stickers, remove the bells, lightly go over them with steel wool, and paint them with Krylon High Heat & Radiator flat black spray paint. They look great and I've never had the paint chip or peel off.
That's practical but apparently there are purists among us.Stripping seems like a lot of unnecessary work.
Stripping seems like a lot of unnecessary work. What I've done is to peel off the Edcor stickers, remove the bells, lightly go over them with steel wool, and paint them with Krylon High Heat & Radiator flat black spray paint. They look great and I've never had the paint chip or peel off.
That's the lazy way. Only lazy, informed or professional painters would do that!
I actually had to strip a whole car once...believe me, there will never be a second time.
Best Regards,
TerryO
Edcor is a typical company that is run by a semi-entrepreneurial techie, rather than a true business minded entrepreneur. All marketing knowledge came through trial and error, not intuition or training.
I keep imagining them looking for investors...
Investor: "So what sets your company/product apart from your competition?"
Edcor: "Our products are blue, they really stand out!"
Sounds like something from Spinal Tap.
Yes, I believe they have sacrificed a LOT of sales because of their stubborn attachment to the color and will continue to do so. I don't mind the color, personally, but it's not something I want to see too much on my audio gear.
..Todd
Todd,
If someone based the color of the bell-ends as the deciding factor, they probably shouldn't be allowed around an amplifier in the first place. Edcor offers a fairly high quality transformer for a lot less money than most of the competition, or at least that's what several audio engineers have told me. You can certainly get better transformers from James, O'Netics, or Hashimoto. Lundahl is perhaps lagging in some areas just a bit, but all of them cost more, even much more!
Besides a true diy'er would remain undaunted by a simple paint job.
Best Regards,
TerryO
I don't know why it's being discussed.
Well, I do. Why the extra work?
If someone based the color of the bell-ends as the deciding factor, they probably shouldn't be allowed around an amplifier in the first place.
So you think all DIYers are color blind? What about restoring vintage gear?
Those blue Edcors are only good for people who don't have any aesthetic sensibility....and cheapskates. About 80% of DIYers.
So, after you paint, do you bake them at a low temp? Do you apply more than one coat?
Thanks
One thin or two coats of spray paint, after primer if it's down to bare metal. I haven't tried baking yet.......
Don't forget to paint the exposed edge around the perimeter also, as it shows when the end bells are bolted up.
I've been using regular paint, seems to work fine. I may have used barbecue paint once..
I don't know why it's being discussed.
Because many of us don't have a life? ....over 30 posts to a simple observation by the OP (me).....I wish some of my other threads got this much action!
My transformer is not square....
I have a One electron BFT-1 power transformer. Before it got in the varnish tank at the factory, the lams were skewed such that the entire transformer is a parallelogram, as if someone dropped it on a it's corner. It has a copper earth shield, though, something that would be nice on an Edcor.
If you ever had some xfmrs from One Electron, you'd appreciate the finish on the Edcors.
I have a One electron BFT-1 power transformer. Before it got in the varnish tank at the factory, the lams were skewed such that the entire transformer is a parallelogram, as if someone dropped it on a it's corner. It has a copper earth shield, though, something that would be nice on an Edcor.
FWIW a while ago Edcor had a poll on its website on what various colors customers would prefer, and their blue ended up as the top color.
Brilliant idea start a poll for our colour choice!
Regards
M. Gregg
Edcor had a poll on its website
A sign of insecurity. No wonder. Anyway, that poll is flawed as only nerds do Internet polls.
start a poll for our colour choice
I vote for moss green.
Todd,
If someone based the color of the bell-ends as the deciding factor, they probably shouldn't be allowed around an amplifier in the first place.
I disagree completely. I want things to look good. Maybe not a million bucks good, but good nonetheless -- without having to repaint something brand new!
Edcor offers a fairly high quality transformer for a lot less money than most of the competition, or at least that's what several audio engineers have told me. You can certainly get better transformers from James, O'Netics, or Hashimoto. Lundahl is perhaps lagging in some areas just a bit, but all of them cost more, even much more!
No argument there. I'm familiar with Edcor products.
My point was simply that if their transformers were black, they'd undoubtedly be selling many more transformers, possibly many times more. And I'll stick with that point no matter how popular their blue is.
The very existence of this thread is strong evidence in support of my point.
..Todd
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