Q for Jon: so then did the LB's with unbalanced outs also use the 600:600 output transformer, same as the TB?
Q for Steve: have you listened any to the output trafo LB sources, compared to the TB sound you like? Does that sound as good as the TB to you?
That might be the difference between us. I really like the sound of my LB with output trafos. I've only really listened to TB v1 without output trafos, so I don't have any comment on the TB v2 sound. Hard for me to really comment much on any TB or LB sound compared to my LB, as I have one of only a few LB's outfitted with Burr-Brown inamps, and my LB now has output trafos. So while I really like the sound I get, I have a pretty unique LB.