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What is the best OTL out there?

Hello. I've always been curious about OTL amplifiers, but never tried one except for the very unusual (and wonderful) Berning Siegfried, which was both SET and OTL. I wonder if there is an agreement as to which OTL currently in production can be considered to be the best. Ciao.
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I haven't heard Roger Modjeski's OTL's, but his transformer-coupled amps sure are good. Plus with the way he runs his tubes so conservatively, his OTL amps are likely to need less maintenance than other OTL's, which can be pretty expensive to keep tubed.
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I hope someone worked on the Futterman circuit to cure it’s well-known problems. Harvey Rosenberg and George Kaye tried for years without being entirely successful. Both Ralph Karsten (Atma-Sphere) and Roger Modjeski (Music Reference) have designed and offer better OTL amps than any Futterman.
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