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Well, just one fool's opinion...

since I've had both OTLs (although not the Transcendent) and SETs. For me, there's no contest. I've yet to hear an OTL that can bring the delicacy and low-level detail recovery of a good SE45 to the table. In fact, I've never heard an OTL that can do anything better that a well-designed, well-built flea amp.

I've heard both types of amps on the same high-efficiency speakers (Classic Audio Reproductions T-1s), so it's not an apples and oranges case. If I were to rank topologies (assuming good design and execution), it would go SEDHT, PPDHT, SE Pentode (triode strapped), OTL, PP Pentode, in descending order.

Interestingly, the OTL amps sounded better the more output tubes I removed. Despite the OTL adherents arguments, iron ain't the problem.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutlely.

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