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post #1 of 7
1/5/09 at 11:04am
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Has anyone heard one of the Antique Audio tube amps sold by Audioadvisor? How do they compare with similar-priced offereings from other brands?
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post #2 of 7
1/5/09 at 4:21pm
I think you mean Antique Sound Labs? Their MG Head OTL III is a very fine tube headphone amp - I sometimes wish I still had mine Very cool to be able to switch between OTL and transformer coupled.
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post #3 of 7
1/5/09 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by Skylab View Post
I think you mean Antique Sound Labs? Their MG Head OTL III is a very fine tube headphone amp - I sometimes wish I still had mine Very cool to be able to switch between OTL and transformer coupled.
That would explain why my original search came up empty! It really helps to enter the correct name.
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post #4 of 7
1/5/09 at 5:19pm
skylab said:
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Very cool to be able to switch between OTL and transformer coupled
I'm not sure what it means or how it utimately affect the sound.
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post #5 of 7
1/5/09 at 10:15pm
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I'm not sure what it means or how it utimately affect the sound.
You can operate the amp with the output transformer in the signal chain, or switched out.

The latter is referred to as OTL, or "Output TransformerLess".
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post #6 of 7
1/5/09 at 10:18pm
And the benefit is that the transformer-coupled mode will work better with low-impedance headphones, while the OTL mode is available for higher-impedance cans.
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post #7 of 7
6/11/11 at 7:04am

any thought on the twin head mk3 dt?

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