OTL or SET? Differences?


With my limited knowledge, I know that OTL is transformerless and SET is single-ended. But what are the main advantages and disadvantages of these two designs? How to choose matching speakers for these two different designs?

Currently I have an Atma-Sphere OTL amplifier.

Thanks in advance!

Otto
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Duke, you are right. What I have is Atma-sphere M-30 and it is part of my second system which is for chamber music listening. The project is for my main system as I am experiencing slightly hearing loss on my left ear. That is the reason for me to change my Thiel 3.6 to speakers with high efficiency. I DO love the bass Thiel 3.6 brought me for the past 5 years. Yet I put lots of effort to tame its metal tweeter with little success. I also owned Silverline Sonata I around 4 years ago but the bass from Sonanta I just not enough for me while I listen to Mahler's 2nd symphony or some organ music. Please provide your suggestion.

Thanks!

Otto