They're back! TRIAD HS series transformers.

[mross]

Triad has brought back the HS series transformers...!!!

https://catalog.triadmagnetics.com/...metically-sealed-low-level-audio-transformers

I can't find any resellers except onlinecomponents.com

You may be able to order them factory direct, I will look into this.

-Michael

 

[Bobby Baird]

Anyone know the prices for the new HS-29 & HS-56 for Pultec? Also, dimensions of the round terminal?

 

[tk@halmi]

That is amazing, but I bet they will be north of $200 for the HS line.

 

[ruffrecords]

Triad has a white market page here. Why not ask them directly?

Cheers

Ian

 

[Clbraddock]

I emailed them back in August and they said:

“Cost will depend on purchase quantity. However, in 1 – 5 pc quantities the cost through distribution will be approx. $350 - $400 each.”

They had also said that they were supposed to start rolling out in August though and I havent heard much since, so I don’t know if those prices are still accurate or not

 

[JMan]

I posted something in their White Market thread asking about this as well. Another user linked me to somewhere that had them for sale. It's kind of weird, I would have thought this would have gotten a bit more fanfare, or at least that it would be easier to find information online.

 

[mross]

Anyone know the prices for the new HS-29 & HS-56 for Pultec? Also, dimensions of the round terminal?

https://www.digikey.com/en/products...ers/162?s=N4IgTCBcDaIC4CcCWBDAJgAgBYGcQF0BfIA

Here is a link to digikeys pricing for the HS series...

 

[mross]

I emailed them back in August and they said:

“Cost will depend on purchase quantity. However, in 1 – 5 pc quantities the cost through distribution will be approx. $350 - $400 each.”

They had also said that they were supposed to start rolling out in August though and I havent heard much since, so I don’t know if those prices are still accurate or not

If anyone is interested in a group buy after the new year send me a PM...

 

[Bobby Baird]

Wow those prices are eye watering. Cheaper to go with Cinemag. David said he makes the The interstage CM-HS29 which is $153.96. For the HS-56 input he recommended the CMLI-4x150D for $134.34, & the CM-S217D output is $277.86.

 

[emrr]

all depends if they sound the same

 

[beatnik]

looks like they are plainly exploiting the sky rocketing prices of the vintage market

 

[emrr]

Cheaper than ever, inflation adjusted. : ).

 

[tk@halmi]

I understand that they are expensive to make these days, but I wonder how many they will sell at those prices.

For me they are in the “sell both kidneys” range.

 

[emrr]

Yeah, well, prices go down with increasing sales. I'm not looking at a Triad price sheet with a year on it, but let's say 1960 $20, inflation adjusted it's $213, and they were selling a lot of them comparably speaking. This is what they feel they have to sell them for now for it to be worth their while, at expected quantities. They do have a sound, and it's crucial they replicate that successfully to make it worthwhile to people who care about that part when building replica equipment. If they fail in that, forget it, use whatever. It's time for people who've been bugging to make these again for 25+ years to put up or shut up.

 

[soapfoot]

looks like they are plainly exploiting the sky rocketing prices of the vintage market

The HS-56 shows up as $45.60 in the 1956 price list. Assuming that's not a misprint, that's a staggering $536.81 in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars!

By 1962 the price had fallen to $25.82 ($271.53 in 2024 dollars). Presumably they were selling HS-56s in considerable volume by then--presumably far more volume than they could ever project for 2024.

With this context, I doubt any ulterior motives on Triad's part--I'd blame the sticker shock on good old-fashioned "beginning in the 1970s, wages stopped keeping pace with productivity increases." Impacts on standard of living have been disguised somewhat over the past half-century by cheap goods, but once in awhile something like this comes up to remind us that our grandparents earned way more than we do.

 

[inkster]

The audio side of their business is merely that...a side business, I wouldn't expect the prices to fall.
Pro audio is a tiny portion of the technology sector and we're lucky anyone caters to us at all.

 

[TriadMagnetics-Bill]

Hello, Several of Triad's HS series have finally been rereleased with more to follow. They are available from our authorized distributors. And yes, they are historically accurate and expensive. The multiple mu-metal cans, permalloy nickel laminations, fine wire perfectly layered with paper sections, and manufactured in our California facility all contribute to the cost. However, adjusted for inflation, they are actually less expensive than they were when originally released in the 1950s-60s.

 

[soapfoot]

Glad to see they’re available!

Perhaps next you can acquire the Peerless trademark and make a historically accurate S-217-D

 

[CJ]

Cinemag is doing a 217 D,

 

[soapfoot]

Yeah! I put one in a Pultec I built

Seems good!