spritzer
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There is always cost cutting or you are going to end up with a player costing 500k$ and weighing a ton. There are also various safety and other standards that need to be met. The APL player is illegal in Europe and it could never be sold here as exposed tubes are a very big no,no.
Opamps aren't bad but they aren't good either and the APL way costs much, much more and is all done by hand. A transformer coupled tube output stage is very good choice as you can convert SE and differential on the fly.
Opamps aren't bad but they aren't good either and the APL way costs much, much more and is all done by hand. A transformer coupled tube output stage is very good choice as you can convert SE and differential on the fly.