Ultimate amp?

[audio amateur]

Enough power to drive any speaker ever made? Carver is a showman. I'll take a pair of Siegfrieds with quadruple the power myself.

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Stat, who is the man behind the topology of VTL amps?

[E-Stat]

Stat, who is the man behind the topology of VTL amps?

The overall design began in the 80s with David Manley - Luke Manley's father. You'll note similarities with many Manley Labs amplifiers as well. David's focus tended more towards the pro end while the son favored the high fidelity market which is what caused the company split many years ago. The Manley Neo-Classic amps are very close cousins to my MB-450s. The Siegfried, however, is an evolution of the original circuit design with numerous refinements. Look at the following document to see a pic of both of them (near end).

Manleys

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[audio amateur]

Manleys

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What's up with the Italien in the pictures? Looking at the pictures the Siegfried (i like the name) looks like a beast. I'll need a little time though to read through the whole thing

Thanks for the info, it's interesting to learn about these top designers. I was reading about Jon Curl's philosophy at Parasound thanks to the link refering to Sir Terrence in the thread you started at Audio Asylum.

[E-Stat]

Looking at the pictures the Siegfried (i like the name) looks like a beast.

Actually, the Wotans were even more of a beast with twenty-four 6550 outputs! It was hearing them that convinced me I wanted a similar amp for myself.

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