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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s

Post Subject: Plug and Play, After AllPosted by Paul S on: 11/19/2010

What is it, 4 years gone now since I got the ML2s? After all my groaning about tube sockets, cheap caps and Russian tubes, I have to say these amps have gotten downright comfortable! Over time I have even come to take these amps for granted, which I mean as the highest audio compliment.

Recently I have refined my DEBZ speakers to the point that they are indicating posibilities yet farther "down the line". Still, I can only imagine "better" amp performance very much in the context of very SPECIFIC drivers/systems. This is to say, I still know of no way to "beat" the ML2s as "generic" HE speaker amps. With good power and dialed in speakers today, I was once again, for the 1,000th time, forced to re-evaluate and upgrade my opinion of these amps. If they come up wanting in any area, yet they are at the least totally "acceptable", and, take it all around, they are remarkably durable and even fairly ignore-able as everyday, workhorse amps to power even "dream" speaker systems to advantage. Looking back, the ML2s have been no more "trouble" than any other tube gear I have ever owned, and they appear poised to continue doing their job without complaints, indefinitely.

So, how is this for a change of pace from my usual, constant bitching about the ML2s?

Paul S

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