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Giganova · 26th March 2007

Well, guys, you might be in for a surprise:

A) Lundahl transfomer
B) Chinese stock transformer

I think that the Lundahl transfomer has a much tighter bass, but the Chinese stick transformer has more high-end. Also, the Chinese stock transformer has a +3dB higher output signal, which surprised me and is critical as the ribbon mic requires a very high gain anyway.

Overall, I think that the $60.- Lundahl transformer did not give a dramatic improvement in sound to justify the costs -- if any improvement at all. So, next time you hear fairy tales about how an output transformer mod will "open up" your ribbon mic sound you know how to interpret these statements.

26th March 2007	#15
Giganova Gear nut Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 129 Thread Starter	Results! Well, guys, you might be in for a surprise: A) Lundahl transfomer B) Chinese stock transformer I think that the Lundahl transfomer has a much tighter bass, but the Chinese stick transformer has more high-end. Also, the Chinese stock transformer has a +3dB higher output signal, which surprised me and is critical as the ribbon mic requires a very high gain anyway. Overall, I think that the $60.- Lundahl transformer did not give a dramatic improvement in sound to justify the costs -- if any improvement at all. So, next time you hear fairy tales about how an output transformer mod will "open up" your ribbon mic sound you know how to interpret these statements.