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RE: yes and no.

Compatible speakers is indeed the issue. Since we have stayed away from any large amounts of feedback (only found in 1 or 2 db amounts in the M-60 and S-30) the amplifiers don't have a voltage response compatible with some speakers built using the Voltage Paradigm for reasons I stated earlier.

But that does not mean there is a shortage of speakers they can drive.

BTW, loop feedback is not responsible for the type of distortion response where you see a dip at low power and a rise in distortion as output power continues to decrease. That has more to do with how the 'phase splitting' is done.

I don't doubt that the Einstein is a good sounding amp. It had better be for the price and power! and the fact that its an OTL :)

Years ago we were faced with the issue of feedback and I found that whether or not it was beneficial had a lot to do with the speaker. We built a variety of amps that had switchable or variable feedback and it was through that experimentation that we heard how it could foreshorten the sound stage, mess with dynamics and create artificial brightness. I would love to use it (for that matter I would love to use transistors...) but getting the equipment to sound like real music is the goal.


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