Silk STA-522A vs Sowter 9335 TVC

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Hi all, I hope there is someone out there who might be able to comment on the sonic difference between these two units.

I have a Rega Apollo CD player with 600Ohm output impedance and a Sugden A21ap amp with 47kOhm input impedance. I'm going to wire the transformer to a Shallco shorting 2 deck single pole switch.

Silk uses a Supermalloy core and Sowter uses mu-metal. Both are iron, nickel, and molybdenum with perhaps some copper in the mu-metal type. The Sowter shows 85H inductance, while the Silk shows a seemingly impossible 1100H. Costs are similar, $430 shipped for the Silk and $380 for the Sowter depending upon the daily exchange rate. Sowter claims a wider and completely stable bandwidth. The Sowter offers 26 positions at 2 dB per tap, and the Silk has 23 with a few 3dB steps. The Sowter is made in the UK, which would be consistent with my other gear, and the Silk is made in Thailand. Both appear to be excellent build quality. The Silk is featured in a few pre-built products, but not the Sowter for whatever reason. Which would you choose and why? Is there anyone out there who has heard them both and has some objective opinions?

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Topic - Silk STA-522A vs Sowter 9335 TVC - Tom Gnade 11:58:08 02/08/10 (1)

RE: Silk STA-522A vs Sowter 9335 TVC - Chris O 07:44:04 02/10/10 (0)

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