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In Reply to: RE: "Those who dot not study history will de doomed to repeat it." Santayana. nt posted by viridian on August 12, 2019 at 14:07:08
And studiously sidestepped a lot of the pitfalls in his design. That's why our OTL is unconditionally stable.
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....there is an ad in it for an OTL amp with a matching very high impedance loudspeaker. I'm coming off the top of my head here but around 100 ohms. Have you heard of that Ralph? I should dig it out and post it here.
For the Beveridge models 2 and 2SW a direct-coupled amplifier is situated in the base of the gigantic speaker(s). No coupling capacitors OR transformer, driving a totally unique take on ESL, not really an ESL as we know it because the diaphragm does not carry a bias voltage; it's at ground reference. Which is maybe why after nearly 40s years my 2SWs still sound divine. (Knocking on wood.) I've owned the 2SWs for about 6-7 years now, but the amplifiers are dated inside, "1979".
Other later models of Beveridge speakers (models 3 and up) are much more like conventional ESL speakers and require an outboard amplifier.
Nt
I think I just wanted a chance to talk about Beveridge.
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Stephens and Philips Norelco offered high impedance speakers with matching OTL amplifiers.I believe the high impedance Stephens TruSonic speakers were 500 ohms; while Philips Norelco had both 400 ohm and 800 ohm offerings.
As I recall, each of their OTL amplifiers were cap-coupled SRPP designs.
Edits: 08/13/19 08/13/19
Nt
Lots of interesting material here - scroll down for info on their OTL amplifier.
...I wouldn't mind a pair of those corner horns, and that mid-century modern house to listen to them in.
This combo (OTL + high impedance speaker) sounds interesting. I hope you can find it.
My Stax F83 speakers have a variable but overall very high impedance, around 160 ohms in the midrange. The NYAL Stax combination works very well. (But I now have a subwoofer to take
care fo the low frequency, where the speaker's impedance strangey goes back down to 4 ohms).
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