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In the Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company
Post Subject: Calculation and AspriationPosted by jessie.dazzle on: 1/28/2007
Yes yes yes .... Lamm Industries is a BUSINESS... This is abundantly clear whenever I order tubes from them!
But the most desirable of Lamm's past creations are not the kind of things born solely of a desire to make money.
I understand Lamm's need to evolve by addressing market demands squarely, and to do it within the context of their credibility (believe it or not, I actually earn a living proposing new products based on anticipating future markets).
Yes, the idea that Lamm turn his ear to the manufacturing of speakers is a highly unlikely scenario. But a pair of speakers that worked (I mean really worked) with a single pair of ML2s, even at $126,000, would have a market (such a speaker would likely only get better with multi-channel, dedicated narrow band amplification). This is not at all outside the realm of credibility (or the niche) that Lamm Industries have established for themselves. For a successful example of this kind of diversity, one need look no further than the product planning savvy demonstrated by companies like Apple Computer... Who would have anticipated the success of their pricey little mp3 players, then the online music store... Who would have anticipated this from a computer manufacturer?... And now a portable telephone?
For now we have the ML3 (almost). So, with regard to how it might sound:
If it turns out to be capable of driving dead speakers as well as an ML2, but finally does it at volume levels commensurate with the cubic feet found in the listening rooms of the average Lamm client, well, readers of the Robb Report will certainly welcome such a product. Leaving the price aside, this to me, is a sort of bare minimum.
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