Re: glreno's comments re OTL amps, The atmasphere is crystal clear and is a bit fatigueing and in your face. This statement made after having the amp for 6 days and listening about 2 hours a day. I think the interconnects and speaker cables, transparent ultra xl, are partially to blame. I had some older lower end cardis interconncts around. Trying them in gave a surprizingly different sound. (I never thought wire would make that much difference) I can't say that the cardis was better. It was much less revealing and more mellow. Unfortunately it didn't give the crisp highs, but it was also not as forward a soundatage. There is a real good posibility that there is a perfect match that will balance the OTL to the rest of any system. I also would like to here more about the berning zh 270, and appreciate the suggestion from TW.
The good news is that the wytech topaz is in the mail for demo and from the few comments I received it sounds like this may be a great amp. The shiping for the amp paid by myself from a NY dealer. I think in the past this amp was only available direct. It is now available from 2 dealer in US one in CA and one in NY. The bad news is more money will most likely have to be spent to get a matching preamp.
The good news is that the wytech topaz is in the mail for demo and from the few comments I received it sounds like this may be a great amp. The shiping for the amp paid by myself from a NY dealer. I think in the past this amp was only available direct. It is now available from 2 dealer in US one in CA and one in NY. The bad news is more money will most likely have to be spent to get a matching preamp.