Quote Originally Posted by Jonboy View Post
You do surprise me a bit by saying that as they sounded good to my ears, Dave at Heatherdale audio sold quite a few OTO-Tannoy based systems, just hope your next purchase lives up to what your expecting as i found SE 845's a bit lacking myself on the end of Tannoys having tried the Ming Da variety on mine.

I see have tried so it should all be good

Best of luck anyway
Hi John

The OTO SE is only 8 or 10W/channel and there's a pronounced mid range lift around the crossover point on 8Ohm taps which I found unlistenable to with voices and piano especially. Not worried by what other dealers pair them with but to my ears, the OTO and Turnberrys are not happy bedfellows. On the 4 ohm taps, the bass vanishes and the amp has to be driven too hard so its clearly not a good match.

845 has effortless drive by comparison and none of the mid range weirdness. I haven't tried the Ming Da 845, the one I've ordered is the Mastersound 845 Compact and as with nearly all Mastersound amps, the power supply and output transformers quality is superb, it's this to my mind which makes all the difference. No harm to Chinese amps as there's no doubt a few good ones out there, but I've yet to come across one that compares favourably with the Mastersound amps.