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In the Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy?
Post Subject: Early in the threadPosted by Paul S on: 9/25/2007
Merlin, early in the thread you seemed to be enjoying your position as the only person who knew what the hell you were talking about, and not much has changed since. Are you trying to share what you know or hold fast to some pre-conceived ideas that you keep pulling out like hole cards?
Please understand that I am not trying to say that I know more than you do about your amp, or your speakers, or whatever. I have heard the amp on two occasions, with three pairs of speakers, enough I think to make the few specific comments about the sound I heard and, more importantly, enough to make the decision that it's not for me, sonically, compared to what I did choose. I did say why. Conversely, I bought Lamm ML2s although I heard them but briefly on two occasions driving speakers I do not even like. Clearly I guessed at Siegfried's circuit details, but there is the circuit in question, above, no thanks to you, and obviously I was not far off the mark, not that I am worried if I was. Meanwhile, if your aim has been to shine light on the Siegfried - you being the expert - your reproach seems all out of proportion to what you have contributed so far.
But perhaps we are talking about two different things here? I hoped to find out what specifically you do not like about DSET and how/whether the Siegfried (once you revealed it) solves those problems in terms of sound. I also hoped the discussion would broaden into OTL versus OPT designs, in practical terms, as they relate to problems we all deal with in our hobby, again with the emphesis on sound.
I don't give a rip about the theoretical advantages of having perfect tube transfer characteristics if I don't care for the results in my listening room, not to mention the fact that two different signal tubes of the same type in the same amp give you two different sounds, anyway. At the same time, I am always casting about looking for good ideas to pirate, modify, etc., to make use of them in a way that works for me.
I concur that the Siegfried is worth a careful listen by SoundClubbers, given that it is not over driven, and I will not say that about every amp. But that was not where or how you came into this. Also, I would not go so far as to say that the Siegfried is a do-all, FR amp, as you have obviously determined for yourself, remembering that your initial post on the subject was a sort of underhanded slap at Romy's claim that DSET is better than expensive SETs, which claim you have hardly addressed, really, let alone countered.
I am still not clear if you are saying that the Siegfried represents a least-and-therefore-best approach or whether you are repeating design desiderata to bolster claims that this is The Amp. How HR got into it, I have no idea.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site