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Wanted: Transformer, SE amorphous core for 6C33C

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So you bought the wrong designed transformer if you loose bass. A lot designers not fully understand the amorphous core and just swap cores and if they make costum designs most of them still not understand what a amorphous core can or not can do. I have seen swapped cores at Lundahl, Tribute , Monolith Magnetics

Which manufacturer you have? And what kind of transformer?
what you means : "I have seen swapped cores at Lundahl, Tribute , Monolith Magnetics"??
btw mine il loved from all....low R primary 70Ohm ,ind 33H ,sec 0,1Ohm tne number is there
 
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what you means : "I have seen swapped cores at Lundahl, Tribute , Monolith Magnetics"??
btw mine il loved from all....low R primary 70Ohm ,ind 33H ,sec 0,1Ohm tne number is there
You have a 6c33 transformer with a primary Rdc of 70 Ohm? Wow, you loose a lot power in the transformer . Better is a ratio 1:10 to 1:20* so Ri of a 6c33 is about 100 Ohm so your transformer should have about 5 - 10 Ohm Rdc . But maybe you mean 7 Ohms?

With swapping i mean that a manufacurer use the same bobbin with the same windings for different cores. Not a good idea.

* i prefer > 1:20
 
So you bought the wrong designed transformer if you loose bass. A lot designers not fully understand the amorphous core and just swap cores and if they make costum designs most of them still not understand what a amorphous core can or not can do. I have seen swapped cores at Lundahl, Tribute , Monolith Magnetics

Which manufacturer you have? And what kind of transformer?
So , which manufacturer does understand those cores?
 
You have a 6c33 transformer with a primary Rdc of 70 Ohm? Wow, you loose a lot power in the transformer . Better is a ratio 1:10 to 1:20* so Ri of a 6c33 is about 100 Ohm so your transformer should have about 5 - 10 Ohm Rdc . But maybe you mean 7 Ohms?

With swapping i mean that a manufacurer use the same bobbin with the same windings for different cores. Not a good idea.

* i prefer > 1:20
70 Ohm on 5k iron I haved write before that's for 300bxls !
With swapping i mean that a manufacurer use the same bobbin with the same windings for different cores. Not a good idea.
Can you prove that's or is only suspection for all tre top otp??
 
70 Ohm on 5k iron I haved write before that's for 300bxls !

Can you prove that's or is only suspection for all tre top otp??
Well in the previous post you wrote 5kg not 5k Ohm. So don't blame me for misunderstanding you.

There is a lot of physics in a transformer. You can find out if yours is at basic level or even better.
You can measure your frequency response at low output level, 0,1W, 1 Watt and 10W (or maximum power) .
Post it here.

btw, just frequency response is just a start but it shows if a manufacturer knows what he is doing
 
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Well in the previous post you wrote 5kg not 5k Ohm. So don't blame me for misunderstanding you.

There is a lot of physics in a transformer. You can find out if yours is at basic level or even better.
You can measure your frequency response at low output level, 0,1W, 1 Watt and 10W (or maximum power) .
Post it here.

btw, just frequency response is just a start but it shows if a manufacturer knows what he is doing
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yep 5kg on 300bxls at 5k load .....
I repeat the questions , Can you prove that's or is only suspection for all tre top otp??
 
as you sell opt can you post some nice pic ??
 

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fact are that my lundahl have really GREAT bass and good sound , the gain I have on mid/hi by amorphos is not so great for the $$ ,I gain more with better caps...thats my find
 

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First, this is not a transformer with a amorphous core.

I know this test, it's from an event at the Triode Festival.

The test set-up they used is wrong so this measurements you can put in the trash bin.
 
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This is not so fuzzy.

Amorphous hysteresis 1% of M6. Since transformer distortion at higher frequencies is largely due to hysteresis, for mids and highs amorphous is superior in all applications.

Amorphous lamination thickness is 20 um; the best steel is 250 um. This means much less Eddy current loss and superior performance at higher frequencies for the amorphous.

The only area where steel is better is Bmax. This means that for the same low frequency performance, amorphous transformer must be substantially larger.

By "amorphous" I mean all different varieties of thin film material produced by extremely rapid cooling of molten magnetic alloys. This includes nanocrystalline, Finemet, Vitroperm, Metglas, etc. They all share common properties of high permeability, low hysteresis, and low magnetostriction.
Amorphous core has lower stacking factor and lower Bmax, no problem for mid and highs but for a full BW application does not bring much, better use it for mid-high where it could shine. Those who care about the transformer related harmonics above 8kHz better look closer at the dielectric properties and build up of the coil. In case you want full audio BW and high power you better forget about amourphous because you will need more of it and may run into troubles with "bigger", bigger is certainly not better when it relates to coils and high frequencies. So, regarding high power, full Bw, at the higher end of the spectrum, what you win with the core you easely loose in the coil. Anyway, if transformer core distortion is a major concern, lowest possible source impedance (including winding Rac) with sufficent reactive current supply is of vital importance.
 
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