Soundguy, thanks for clarifying that it's an opinion thing rather than a right or wrong thing, I've been building tube guitar amps for years and it's even more so in that arena, I guess I was thinking with audio it would be more cut and dry. I had heard that the originals were 1:8 but soon went to 1:10, I also heard that the output transformers were originaly set up at 1:3 but later went to 1:2, but that the 1:10 was the way to go for a punchier tone.
So if the original 312s had a signature growl with 1:8 ratio, on the output transformer is it imperative that we use 1:3?
Ok, so where does this leave us for a group order? Are we sure we want to do the 1:10 Cinemag? Or do we go for a group order of the Lundahl 1:5 or was it 1:8? In my case I might want to do a test run with the different ratios first to see which sounds best to me, I already have 2 of the Cinemags, I'll hold off on the purchase if everyone was going that route, but if the ideal Lundahls are the group order I'd like to order 2 to compare to my 1:10 Lundahls. I'm fine with the 1:10 trannys I already have as they will probably sound just fine from a fidelity standpoint and bring up my ribbon mic level some.
Thanks Soundguy and Flatpicker, this gives me more to think about, you guys are great.
Kelley