1/2 12BH7??

probably - it's something I'd want to do [again].

looking for output transformers, ran across THIS one.

https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-T125A

it's a 3W somewhat-universal output transformer [push pull] with a
complicated secondary winding that lets you configure the primary Z,
apparently.

My guess is that it would make an interesting TRIODE OUTPUT STAGE using
the 12BH7 and this transformer.

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Look at the price, you will change your mind. The Hammond 125 PP Series is no longer a good choice for low cost audio. A while ago I had a look at the 125D pricing. From the 1960 catalogue to the present the price increased by 5.3% per annum. Wish I could get that kind of return over 55 years!

Over time I used many of the Hammond 125 Series in various projects. The performance was always more than passable. Anyone who has read my articles in AudioXpress & Glass Audio will see quite a few of them.

I knew several of the guys at Hammond over a period of 55+ years, both as a supplier & then as a customer while at HP & R&S.

Cheers, John L Stewart

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bass response isn't ideal, perhaps, but it might work well as a small
P.A. or "distortion" guitar amp where you want to create a really nice
overdrive sound, but at a relatively low output power...[/quote]

FYI- Doug Hammond already did it for you!! JLS

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 7:37:13 AM UTC-5, John L Stewart wrote:
> probably - it's something I'd want to do [again].
>
> looking for output transformers, ran across THIS one.
>
> https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-T125A
>
> it's a 3W somewhat-universal output transformer [push pull] with a
> complicated secondary winding that lets you configure the primary Z,
> apparently.
>
> My guess is that it would make an interesting TRIODE OUTPUT STAGE using
> the 12BH7 and this transformer.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Look at the price, you will change your mind. The Hammond 125 PP Series
> is no longer a good choice for low cost audio. A while ago I had a look
> at the 125D pricing. From the 1960 catalogue to the present the price
> increased by 5.3% per annum. Wish I could get that kind of return over
> 55 years!
>
> Over time I used many of the Hammond 125 Series in various projects. The
> performance was always more than passable. Anyone who has read my
> articles in AudioXpress & Glass Audio will see quite a few of them.
>
> I knew several of the guys at Hammond over a period of 55+ years, both
> as a supplier & then as a customer while at HP & R&S.
>
> Cheers, John L Stewart
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> bass response isn't ideal, perhaps, but it might work well as a small
> P.A. or "distortion" guitar amp where you want to create a really nice
> overdrive sound, but at a relatively low output power...
>
>
>
>
> --
> John L Stewart

Apart from all that, there is not an audio speaker in my inventory that would survive on 3W unless it were played in a closet. I KNOW that BBB postulated an instrument application, but I pretty much focus either on audio applications, or vintage radio applications - and for the latter, such as my Hallicrafters with 6V6 outputs in PP, this may be a good application.

But, from the Maggies to the Piccolos, my audio speakers are power-pigs of the first order.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

AR 3a
AR 4x
AR M5
AR Athena
AR TSW 110
AR 14
Magnepan MGIIIa
Revox Piccolo

Go back & look at the cct carefully. It is a harmonic generator, meant for guitar or other music instruments effects. Then into the main amp. The harmonics are even order 2nd, 4th, 6th & so on. Not hifi or anything much else, but the fundamentals still get thru.

On 02/02/16 04:37, John L Stewart so wittily quipped:
> FYI- Doug Hammond already did it for you!! JLS
>
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yep, that's the basic idea - "great minds think alike" - heh