Anthony Cordesman is a classy audiophile gentleman who I've had the pleasure of listening with as he used and reviewed my products many moons ago. A shout out to Anthony!
Now about transformers. My answer would be somewhat different than those who go with bigger is better only. Innovation in audio is being advanced at a more progressive pace over the last 15 or so years and I see and hear design improvements leaning toward smaller transformers.
I look at transformers the same way I look at speaker crossovers, more and bigger parts is usually a result of something not working up to par somewhere in the chain.
Michael Green
http://www.michaelgreenaudio.net/