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| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? I do agree Allan and don't pretend to understand how this high frequency converter "carries" the signal and increases the turns ratio to 64-1 and matches impedance to the speakers, it is indeed mind boggling! My point is that a converter/transform... | |
| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? Ok Allan, but it seems we have had this discussion before. But I ask you this, if an inpedance converter is not a transformer of sorts, what exactly is it? Also true that some OTL's have a cap or resistor between plate and terminal but none have a... | |
| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? I personally haven't heard any amp design that offers what OTL's do when matched with an optimal load. The traditional design will however exibit problems if not properly matched to a stable high impedance speaker load. The ideal being 16 ohms. No... | |
| Merlin VSM - Are they in the real top league ? Nice post foreverhifi and in answer to the question, yes I feel they are reference with all the considerations given in the above posts. As always, listen with your own ears and most importantly, no product stands on its own, it is the combination... | |
| $4500 amp beat out the Tenor OTL in the latest TAS Zaikesman, the output transformer for the Atmas-pheres you are referring to in your last post is maybe the zeroformer(?) which acts as a passive transformer and increases the turns ratio of the amp so the load from the speaker to the amp is optima... | |
| UPS strikes again Sorry for your misfortune Slipknot1. Your experience almost identically mirrors my own almost 1 year ago. A near perfect condition 17 year old turntable shipped after meticulous packing. It also arrived with a broken plinth, frame and completely s... | |
| Best Cables for Merlin VSM-M's I sure many of the above are excellent choices and I would be most interested in the TG Audio cables as I have one of their power cords and find it to be excellent and a great value, Thanks Bob Crump!To the list I would add Luminous Technology Syn... | |
| David Berning "Holy Grail" 45 SE ZOTL now exists Now this be what we're talking about, Holy Grail indeed. What more could a purist tube afficionado want, Me? I need a few more watts but damn Twl if you and Berning haven't taken this technology to another place with your prototype. Congragulation... | |
| Merlin VMS versus VMPS RM-40 versus Proac 3.8 So Good, I'll believe it when I hear it that a speaker using different driver technologies offers the coherence of one offering the same. I haven't EVER heard it to date. Long term listening really brings this fact home. The MOST coherent speakers... | |
| Your 5 Fav Rock Concerts Yeah Mike, I certainly enjoyed it and only wish I were there. I did have an experience similar when I was attending the Philadelphia Folk Festival in the early 70's and Bob Dylan unexpectedly showed up, nothing quite like yours though. | |
| The Legendary ? Infinity IRS V I would agree with Plato. A few months back I heard a pair of IRS 5's heavily modified in a really well set up room and it wasn't very large either. The mids and highs were driven by Fournier OTL amps and most of the electronics were relatively mo... | |
| Vandersteen 5 vs Model 2c/2wq Combo I would like to chime in here as Vandersteen products are among my favorites. Throughout their lineup they offer some of the best values in audio. Matchstikman a few years back I had the opportunity to audition side by side both the 3a Sigs and th... | |
| Whats up with Merlin? Hey Lindisfarne, any relation to the English group? I think I already asked you that once before, didn't I? Your experience with the TSM has been covered in another thread and I think the bottom line problem with your TSM's was a system mismatch. ... | |
| Are there any absolute truths??? *A bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush.* Don't fret over the fact that what you have isn't good enough until you explore all the options that will make it as good as it can be. So often we give up and move on to the next "improvement" without real... | |
| No image from Vandersteen 2ci sigs? Fishwater try this site acousticsfirst.com They offer various room treatments for noise, home theater and music systems. If you submit a drawing of your room with all dimensions and placement of everything within the room they may be able to guide... |