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In Reply to: RE: Quad ESL in the making posted by AJ on August 23, 2016 at 13:02:53
Didn't some of the beveridge designs come with their own built in OTL?
The transformer elimination trick is wonderful. Bet it does kick up performance another notch, particularly in dynamics and clarity. But I do listen to music with peaks well above 100 db very often.
How is the blending of the subs with the speakers? The beveridge were so quick, even at 130hz I have my doubts about smooth blending.
I didn't get a chance to hear stacked quads but it was always intriguing to me ever since I read about the concoction Levinson built out of stacked quads a Decca ribbon and a hartley sub. You are the first I found to have done the deed and come away disappointed.
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Yes, the Model 2 Beveridges came with a direct drive OTL amp in the base-
Those are the Beveridges that I am familiar with...
Happy Listening
And it just so happens that Roger designed and built the direct drive amps for the Beveridges too!
I didn't get a chance to hear stacked quads but it was always intriguing to me ever since I read about the concoction Levinson built out of stacked quads a Decca ribbon and a hartley sub. You are the first I found to have done the deed and come away disappointed.
I heard an HQD system back in the 70s. Through the Atlanta Audio Society, JWC heard of a guy in Macon who had an HQD setup. I rode with him one Saturday to hear them. For me, stacking addressed the "iistening down" to them issue with respect to delivering a realistic image size. The ML class A amps were only 25 watts each so it really wasn't a case of their producing high output levels. I confess that in the end, I still preferred JWC's Dayton-Wrights overall.
Like my Sound Labs, the Beveridge is a tall line source that can produce very nice sound indeed via their unique aperature. I heard a pair of them at JWC's during a review period.
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