Relationship of amplifier sound to transformer quality?

williewonka,
thanks much for your clarifying post. Yes i believe that you have done well to redeem yourself. My apologies too for coming down on you so hard. I could have phrased that better myself.
It's hard to know how technical the audience is when trying to explain some this material. I've found that watering it down to suit a non-technical audience can add more ambiguity & confusion rather than stating it in a technical way & later on, based on the questions from the audience, explaning certain sections using more layman analogies. More often than not the audience here at Audiogon is pretty technical & they can stomach quite a bit before barfing but one never really knows...
Your last post shows you clearly understand the virtues of a good transformer in the design of a component....thanks.

Good info guys. There are many parts in audio designs that can impact the sound. Ps caps trannies resistors etc. polite on makes good tram
nsformers as I repair counterpoint products. Significant change in sound not always but yes.  If the power supply is poor then I would not waste my time. The dad I build has a better powers supply that most amps I see.  Happy listening.

First of all, hope you are all well. Old thread but a question came up I know you guys can answer. Jim Stuart of Meridian made a comment years ago when asked about the 'lean' nature of the old Meridian 105 monos. He said what they need is a bigger transformer. The amp and psu are in separate chassis. I just happen to have an extra pair of psu. Could I connect them in parallel to double their rating? It would be a simple matter of splicing the umbilicals of the psu's and then into the amp as usual. The caps are a pair of 6800uf in each supply so I would up one set to 10,000uf and delete the other? TIA

Transformers  are the heart of any amp should be the best.

Jim Stuart of Meridian made a comment years ago when asked about the 'lean' nature of the old Meridian 105 monos. He said what they need is a bigger transformer. The amp and psu are in separate chassis. I just happen to have an extra pair of psu. Could I connect them in parallel to double their rating?

Yes, it's a good idea!

It would be a simple matter of splicing the umbilicals of the psu's and then into the amp as usual.

If you can find the plug and socket, my suggestion is make a "Y" connector so no modification to the original power supplies.

The caps are a pair of 6800uf in each supply so I would up one set to 10,000uf and delete the other?

My suggestion is add a power diode in series to each + and - outputs. Again, no need to modify the original power supplies.

https://www.kepcopower.com/support/diodes.htm