Ned Carlson wrote:

Bret Ludwig wrote:
Good output transformers in any substanntial quantity can be
made for under a hundred dollars each,

The actual cost depends on a lot of factors. Not all
audio transformers can be made on automated
equipment.

I bet Ned Carlson has maybe $20
in his Dyna outputs.

That'd be nice. But with US costs for steel, copper
and labor, only the C354 choke and the PAS power transformer
are even in that ballpark. Audio transformers, not
a chance.

Work backwards from the Hammond price to find out the economies of
production in a western country.

Just imagine if Hammond used a little better design. Cost would be maybe
$10 more
but the better interleaving and wasteless secondaries would be worth it.

Patrick Turner.



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Ned Carlson
SW side of Chicago, USA
www.tubezone.net