At the Newport show a few days ago I had a chance to hear OTL monoblocks from both Einstein and D Berning. OTL's are definitely closest in sound to no amp. Both were pure and endlessly open on top and both had tremendous presence and authority. Both were 70- 80 watts as I recall. In my judgement the system with the Berning amps sounded somewhat clinical and less than natural on top when pushed. The wide open bandwidth of an OTL can also invite unwanted super sonic spurious crap that gets into the picture... if not properly addressed.
The Einstein OTL mono's were my preference...(that day). Big, insanely open, realistic, clear and alive... and totally non-fatiguing. For the record, the one non-OTL amp that sounds closest to no amp is the Technical Brain amps from Japan just beginning new dist. in the U.S.
Cheers
The Einstein OTL mono's were my preference...(that day). Big, insanely open, realistic, clear and alive... and totally non-fatiguing. For the record, the one non-OTL amp that sounds closest to no amp is the Technical Brain amps from Japan just beginning new dist. in the U.S.
Cheers