Mercury Magnetics

Tdale · Post by **Tdale** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 7:06 pm

I went ahead and ordered both the PT and OT gransformer from Mercury Magnetics. Everyone I've asked, say that they are great/the best transformers, but too expencive. They sure are, but I thought that I'd go for it anyway. After all, the OT is the most important part in an amp I've been told several times...

I'll post some clips when I finish my amp. I'm building a Z-Wreck. How close is the z-wreck to a rocket?

Tommy

selloutrr · Post by **selloutrr** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:43 pm

They both have an "E", "C", "K", and "R" in the name

Congratulations on the Iron they make a nice product.

ampmike · Post by **ampmike** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 9:52 pm

I kinda felt the same way about the mercs.My 50 metro plexie has them.Some of the amps I bought like my Roccaforte has them too.I have to say the amps sound great with them.I would love to build something to side by side them and see if i could here the difference.Im going to follow your progress,I think you picked a great amp to build and I would like to here your amp when its done,Good Luck Bro,Mikey

Drew.12345 · Post by **Drew.12345** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:37 am

Tdale,
I used these exact trannies in my Z wreck and couldn't be happier! I don't think you'll be disappointed. To my ears they have a very rich and full sound. I've used a lot of Mercury Iron and have nothing but praises for the iron they make.
BTW, what choke are you planning on using?
Drew

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:40 am

I used these exact trannies in my Z wreck and couldn't be happier!

Which transformers I didn't see where anyone noted which transformers were being used other then a name Mercury

Drew.12345 · Post by **Drew.12345** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:47 am

Oh ya My .02,
From my research, the z wreck is pretty close to Kenny's rocket but it has Z's twist on it. Z approached Ken I think and Ken shared his notes with Mike and spec'd the transformers for the z wreck and help design the chassis. Fwiw, I have never heard a real rocket or clone live, but the z wreck I believe is pretty darn close. Awesome amp, you'll have a hard time trying to stop playing cause I know I did and still do.
Andrew

Drew.12345 · Post by **Drew.12345** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:51 am

Mark,
Oops... My mistake! I just assumed the TW Trannies. Im on my iPhone and only going on a few hours sleep. I'm at the hospital awaiting my first baby! Lol and checking out the. TAG!

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:31 am

On the MM website they have Liverpool OT 5k2 and Express OT 6k6 and TW PT but I did not see a Rocket OT listed.

You couldn't go wrong using Mercury that is for sure. Some day I will break down and buy some.

Mark

Bob S · Post by **Bob S** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:48 am

Hey Mark - maybe they should start selling new ears to us older guys.
You got me hooked on Rockets

I've got Pacific's in my Rocket Reverb & I'm not sure it could sound any better.

Drew.12345 · Post by **Drew.12345** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 2:57 am

Mark,
They only have the one TW OT. It has two taps: one 5.2 and one 6.6. I spoke to Patrick @ MM about the Z wreck and he thought the TW iron would work best. FWIW I used the 5.2 tap for my z wreck.
Just a side note- Patrick also told me that Sergio(mercury's Head guy) knew Ken and shelfed his propriety design once he passed.
I respect that.
Drew

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:46 pm

Bob, yes I have 4 or 5 Rocket varieties maybe more I lost track, great amps for sure. Each one is different.

For my Zwreck I ended up using:

HTS 9144 PT 280v
HTS 8093-1 OT 4k3
Hammond 159Q choke 7h 150mA DC

Drew your liking the 5k2 in your Zwreck, great I was wondering if some were going to go that route. How choke choice?

Mark

ampmike · Post by **ampmike** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:47 pm

Hey Guys,On the Mercury site they have apparently some Trainwreck replacement trannies.What do you guys make of them, are they correct taps like the Heyboers and pacifics?It would be interesting to do a rocket or express with them.They aint cheap though.Mikey

Cantplay · Post by **Cantplay** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:23 am

Triode is listing TW iron now too.

John

Tdale · Post by **Tdale** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:46 am

Drew.12345 wrote:Tdale,
I used these exact trannies in my Z wreck and couldn't be happier! I don't think you'll be disappointed. To my ears they have a very rich and full sound. I've used a lot of Mercury Iron and have nothing but praises for the iron they make.
BTW, what choke are you planning on using?
Drew

Not sure yet. I have one, but I don't have it here, so I don't know the specs. MM recommended their choke for VOX AC30...

Do you recommend one?

Tdale · Post by **Tdale** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:48 am

M Fowler wrote:Bob, yes I have 4 or 5 Rocket varieties maybe more I lost track, great amps for sure. Each one is different.

For my Zwreck I ended up using:

HTS 9144 PT 280v
HTS 8093-1 OT 4k3
Hammond 159Q choke 7h 150mA DC

Drew your liking the 5k2 in your Zwreck, great I was wondering if some were going to go that route. How choke choice?

Mark

These:
http://www.tonehenge.de/en/shop/1-mercu ... trainwreck

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