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| SET vs OTL Berning makes a ZOTL SET on request. I know Berning is not strictly OTL but from what I understand the transformer is only there to filter some very high frequency noise riding the signal. | |
| SET vs OTL How about an OTL SET ? | |
| SET vs OTL Again, I do not know how to measure this or if there is any way to measure this. SETs simply sound more direct. Instruments and voices sounds realistic, as in small, focused, dense and direct. Just the way they sound in real world. This doesn't ha... | |
| SET vs OTL There is another quality that I have clearly noticed in all SETs vs Push-pull. And this is even in systems which are super efficient and made for SETs (single drivers, Audio note speakers etc). SETs sound like "they are here" whereas push-pull sou... | |
| SET vs OTL You are correct @atmasphere that Tenor had the better PRAT. But it did not control my speakers as well as the 10 watt Wavac. That was wierd. It also did not sound as illuminated from within as the Wavac. I have again noted this difference between ... | |
| SET vs OTL I have the Tannoy Turnberry SE | |
| SET vs OTL My exposure to OTL was only with the Tenor OTL75 which I owned for about 6 months. Lovely amplifier but surprisingly even with 75 watts it could not control my Tannoys' bottom end like a 10 watt Wavac 300b (which I owned just prior to the Tenor). ... | |
| SET vs OTL @atmasphere I have not heard your amps yet and also my exposure to differentially balanced amps is very limited hence I would eagerly wait to hear them out. I would be very happy if I can find the cohesion of single ended design in a powerful bala... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @ledoux, that youtube video was to tell you how far people have gone to tweak the Verdier. I did not get to that point because that would have meant usage of a tape drive (like in the video) with appropriate modification to the motor capstan and a... | |
| SET vs OTL As long as we are talking about bandwidth, power, detail, THD, we are not going to meet anywhere. If there is an instrument which can measure this effect (apart from our ears), I don't know it. But I am surprised it is not measured. | |
| SET vs OTL @atmasphere, your knowledge on design is at expert level so I wont talk about that.Whether we call it crossover distortion or "push-pull special" distortion. I have heard the exact same distortion attribute when I compared:1. Audionote SET to Lebe... | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine Thank you @Ibelchev , I get your point.The sonic difference between the Philips and Maxon was not much but I wanted a more powerful motor since I intended to try the flywheel experiment. | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine No, it is a low inertia Philips motor. The maxon is about 3 times more powerful | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine @ledoux1238, I get your sentiments. Since you are happy to explore and experiment, here are some more things I tried with the Verdier:1. Changed the motor from the low torque philips to a high torque Maxon motor. Currently these are used in top TT... | |
| SET vs OTL The one thing that clearly differentiates an SET from any Push-Pull (OTL or not) is the crossover distortion which occurs due to splitting the wave and joining it back. Once I heard and lived with an SET, that distortion was so clearly audible in ... |