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Are there any guidelines for choosing the size of a toroid for a power amp. I've been told that the power supply should be 4 to 5 times the power at 8 ohms. Since my monoblocks are 200W @ 8 ohms, that would mean 800-900VA transformer. Is this a good rule?
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Topic - How to Determine Toroid Size - ccd 21:36:24 05/03/00 (22)
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- Re: Toroid Size- How about Preamps? - Trevor Wilson 22:05:08 05/04/00 (0)
- Forget toroids, with preamps... - Trevor Wilson 21:56:38 05/04/00 (1)
- Re: Forget toroids, with preamps... - john curl 10:39:43 05/06/00 (0)
- This is not a bad approximation... - Victor Khomenko 11:10:38 05/04/00 (0)
- Re: How to Determine Toroid Size - Trevor Wilson 23:02:29 05/03/00 (10)
- Re: How to Determine Toroid Size - ccd 17:37:23 05/04/00 (0)
- Re: How to Determine Toroid Size - Lukasz F. 14:41:10 05/04/00 (8)
- Re: How to Determine Toroid Size - Victor Khomenko 14:54:38 05/04/00 (7)
- Re: How to Determine Toroid Size - Trevor Wilson 16:05:30 05/04/00 (6)
- Interesting... - Victor Khomenko 16:32:18 05/04/00 (5)
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