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placing an order for Carnhill output Xformer
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Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:58 pmby HA_DA_JA
I am placing an order for a Carnhill VTB1148 output transformer for my Golden Age Pre73 to replace the chinese one. Anyone else who wants any other Carnhill Xformers to add to this order please let me know.
I am getting it from
www.audiomaintenance.com
Let me know if you are interested as I will most likely do this within the next 60 days.
Or is there a supplier in Australia who sells these?
Cheers
Posted:
Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:15 pmby chris p
FWIW I got my Carnhill multi-tap EQ inductors from Audio Maintenance and found them very easy and efficient to deal with. Hope your buy goes just as well.
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:01 amby tweakeasy
Does this mean the Pre-73 has finally arrived?
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:02 amby HA_DA_JA
Aye that it has me hartey
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:32 amby Kurt
Does it sound bad?
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2009 2:41 amby tweakeasy
HA_DA_JA wrote:Aye that it has me hartey
Looking forward to your feedback on it. Pre and post Carnhills.
(I know that's already been done on a thread on GS but the guy orchestrating it was selling modded Pre's so... BIAS RESULTS PERHAPS?)
Posted:
Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:32 amby HA_DA_JA
Replacing the chinese output transformer takes the wooliness out of the lower frequencies.
Cheers
Posted:
Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:13 pmby Bent my VU
I remember reading somewhere that the Carnhills neve use in their reissue 1073 aren't available to the public. Apparently the onces we ge had unacceptable low-end distortion. Meh
Posted:
Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:32 pmby HA_DA_JA
Yeah Tony Belmont spoke one of the General Manager of Carnhill about that story and he confirmed that was all nonsense.
As to Joes testing of the transformer I did read all about it, but if you wire it up the right way you are fine. And also if all the Neve 1073's are wired up wrong with the transformer then that must contribute to there character sound.
Cheers for all the suggestions.
Posted:
Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:35 pmby Kurt
But if it's not "woolly" why bother?
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Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:18 amby HA_DA_JA
The Output transformer did change the sound by opening the top end a little more and did give a tighter bottom end.
I feel that once you start stacking tracks with this preamp you might start to notice more of the top end and bottom end problems which could have been changed with a cheap $100 Xformer changeover.