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In the Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company
Post Subject: Listening for characteristicsPosted by Paul S on: 1/27/2007
Well, it says something that you had a chance to stay listen to "the best amplifier in the world" and yet you walked out. Although it does not tell us what you heard it does seem to reflect on the set-up, at least, and so, if only indirectly, on the intentions of the "vendor".
There are times when I can somehow listen for and assess a particular component even in a more-or-less foreign system. And sometimes I just relax and listen and my "impressions" somehow form later. Other times I just can't recognize much of anything. Oddly enough, this condition of "not recognizing" does not necessarily mean the performance is "bad", or it may even be "good", even "out of context". The ML2s were like that because they are just so "different", and they were not "conditioned" when I got them, etc., yet I knew right away I was on to something. But so far the only positive takes on the ML3 have been from people whose motives are at best suspect, and whose language must be deconstructed to so much as draw hints about what they are actually saying.
I can't remember how many times I have been to a show or a salon to hear some supposedly SOTA component or system, and everything - and I mean EVERYTHING - is just plain bad, from one end to the other. It's always disappointing. And, especially in a case where there is/are 
component or components that have already gotten "good buzz", people will stand there and exclaim how good it is, which only makes the situation all the more bizarre and confusing.
But then , no one has really said the ML3 was "bad" yet, either, so I guess we'll just have to keep waiting to let the impressions pile up into some kind of melted down, deconstructed "average". And maybe then we can just set it aside and listen for ourselves.
Best regards,
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