Depending on the design demping will vary with OTLs. I have owned both Atma-Sphere and Roger’s OTLs. Ralph Karsten uses very little to no feedback in his circuits and as such the damping is low. Atma-Sphere OTLs are also based on the Circlotron architecture. Roger’s OTL is based on Futterman’s totem pole design and not only uses feedback but has an impedance matching inductor that allows the amp to see a 32-ohm load whether you use the 2, 4, 8, or 16 ohm taps. There is also a direct 32 ohm tap if you want to bypass the inductor. The damping, which is on the high side, and conversely gain can be adjusted based on how you use the feedback wire which can be attached to any of the taps regardless of which one you are using for the speaker cables. If you want to learn more here is the manual:
Music Reference RM-10mkiii Kit
Has anyone purchased or know anything about the Music Reference RM-10mkIII kit? I was wondering how similar it is to the mkII? Does it look the same? What is the specifications and does it have a mono option like the mkII?
I contacted the site for information on it but never got a response.
I have a RM-10mkII that is my favorite amp but I would like to find another to operate in mono, but these rarely come up for sale.
I am scaling all my gear down and want to build a final system with the Music Reference.
- ...
- 19 posts total
- 19 posts total

