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In the Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s
Post Subject: Burn in, warm up, finding harmonic centerPosted by Paul S on: 2/11/2007
No telling anymore how good these amps can get. Today the re-configured phono stage finally "burned in" and I used the ML2s for almost 5 hours. Although I have read that they keep improving as you use them, I was not really ready for the steady, obvious improvement in musical "values" that the sound exhibited. I have to say that I am getting more and more curious about Melquiades, since the well-and-truly-burned-in-and-warmed-up ML2s are so completely free of non-musical information that it is literally difficult for me to imagine anything else being much better, at least any other "FR" amp, especially given my less-than-optimal quasi-FR speakers. Not to pick it apart, but bass is orders of magnitude better than any other amp I've heard, including big SS, with rich, deep fundamentals that do not gratuitously riccochet up the spectrum to get "fast", etc., but hang in down there like they should, with the center of power right at the source. All notes are so well shaped and harmonically centered that the effect is uncanny. As this area of music is perhaps most important to me as a listener, I am very gratified, indeed and I am astounded to hear this so well rendered in playback. Timing seems abetted by the fact that there is precious little going on besides the music, and the "focus" of the event is effortlessly clear. It is interesting how this also helps to express the theme of the music.
This has been/is a quite a learning experience for me in both hi-fi and musical terms, well worth the price of admission.
I've got some longer, more efficient "naked" ribbon tweeters on the way from Germany, and I am curious to hear how much better the ML2's already-terrific high end can get, once the HF level is better matched to the upper MF.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site