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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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xonex77
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Most OTL  are not producing enough plate dissipation for a pair of tubes,Imagine for a pair of 6c33c tube with max.of 60 watts plate dissipation can produce more than 25 watts class A of power, 3 x of 300b output in SE.
xonex77
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There's some out there who designed and build their own  OTL that uses better tubes like KT88/120/150,,300b,,VV52b,,even 211 / VT 4C can  be used and  they are more efficient than the ones  on the market today.
xonex77
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How can you be sure,I build and designed these types of OTL and they sound excellent.using KT120,KT88,VVT52b,300bMaybe you are just concentrated on your OTL.
xonex77
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Al,Charles,My OTL uses 8 or 16 ohms full range speakers,I can use 4 ohms but it's too bright,I am building  an OTL that I can change the output tubes having 7.5,6.3,5.0 & 4.0 volts filament.My OTL use interstage transformer and only one capacitor in  signal path.
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