step-up transformer instructions?

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Offline kill_surf_city

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Reply #15 on: July 07, 2022, 03:51:58 PM
Just fire it up and test it out.

Ok, fired up, voltages all within range. Only problem seems to be a very low hum in both channels. It goes away when the volume is turned all the way down on my amp. Any suggestions?



Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #16 on: July 07, 2022, 06:31:15 PM
If you don't have your turntable hooked up, you could get some hum from the open input.  Otherwise you may need to experiment a little bit with where the Eros sits to minimize magnetic hum pickup.  I haven't experienced this issue with the Sowter step-up transformers, but definitely with some others in the past.

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