Single ended tropde class a all tube drive output transformer coupled again many of you will repeat the same advice go listen and see what you like better.
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Such a drastic solution allows the otl amp to become a normal transformer loaded pp or se amp using the same tubes usually 6as7 or 6c33c.
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Few people in the high end know the difference between glorious excess and wretched folly as well as harvey rosenberg footnote 1.
The attractions are obvious less cost less weight shipping costs too and the avoidance of distortions from transformer sounds obvious.
He calls it zotl to differentiate it from otl but the result is the same.
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The only real disadvantage of an otl amplifier lies in its incredibly complex circuit which results in very expensive manufacturing techniques.
Transcendent sound grounded grid preamp plus a set headphones amp like this one.
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Or a stand alone otl pre amp.
The otl 3 s were most recently running a pair of 1959 klipsch khorns 16ohm they are a fantastic match when corresponding with ted hammond he said that they were near perfect impedance for the otl 3 stating that the amplifier was designed to have full output into a 25 ohm load.
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Harvey s audio equipment always strives towards the glorious folly of providing the most romantic sound possible with modern technology.
This may explain why his relatively small company new york audio laboratories can build an amplifier like the futterman otl 1.
The damping factor of the einstein the silver bullet otl amplifier is at a minimum a factor 5 or higher compared to a conventional tube amplifier or even in other otl realized concepts.
This is the best sounding tube amp i ve heard.
My amp shown above 10 watts channel by berning no longer in production alas is single ended and in actual use is like an otl type amp the best of both worlds.
Bruce rozenblit designer of the transcendent sound otl amplifier has solved all of these problems and has built an otl amp that.