Jim Kollens wrote: ...Nonetheless, I find it interesting that the
Pendulum unit
that I just bought does the same thing (the ES-8). Greg Gualtieri, the
designer, seems to be a firm believer in transformer-less designs. The ES-8
has no transformer on the output but does on the input, a Jensen.

Then it would seem he is *not* a believer in xfmr-less designs, eh?


...The ES-8 eight is an exquisite piece but I must confess that I would
be a bit more comfortable with a transformer at the output.

May I ask why?

A good xfmr. is far from the worst thing in the world, sonically
speaking; but I have yet to hear one that doesn't degrade the sound.
(But let's not start this up again; it was beaten to death in a recent
thread.)

James BOyk