I think my life long Audio journey experience has lead me to believe now OTL are the most superior to my opinion against Any SET amplifier or Solid State amplifier as long as you Match the OTL Amps to a 16-ohms Speaker!!!
Owning 845, 211, 805, 45s EL34s KT88 120 and 300Bs and a mix of Japanese made tube amps purchased from ebay and direct from Sound-gate in Japan.
The only SET Amp i have not tried but curious about is the 212 super large tubes.
To my Ears OTL gives me everything i want from a Solid State & from a SET Tube Amplifier in one with out the trade-offs
I am not into Artificial Distortion and syrupy mushy or Lush sounding Amplifiers i find that after sometime i get sick of it. I need an amp that can handle any type of music i throw at it.
I gave up on Solid State few years back over time i gave up on SET Amplifiers after trying and buying and loosing a ton of money on resale. Got tired of Changing tubes constantly trying to improve on it. Once I went down the OTL route with Speakers to match it was the end of my Amp-Speaker Journey.
Owning 845, 211, 805, 45s EL34s KT88 120 and 300Bs and a mix of Japanese made tube amps purchased from ebay and direct from Sound-gate in Japan.
The only SET Amp i have not tried but curious about is the 212 super large tubes.
To my Ears OTL gives me everything i want from a Solid State & from a SET Tube Amplifier in one with out the trade-offs
I am not into Artificial Distortion and syrupy mushy or Lush sounding Amplifiers i find that after sometime i get sick of it. I need an amp that can handle any type of music i throw at it.
I gave up on Solid State few years back over time i gave up on SET Amplifiers after trying and buying and loosing a ton of money on resale. Got tired of Changing tubes constantly trying to improve on it. Once I went down the OTL route with Speakers to match it was the end of my Amp-Speaker Journey.