The silver winding wire is brought out for direct connection to the circuit. While I am a firm believer that it is the amp designers responsibility for the ultimate packaging aesthetic, I do have some 125mm cubed aluminum covers that will cover them if needed.
After many years of insisting that doing multiple taps only adds to the compromises I want to avoid in a design, I have finally come up with results that I deem acceptable. Below are the plots of a similar transformer wound with the ability for 4, 8 and 16 ohm taps.
For behavior below 100hz I look at the inductance plots to make the best choice of inductance vs. current for the intended application and set the air gap accordingly. The plots below were taken with the equivalent of a 16W excitation voltage @ 50hz. Pink would be suitable for a parallel 300B, Brown an 845 or GM-70 and something inbetween green and blue could be chosen for a 211.
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