Shoot-out I would like to see - Berning ZH270 vs.

Will, Chris, et. al., If you guys are like me, you need to hear things yourself to judge (plus it's more fun! to actually play with the equipment) rather than rely on what others say. Having said that, there was a thread over on the Asylum a while back where comparisons between the Seigfried and the 270 were made. If I remember right, they were judged to be pretty close, given the significant design differences. Do a search for 'seigfried' in SET asylum, I think. No substitute for hearing the real thing, of course.....

BTW, The Atma-spheres were much clearer sounding but the Bernings had a tiny bit better sense of dimensionality .

Its quite hard to believe the Atmaspheres are much cleaner sounding than a Berning, Oneprof is right on however, I simply must hear them for myself. The Berning is one of the clearest sounding amps I have heard, period. Anyone is entitled to their opinion, in this case I just plain need to listen to both amps side by side to judge for myself.

Will, I am jealus that your speakers can operate with a Siegfried, really jealus actually :) For this very reason, I should think about aquireing more efficient speakers at some point that can be driven by an SET.

Maybe I can scrounge up some speakers to use with the Siefried and you guys can send it to my place when you are done comparing :) I'd even be willing to let the person use my 270 in the mean time :) I am really only kidding of course but I do wish I could hear a Siegfried at some point, preferably soon :)

Chris