"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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Brian Gaff wrote:

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Does make one wonder what trashes a speaker transformer primary though.
One
would have thought they would be pretty robust in normal use.


** Open circuit windings in OTs are usually the result of copper
corrosion.

The Luxman trannys are enclosed in a steel container - much like the Quad
II ones and potted in wax or similar too - making it even odder ;-)

Each weighs 1.75 kg and handles 40 watts fine.

It was clearly a quality product. I have been trying to find
the original sale price.

I suppose one could look for another one for spares and parts
and cannibalise to make one working unit, but that's a slippery
slope :-)

Iain