This was the last extensive testing and listening session I did in the attic before we moved back to the states. I misplaced some data and just recovered them recently. So as promised in a previous blog entry, here's the write-up on the two entry-level SE Finemet OPTs from Noguchi.
WARNING
These are bonsai-sized output transformers. If HUGE iron + HIGH inductance and thumping bass frequencies is your idea of high-fidelity you should STOP 🛑 here!😉However, if the finesse and realism a WE/Altec 755A can provide within its 70-13 kHz bandwidth is your idea of a GREAT time, please proceed!😊
Noguchi FM-3WS-H
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| Noguchi FM-3WS-H + Tamura F7004 |
David vs. Goliath - indeed, the FM-3WS-H is tiny. I had to mount it on a perf board so that it wouldn't fall from the square mounting hole left by the Tamura F7004 ;)
