klipsch4life Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Anyone ever used a WE Transformer in their system? Any thoughts? I have a friend in Taiwan that uses one between his turntable and amp and says it really improves the sound. I didn't think the frequency response would be that great on something that old... KG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago_Pete Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Must be something to it? Anything WE brings huge money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sure - a few of the old WE microphone transformers are used as step-up devices. I think Shindo at one time sold them as well and may have included them in their higher priced preamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Western Electric never did anything half-***. Even their shipping packaging 2 x 4's were perfectly straight and were coveted by their workers. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev313 Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 After a smal google fest I have learned that the Western Electric 618 is the mc transformer I was referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valvesaglowin Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hi KG: Here's a 300B(WE91a) amplifier that I have been using for over 1 1/2 years. It uses WE 171a output transformers as well as a WE choke. The amp puts out 6 watts of power and is basically as good as it gets! For some reason, the image will not appear on this page. You can go to http://www.tubesusa.com to see the amplifier Best, George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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