Winter Sale!

Hi!

Some Lundahl transformers and chokes of which I have too many in stock. Your chance to get them at a bargain price!

The list prices per piece are given for each item. This is the net list price for export outside the EU. Inside the EU 19% sales tax is added. For a purchase of one pair subtract 20%. 25% discount when buying 2 pairs at once, 30% for 4 pairs and 40% for 6 pairs or more. A mix of any of the listed types can be ordered to apply for the discounts. Multiple pairs of each type and variant are available. The offer is valid only while supplies last. Send an email for a quote including shipping. Payments can be received by bank transfer or PayPal.


LL2753 large interstage transformer 1:1 (list price 120,- Euros per piece)

available with different air gaps for these currents:
25, 30, 35, 40 mA


LL1638 low DCR choke (list price 85,- Euros per piece)

available with different inductance and current ratings:
6Hy/250mA, 4Hy/400mA, 3Hy/500mA


LL1694 high current/filament choke (list price 64,- Euros per piece)

available for these currents:
1.0, 0.75, 0.5 A

Best regards

Thomas

Preamplifier Production

Hi!

Here a quick overview of some recently finished phono and line preamplifiers.

These photos show some of the color schemes and variants I am offering.

In this photo there are 2 D3a phono stages and 3 10Y line preamplifiers.

Here we have a differential D3a phono in smoked eucalyptus and with gold anodised metal plates:

Next a single ended D3a phono in black chassis and with silver plates:

A 10Y line stage in smoked eucalyptus with transformer covers and capacitors in black:

The same in Walnut and maroon red metallic transformer covers and capacitors:

And lastly another 10Y line stage in birch tree and with graphite grey metallic covers and caps:

Some of these will stay here as demo units while the others are ready to be shipped to their new owners.

Best regards

Thomas

Tube of the Month : The 17AX4

Hi!

This month it is TV Damper tube time again! Let's have a look at the 17AX4.

As the name implies, the 17AX4 is a variant of the 6AX4 with different heater voltage. All other parameters are identical to the of the 6AX4. I already showed another heater variant of these, the 25AX4.

It also shares the same pinout. The 17AX4 was designed for series heating which was commonly done in TV sets. Several tubes with the same heater current would be hooked up in series. The nominal heater voltage of the 17AX4 is specified at 16.8V and it draws 0.45A. Since tubes with odd heater voltages are not very popular nowadays such tubes can be picked up at very low cost. If the exact heater voltage is not available a higher AC voltage can be simply reduced with a suitable dropping resistor. These will perform just as well as other TV Damper tubes. Since I have plenty 6.3V heater TV  dampers, I only stocked up a few of these, made by General Electric and Sylvania. But they have been made by many other manufacturers as well. Let's start with the Sylvania 17AX4:

Among this small heap of tubes there are several different variants. Here a closer look:

The top:

Another one:

These all came in the typical yellow boxes:

The tubes and boxes have dual markings 17AX4 and 17DM4:

It was common practice to stamp tubes with several designations of variants with the same characteristics.

Next a 'coin base' type:

General Electric 17AX4:

Here a 6AX4 and 17AX4 side by side.

Now let's open this one up to see the internal construction:

Glas removed:

Close up to the plate:

The connections at the bottom:

The top:

The heater removed from the cathode:

The spiral around the heater provides the necessary distance and isolation to the cathode.

The spiral removed from the heater wire:

The cathode:

Cathode, heater and insulation spiral:

The plate:

Here we see the plate opened up:

And finally some photos of a tube with the heater lit up.

Close ups to the top and bottom:

That's all for the 17AX4.

Best regards

Thomas