Tenor OTL amps with Quad ESL

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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

Has anyone used Tenor OTL amps with any Quad ESL speakers? I have had the pleasure of owning previous OTL designs by both Futterman/NYAL and Counterpoint in systems with Quad 63s and USA Monitors, and consider it to be one of the great synergies in audio. I currently own Tenor 75 Wi amps and would like to try them with Quad 988s or 2805s, but am interested in whether anyone else has tried this combination.

The good folks at Tenor are reluctant to endorse the match, as the protection circuitry in the Quads could potentially short the output of the amps, which are not protected from such an occurrence, and would likely, as a result, sustain damage. I am told that, in this sense, the Tenors are quite different from other modern OTL designs, such as the Atmaspheres, which are protected. I do own Zero Autoformers, which might help mitigate the potential problem.

I am most anxious to have any information or hear any accounts of attempts, successful or not, to use these products together, as well as informed opinion as to why it should or should not be attempted. Many thanks.

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Topic - Tenor OTL amps with Quad ESL - framerunner 06:16:48 12/15/09 (10)

"I do own Zero Autoformers, which might help mitigate the potential problem." - mäç 18:43:26 12/15/09 (3)

RE: "I do own Zero Autoformers, which might help mitigate the potential problem." - framerunner 20:19:37 12/15/09 (2)

You are correct about the ZEROs. - Al Sekela 15:32:15 12/16/09 (0)

autoformers - mäç 20:54:21 12/15/09 (0)

What you need is - E-Stat 16:18:58 12/15/09 (0)

In Principle I Would Be Cautious... - Doug Schroeder 06:58:35 12/15/09 (4)

"Harvey Kaye" ??? - Dave Pogue 10:18:54 12/16/09 (1)

I Can't See Where That Came From!... - Doug Schroeder 10:40:35 12/16/09 (0)

RE: Pathos vs. Quad 57 ESL's: - Vinylly 14:29:34 12/15/09 (1)

That Is Entirely Possible... - Doug Schroeder 18:05:55 12/15/09 (0)

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