OTL Asylum

Posted by jayarr (A) on June 06, 2005 at 08:39:37

In Reply to: Berning ZH270 or Seigfried compared to Atma-sphere MA60 posted by oracle on May 29, 2005 at 18:49:26:

I have the Duos and the Seigfried 811-10. I love the combination. Plenty of power, dynamics, transparency, resolution, natural tone and timbre. This is not a euphonic sounding SET amp in spite of it's Class A directly-heated triode heritage. Very different than say a Audio Note SET amp which has a more midrange emphasized sound(neither better or worse just different). The 300B version is slightly warmer. I don't know why Berning stopped producing the Siegfried since 300B and 811-10(Parts Express-Svetlana) tubes are still readily available. I've heard the Atmosphere MA60,with Merlin speakers tho not with Duos, and was very impressed. I agree that 60wts/ch would be overkill and wasteful(way too much heat production). The info about the Berning OTL having a transistor based output is just plain wrong. Check out the Berning website and also check out previous threads regarding this subject. BTW, I also owned a Berning 270 and briefly compared it to the Seigfried on the Duos and liked the Seigfried better. The 270 was more etched,slightly artificial,less intimate,tho with slightly better bass than the Seigfried. Hope this helps.