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From: cyamamot@nunki.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Where to get quality transformers? (was Re: Define "GROUND" (& how to solve a "GROUND" loop prob))
Keywords: ground, loops, transformers
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Date: 4 Jun 89 14:47:45 GMT
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In article <3807@mit-amt> rdsnyder@mit-amt (Ross D. Snyder) writes:
>Another solution would be to install isolation transformers in the RCA cords
>between the receiver and amp.  This would eliminate DC continuity in the
>lines and would prevent ground loops through the audio signal lines.  Use
>50Kohm:50Kohm audio transformers of good quality (like with shielding).
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Can anyone point me to a manufacturer or distributor of these kinds of
transformers?  The only big transformer company I know of is Stancor (sp?)
and I don't think they make audio transformers :(

Cliff