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In the Forum: Audio News
In the Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company
Post Subject: I totally agree: Price was a tertiary consideration for me -- Posted by Gregm on: 1/12/2007
Only that a higher price may allow the constructor to get away fm the annoyingly ubiquitous "made to meet a price point" and push his design to his limits...
Romy notes:
I approach to the subject from a perspective of the OPPORTUNITIES THAT ML3 OFFERS IN CONTEXT OF AUDIO ADVANCEMENT.
I agree -- it's a golden opportunity! But, it doesn't seem that many manufacturers (Vladi included) are ultimately interested in this.
Only we are (as Paul aptly notes above).

I have myself been very excited about products' possible performance in the past, only to discover that the implementation did not go far enough: as in "it's OK Bob, we're not going to spend the rest of our lives with this thing. Wrap it up as it is and let's hit the market. It's better than XYZ reference and they've already launched their product".

GM70 is very popular tube in Russia and any more or less serious Russian audio person at one period or other made or own GM70 amp. (...) So, when you talk with Russians high-enders it is very common subject for them: GM70 copper plate vs. graphite plate, GM70-type of sound vs. 6C33C-type of sound, GM70 at 800V vs. GM70 at 1200V and so on…
I know! I used to live in Moscow v. many years ago and created some "audio" contacts later. 

So, let do not analyze how expansive Lamm ML3 but rather looks if this amps offers and what Lamm meant to say with this amp sonically (if anything).
IMO I would like to see what the person who made the "2" can do with the gm70... and I would like to say "Vladi, you're an experienced and good designer: please, turn this tube into Grande Cuisine. Bring me something really better. You know what "better" is."

Nevertheless, even if everything in ML3 is made as good as it could be then still I have my apprehension about ANY full-range operating single ended amplifies with a high price tag as I find them FUNDAMENTALLY FAULTY BY DESIGN.
I would agree totally. Indeed, even in the most Misguidedly Moronictm applications,  the SE rarely drives full-range anyway... they usually (mis)match another amp for the bottom; in "girl with cello" music, SE plays the girl and SS plays the cello. The girl is always sexier than the cello.

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