Quote:
Originally Posted by mics  The transformer is of course a cinemag that is a big lump of thing and sounds superb. |
'nother awkward question. Are you aware of and/or have tried any transformers that you like even better than the Cinemag but are prohibitively expensive in the context of your target budget, maybe something by Sowter or more expensive.
Many folks assume erroneously that products at a certain level are using the best possible parts in existence. Manufacturers typically don't want to pop their bubble that there are VERY few products that are truly not compromised, at least to the extent that is possible. The same question could be asked re: capacitors. For instance Duelund caps are extraordinary but huge and extremely expensive. They would be a lot more revealing than the PIO caps but also not as euphonically smooth and sweet. Besides adding at least another $1k to the price, they wouldn't begin to fit in the housing. More affordable but still expensive and useable size-wise would be the DynamiCaps I often use. They are smooth but revealing. What values we talking? REL RTX are very good as well and cheaper still.
Care to share?