Magnequest Outputs

[Dr. Beaker]

I have an unused set of Magnequest all nickel outputs and plates chokes for the Paramounts.  Are these suitable for the Kaiju?  I recognize there may be fit issues, but wondering if they are circuit compatible.  Not even sure if they would be a sonic upgrade, but I'm trying to find a use for them.

Thanks

[Paul Birkeland]

The Kaiju transformers are indeed quite a bit larger than the Paramount parts, so you would have to drill new holes to get them mounted.

I believe that the Magnequest Paramount plate choke is somewhere around 30H @70mA.  The Kaiju plate choke is 40H at 70mA, so I would expect a bit of a drop in performance if you took it out and put the MQ choke in.

Similarly, I would suspect that the power bandwidth of the stock Kaiju transformer will be a bit greater than the MQ part for the Paramount, just based on size.

[Doc B.]

Yes, bigger and better iron was one of the key changes to the design when we went from Paramount to Kaiju. I suspect the stock Kaiju iron will be better optimized than the MQ Paramount iron in the Kaiju circuit.

[Dr. Beaker]

Thanks for the informative replies.

[Paul Joppa]

The Paramount plate choke is about 24 henries, vs. 40 henries for the Kaiju. Paramount output transformer handles 80 watts at 30Hz, vs. 22Hz for Kaiju.

There are suitable Magnequest products for Kaiju, but the installation is somewhat complex so I have avoided saying much about that approach.

[Paul Birkeland]

PJ, do you remember the inductance for the MQ Paramount choke?

[Paul Joppa]

PJ, do you remember the inductance for the MQ Paramount choke?

According to my notes, the first two successful prototypes were 25 and 29 henries at 70mA.