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In Reply to: RE: OTL vs SET posted by saki70 on January 11, 2015 at 13:48:31
I hope I don't offend anyone.
Think of OTL's as crystal clear. If a recording has emotion, than so does the music. If the recording is somewhat dry, so will the music.
SET are beautiful. Lush recordings are even more so. Hard recordings sound sweeter.
I am in the OTL camp.
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Really depends more on the execution than the type, IMO. My GM70 based DHT amplifier does not really sound like a stereotypical SET amplifier in that "beautiful" or "lush" isn't the proper word to describe its sound. If anything, I would say it sounds bold and muscular. It only puts out 22 watts but drives speakers that some conventional 100 watt push-pull amps can not.
I've owned many OTL amps over the years - Counterpoint SA-4, Luxmax MQ-36, Graaf GM-20, Silvaweld OTL Reference, Futterman H3/OTL3/OTL4, Atma M60 in various versions, etc - so I know the OTL sound pretty well.
I would say good amplifiers sound very similar to each other regardless of the design.
I am very interested to hear about the difference or specialities when comparing the Atma with Graaf . Ok , I am using the larger brother of the Graaf gm20, the gm200 but stiil interested.
Never having heard the GM-200, I can't comment on how it compares to the Atma, but I remember the GM-20 being more neutral with better highs and more defined lows, at least with the speakers I was using at the time.
Thanks.
The gm200 is compared to the gm20 even wilder, to die for mids and with more control in low end but with no sacrifice at the top.
OTL's = clean, clean, clean with lots of emotion.
SET's = romantic and not as accurate.
Yes I'm in the OTL camp and don't think will ever go back. But if you ever want to go the OTL route remember that speaker matching is even more important. High and flat impedance is very important.
i agree on the speaker matching. i am having some success with a pair of einstein mk 70s (about 50 - 60 watts) with golden ear triton 7s. the tritons dip in the bass and that proves to be the limiting factor. still very good, but ultimate volume cannot be achieved.
i have heard some SETs that are not overly romantic but very clear and clean while admittedly rolling off some in high treble and low bass. i think the preamp is critical in those applications. some of the most tactile, reach out and touch it sound i have ever heard however.
Tom Collins
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