Edcor TX's anyone?

[Clyde]

Has anyone used these? I see on their site they have a nice selection of PP and SE OPT's. I'm very tempted to try them.

[VacuumVoodoo]

I'm using both PP and SE Edcors. Standard from their catalogue as well as customs. Great stuff

[funkmeblue]

I built a single ended stereo HI FI with there outputs. Sounds great, lot of HI FI guys are saying these are a great bang for the buck. I'm going to be using one of there outputs for a hotrodded champ I'm building.

[Structo]

Thanks, noted and bookmarked.

[RJ Guitars]

I've bought a hand full of Trannies from Edcor, I can only say good things about them as far as fit, finish, polish, and customer service.

I kinda like them because they are a small company and also are located here in New Mexico where I live.... which isn't really technical criteria for a recommendation.

Recently I had them custom wind a couple iterations of power transformers for my Trainwreck Inspired stuff... they look so good I bought the part numbers and had them added to the catalog... I'm just now getting down to building with those custom trannies and we'll see how they work out.

I have not had much luck using their output transformers because they are physically huge and I can't easily fit them in on a Wreck sized chassis. The HiFi community seems to think they are very good sounding but I don't know how that will apply to us yet. Has anybody got any experience with their output trannies in a guitar amp?

Thanks,

rj

[mlp-mx6]

So, which power xfmr was that?

Their 25W and 50W 4/8/16 output xfmrs look very cool. So, they're large you say?

[Clyde]

How are they versus Hammond if anyone knows? Hammond is my cost-effective choice since the US dollar has taken flight.

[tunghaichuan]

I've used both the XSE series and the XPP series in guitar amps.

I replaced a Hammond 125ESE in a tweed Princeton cirucuit I built using their 5K:8ohm, 15w SE OT. I thought it sounded better clean than the Hammond. Much more sparkly and bell-like. The amp sounded better with the Hammond cranked.

I recently used their 15W PP OT, 8K:8ohm in a Brown Note 18W Lite IIB build I did. It sounds pretty good, but I bet the 18W iron from GDS, Trinity, and Brown Note sounds better.

A couple of gripes: they have the fast-on soldering tabs and these have to be well insulated. It is a shock hazard to have B+ exposed outside the chassis. They will not make their transformers with flying leads anymore

Also, they only offer one secondary. They used to offer 4, 8, and 16 ohms on the secondary as a special order, but no longer.

Still, Edcor's transformers are relatively inexpensive, well made, and made in the US.