In Reply to: RE: SET vs OTL in a shootout ? posted by Tre' on August 21, 2015 at 17:04:41:
could it be the 1500 feet of output transformer wire that's missing being a bigger factor than the linearity of the tube ?
I am not comparing apples to apples here I understand.
but what I like is a amp that splits it right down the middle.
so at one extreme you have the old tube anps and amps like quikesilvers which to me sounded extremely "romantic and lush" but also slow and marsch mellowey. on the other hand I heard vey high end solid state and difital amps that were ultra detailed and fast but also strident and edgy. they also lacked a big degree of depth on the sound stage. SET were extremely nice but never had the speed on fast transient passages.
OTL seem to split it down the middle. best of both worlds. at least for headphones they are unbeatable .
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- RE: SET vs OTL in a shootout ? - trioderob 17:30:38 08/21/15 (9)
- RE: SET vs OTL in a shootout ? - 91derlust 02:35:09 08/22/15 (6)
- Such as a single WE300B/channel running into a pair of LS3/5As? Nt - Frihed89 03:01:02 08/22/15 (5)
- RE: Such as a single WE300B/channel running into a pair of LS3/5As? Nt - 91derlust 03:28:53 08/22/15 (4)
- Yes on voices, for sure, transparent too - Frihed89 23:00:16 08/22/15 (3)
- RE: Yes on voices, for sure, transparent too - 91derlust 01:39:41 08/23/15 (2)
- I generally agree - Frihed89 14:16:09 08/23/15 (1)
- RE: I generally agree - 91derlust 20:21:35 08/23/15 (0)
- RE: SET vs OTL in a shootout ? - Tre' 17:48:44 08/21/15 (1)
- I think that you are stuck arguing with "I like" rather than what they can measurably do - richardl 17:01:42 09/09/15 (0)