Which brand and model of OTs did you use in your Ike? What did you hear? What did you measure? Were you able to compare it to a "real" Eico ST 70?
I think it would be really interesting to hear your impressions before we do a comparrison. We being Shannon, Thermion and myself, possibly with a Golden-eared friend for the subjective side.
A long time ago, before the genesis of the Eiclone board, Shannon did some measurements on my original Eico ST70 and to my dismay Shannon's measurements indicated that I had a serious problem in the old caps. That problem was solved and I have happily live with the NOS Eico since. But we never took the time to compare after Shannon's Eiclones populated the Diytube world.
However, if I could talk Shannon and Thermion into it, and I think I have, we will be listening and comparing (and perhaps doing some measurements) on my old Eico and Thermion's Ike 'pride and joy'. We will be listening to my recently complete Elsinore Mk V (ask your Dr. Google about it) and I will honestly report back.
Help us set some baseline consensus to prove or disprove in listening and measuring.
Let's have some fun,
Francois