Thought on OTL tube amps


Just curious....how do these sound/perform compared to tube amps with transformers? Why do you prefer one or the other? Any particular brands of OTL amps you would recommend listening to? You can see my system on my tag here...listen mostly to rock and roll with a smattering of jazz and a bit of classical once in a while. The next stop on my amplifier adventure is an OTL model, and I have no intention of trading it for either SET I currently have, as I'm very happy with both. One of the ways I enjoy experimenting with different "sound" is by switching up the amps. Just trying to solicit some opinions, of which I know there are many strong ones here at A-Gon. Thanks in advance!
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Showing 5 responses by jwm

The atmasphere amp is a great match for Soundlabs. Soundlabs generally are very full in the midrange and atmasphere goes very well with them.
Most OTL amps to me sound lean. If you like this transparency you can have it. Go listen to live music then you will know.
I said yes to most, but you are correct the Joule is not lean I could live with this one.
Soundlabs and Silverlines are on the warm side to begin with so the match with your OTL is an obvious one. I heard dozens of other speakers sound thin with your amps and they were not hard to drive in other words above 6 ohm loads.
using an autoformer I think I will use my tube amp with built in transformers