Hello everyone, i am about to order some Sowter irons for use in some projects i am building to a friend, so -in a bulk discount case- i thought why not order an extra trafo for making a decent Passive DI as a gift to myself? ;D
Having realised years ago that i will not ever find a Triad iron (and why so? they used the ones they had in hand back then),
between Sowter 8044 and 1585 what do you think could be the most oldish, decent closer to "Wolfbox" choice?
https://www.sowter.co.uk/specs/8044.htm
http://www.sowter.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=cbs&PN=VINTAGE-RECORDING-AMPLIFIER-TRANSFORMERS-A-to-K%2Ehtml#a578
8044 is the company's "dedicated DI" trafo 12:1
1585 is the company's "A 11 J replacement" 10:1 (used backwards)
Was about to go for the 1585 (you see they have categorized it in "Vintage Rec Trafos" even i hate this word it's a sign that it is more oldish-designed at least).
But then again, i read an older reply mr. Ed Wolfbox gave to a a guy in an old Wolf dedicated TapaTalk thread saying that:
"As may be noted here, unlike what Wikipedia relates, the output Z of most fender pickups as 40-50K ohms which is an good match to the A-11/12j transformers in the original passive Wolfbox. The Gibson PUs fall between 40-90K and as appear here are all over the ballpark. They would not match as well but since most of the Funks used Fender instruments, this was best choice."
, so maybe 12:1 would be better (wider range) ?
Will use the box mostly for passive basses, guitars and some old organs (Farfisa's, Philicorda etc) .
8044 or 1585?
Having realised years ago that i will not ever find a Triad iron (and why so? they used the ones they had in hand back then),
between Sowter 8044 and 1585 what do you think could be the most oldish, decent closer to "Wolfbox" choice?
https://www.sowter.co.uk/specs/8044.htm
http://www.sowter.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=cbs&PN=VINTAGE-RECORDING-AMPLIFIER-TRANSFORMERS-A-to-K%2Ehtml#a578
8044 is the company's "dedicated DI" trafo 12:1
1585 is the company's "A 11 J replacement" 10:1 (used backwards)
Was about to go for the 1585 (you see they have categorized it in "Vintage Rec Trafos" even i hate this word it's a sign that it is more oldish-designed at least).
But then again, i read an older reply mr. Ed Wolfbox gave to a a guy in an old Wolf dedicated TapaTalk thread saying that:
"As may be noted here, unlike what Wikipedia relates, the output Z of most fender pickups as 40-50K ohms which is an good match to the A-11/12j transformers in the original passive Wolfbox. The Gibson PUs fall between 40-90K and as appear here are all over the ballpark. They would not match as well but since most of the Funks used Fender instruments, this was best choice."
, so maybe 12:1 would be better (wider range) ?
Will use the box mostly for passive basses, guitars and some old organs (Farfisa's, Philicorda etc) .
8044 or 1585?
