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Are halogen bulbs also affected? And why not stockpile now? Also, you should be always able to buy an incandescent lamp for maritime use. That is a loophole.

Don't expect HiFi from these transformers, many have a frequency range of 150Hz to 15kHz and for some you need a blocking capacitor because they have not been designed to handle DC current. If you want to save money, you might as well buy a Hammond universal OPT (with the same frequency response, on...

Thanks, yes that is interesting.

That looks very cool, congratulations with the end result. I have been thinking to build an amp with 6V6 tubes as well. This should work as an inspiration.

Very impressive, and it looks cool as well. What is the material cost of such OPT?

That is understandable, perhaps you could e.mail the HiFi Collective with your request and they will be able to notify you when stock comes in or even order parts for you.

Speaker preferences are so personal that it is impossible to give you advice here for one exact model. I would do the following: 1) Go vintage (eBay) 2) Use eBay to find some popular vintage models from well known brands 3) Google the models you like on sight and inform you self about the reputation...

what are people's thoughts on using metal film resistors in this application? They seem more available in general and I've run across discussions in other forums taking about how much better they are than Carbon comp in particular, but also Carbon film. I've gathered that the carbon based resistors...