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Sal Brisindi

Sal Brisindi

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Today I received 2 pairs of transformers from Edcor, one pair is the
60 watt CXPP60-8-6.6K (Push-Pull) @ $59.30 each and the other pair is 15 watt XSE15-8-5K (SE) @$19.05 each. I am impressed with the quality, size and weight of these transformers.

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The other photo is a chassis I got from work, I actually got 6 of them, slim, thin and long, just right for some mono blocks. I will spray paint the front black to get rid of the white lettering. I mocked a mono block on it. I'm almost tempted to leave the 16 led's on the front as a "watt" meter.. :)

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And a photo of the 2 transformers next to each other.

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Regards,
Sal Brisindi
 
Trout

Trout

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Sal Brisindi said:
Trout,
I asked Edcor when I ordered the transformer if they can put leads on it instead of what I purchased and they said no. How did you go about it and did Edcor charge any extra for it? I do agree I like the wire version better.

Thanks,
Sal
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I have heard that before from guys. Its interesting, I order a dozen at a time of the XSE15-8-5K. I think it only costs 1.99 per transformer more.

I have 6 or 7 left right now, So I will be ordering more soon. I have bought maybe 35 of them this way. I use them in a SE guitar amps. ( for Champ upgrades)

I was told by a couple guys on the guitar forums that they will only do single secondays with leads, If you need multitaps they will not.

Trout
 
Trout

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Jeb-D. said:
Trout, where did you get that tag board pictured above?
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I make those boards, It is just some 1/8th in GP03 with eyelets. I get the board from McMasters Carr and eyeletts from mouser.


TubeHead Johnny I wanted to try Edcors for some time now, but I've heard that they are a tad bass shy compared to the Hammond units. Is there any truth in this?
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I have used a lot of these as replacements in Fender's Black & Silverface Champs amplifiers. After installation, the first thing you notice is that you roll down the bass knob to at 1-2 instead of 6-8.
No lack of bass at all in fact it is a huge improvement in that particular amp. I am certain there are others also work well, but Edcor has great bang for the buck.

Of course YMMV.

Trout
 
the_manta

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Erm wait.....

Could u pay with $$$ from the european distributor in Belgium ???

The price from their official european sales office was a bit erm..high. Nearly the twicefold.

But german customs can really suck. They really ripped me off for these big Hammond Irons from AES.

Simon
 
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waam68

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UK customs is hit & miss...
The total cost of the 2 OPTs & a power tx with shipping was about £70...it's for my first build (Tubelab Simple SE) so I'm trying to keep the costs down as I'll probably screw it up! I tried the European distributor (in Belgium) but he was out of stock on the OPT's.
Mike
 
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