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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s
Post Subject: The path that refreshesPosted by Paul S on: 12/9/2006
As you can imagine, the ML2s simply surprised me. I thought only of optimizing my speakers, what might drive them to their best, to see what they could do with fewer amp-induced limitations. And the ML2s have done much of what I wanted on that level. But now I also have lots more to think about than I bargained for, meaning my audio education just took an unexpected turn, not only for the "better", but in a direction I hardly anticipated. And now that I have had a taste of this, it only makes sense to work with these new insights and attributes, this new perspective, and it obviously means making some changes now to areas I thought I had down. Yes, the music sounds "great" now, but I have been at this long enough to know when there is improvement to be had, and the "promise" from these amps is too strong to ignore.
I first heard the ML2s driving some "salon" speakers, Vandersteen Vs, I think (or maybe giant Thiels...). Of couse the resultant sound was nothing I could stay in the room with, but there was "something" about the ML2s, even then, under those circumstances.
But now that I've had them in my own system they are even more interesting than I remembered. For one thing, I am particularly amazed at how they expose all other system weaknesses without ruining the music. How can that be? For instance, bass now is the best overall that I've gotten from these speakers, but at the same time, bass problems - exactly what they are - have never been so obvious. It makes no sense! I'ts almost like how my Ortofon MC 3000 II "sets aside" record noise.
The main enjoyment so far has been listening right into the music and being able to relax even though I now have several times the energy at a given volume than I did before. Again, it makes no sense; but I like it!
When I said there are fewer ML2 owners than I would imagine, I really meant I have read far less of interest on the subject of these amps than I would have imagined, having used them. It just seems like more people would be sharing the experience and talking about how to use them. I may not get out as much as I used to, but I haven't heard anything this significant in many years, and probably nothing else I have heard to date is more "right" in such a significant way.
So, where's the ML2 chatter? I mean, crap, I don't want to wind up as cynical as you are, Romy...
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site