@charles1dad you have never, ever, taken an overly dogmatic position on any of your posts that I can recall. I did not misunderstand your comments. I hope no one has misunderstood mine.
In actual fact, I agree that SET is quite capable of delivering a very natural and very pleasing bass. That did not drive me in the OTL direction. It was the very high THD resulting from trying to reproduce orchestral music with 92.5 dB efficient speakers that prompted the move. Had I stuck with my 94dB efficient Triumph Extreme II monitors, I would have certainly stuck with the Franks in my main system.
I've grown to love my OTLs as much as my CSL. But it took a lot of tube rolling to get there, and it also took a lot of work on my room to get where I am now. I'd go further and emphasize that were it not for my CSL and its SET magic, I would not be nearly as enthusiastic about the OTL as I am. Going back to my coffee analogy, the OTL/CSL combo is one spoon of sugar. That is just right for me.
I think Ralph would tell you that his amps are more popular with the vinyl crowd. I suspect there are not many of us Digital only OTL guys.
In the end, there is a reason why my Franks have been sitting idle for nearly 5 years. I haven't sold them because I still love them, and they are worth more to me than they would likely bring. I just know that at some point, I'm going to want to go down the Frankenstein road again. But, it won't be with the Super Victory speakers. I noticed that Israel has resurrected the Pure Reference as a MK II. It looks like the Total Victory with PRE drivers. MTM configuration with side firing dual woofers. Very interesting. 30K. I hope we will see a review on these. I think the PRs would work in my room, whereas I think it is probably a bit smallish for PREs.