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Sansui transformers

Postby riverrat373 » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:54 pm

If I built a tube amp could I use the transformers from an old Sansui solid state receiver that I have? The receiver fm section is toast.

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Postby TomMcNally » Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:25 pm

In a word ... No

The transformers in a solid state amplifier are low voltage,
usually they run on something like plus/minus 35 volts.

A tube amplifier wants 300 volts or more.
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