Tenor 75 Wi OTL

Glory- Agree totally w Tubegroover about the diff btwn Berning ZH-270 and Joule VZN-80. In my system, to my ears, a no brainer. Also a no brainer that those Russian MIG output tubes will dissipate WAY, WAY, WAY more heat than an S-30. In my house, 8 of them (same as the Tenor monos, I believe) gave off WAY more than a pair of the M-60 monos. Even in New England in the winter, they very quickly heated up my 15 x 23 x 8' LR and the adjacent hallway and staircase area. Very interested to hear what you think of the Tenors compared to the Atma amps; the Tenors are beautiful and I've always wanted to try them on my Merlins.

"I would rather listen to this amp one hour and turn it off for the sake of heat in the summer than listen all night to a lesser sounding amp."

Enjoy your amp Glory. I hope you find a solution to the heat from those big 6C33C outputs, keep us posted, love to hear your system!

Glory,
Congratulations! I know some folks who say the Tenor is the best OTL they`ve ever heard. I hope things workout for you.

"Looking a little deeper at Tenor back then this goes to show you the company they kept at consumer shows and dealer show rooms with the likes of Pipedreams and Karma. Marketing know how of high dollar crap aimed at the gullible with deep pockets, and it works well."

Your comments are interesting Blackburn. At that same show I heard the Lamms matched with the Kharma 2-way, 3.2 I believe? In any case I found that set-up among the best at the show. I was quite taken by the Lamm amps and now completely understand the buzz on that amp. The Pipedream/Tenor set-up was in a large room and in my experience under show conditions it is much more difficult to make a large speaker come together in such a short period of time. While the sound certainly wasn't bad it wasn't magical either. In any case it was quite easy to recognize the transparency and musicality of the Tenor amps, the speakers seemed to be the issue.

I've always been impressed with Tenor amps in friends systems back in the day---if my speaker would work well with them (Zu Def2), they would definitely be a consideration.

Look forward to hearing more thoughts on the sound with the Presences Glory.