As a user of OTL's for over 20 years, and now an Atma dealer, I might add that anyone who has heard Atma-sphere amps over the years, should try and here Ralph's latest designs.
As fantastic, detailed, quick and lifelike as they always were, they have simply reached a new plateau with the latest versions.
I just recently added dampers to the output tubes ( I have had dampers on the input tubes for years) I was surprised at the improvement yet again.
I am currently using the Zero autoformer with 4 ohm speakers.
Great tube OTL amps I think are they way off the audio merry go round.
Yes they need to be paired with appropriate speakers (the Zero increases the lot of compatible speakers) but once the amps are chosen, one may now look elsewhere in the system to make improvements, confident that the amps are making much of the potential in the signal.
As fantastic, detailed, quick and lifelike as they always were, they have simply reached a new plateau with the latest versions.
I just recently added dampers to the output tubes ( I have had dampers on the input tubes for years) I was surprised at the improvement yet again.
I am currently using the Zero autoformer with 4 ohm speakers.
Great tube OTL amps I think are they way off the audio merry go round.
Yes they need to be paired with appropriate speakers (the Zero increases the lot of compatible speakers) but once the amps are chosen, one may now look elsewhere in the system to make improvements, confident that the amps are making much of the potential in the signal.