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In the Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy?
Post Subject: What?Posted by Merlin on: 9/24/2007
Sorry Paul but your post makes no sense.
Firstly one minute you were clearly unfamiliar with the circuit and amplifier in question, and now you are suddenly really au fait with it's sonic characteristics. Forgive me if that takes something of a quantum leap of faith on my part.
Secondly what on earth has techno and club sound got to do with a SET driving TAD's? I use a seperate bass amplifier simply because my bass cabs are 94db/w efficiency and the amplifier in question only provides 7wpc into 8 ohms. I therefore choose to power the bottom end with something more powerful to provide greater levels - it has nothing to do with control in the right system. Indeed the linearity of the Berning in comparison with the Lamm is quite remarkable, and indeed could be disconcerting to an inexperienced listener brought up on large increases on 2nd harmonic at the bottom end.
It seems you are one of these people who likes to hear the system rather than the music, the mystique rather than the composition. This would explain why you appear to find good qualities in transformers. I'm sure you would agree that there is no way that an OPT can actually improve on the signal going into it. Ah no possibly you do think that - my apologies. I'm afraid I am not a fan of amplification that provides added bloom - it is sadly a colouration that grates over time - even if it is initially highly persuasive.
I guess we can always go back to Doctor Gizmo's comments relating to the pure naked harmonic richness of the Berning design in comparison with all the competition hindered by the saturation of their OPT's. Harvey for all his faults , knew his subject matter.
I listen almost exclusively to acoustic instruments- you seem to have assumed otherwise. The true to life tone I experience does suggest to me that possibly you have never heard a Siegfried at home, nor are you at all familiar with the loudspeaker in question. Assumption can be a dangerous this in audio in my experience.Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site