john curl said:
Mine too! I park it next to my Aston Martin DB9.
Assuming you are being serious, I applaud your respect for performance over specification. This is an example of something that really pleases me...because it well and truly laughs in the face of the specification police.
32W into 8 ohms with <3% THD and <10% IMD
5V/us slew rate
3.1 ohms output Z
2.74A peak output current
IMO, every music lover who is designing hifi for the obsessive pursuit of sound quality really needs to free their imaginations from the shackles of conventional specs.
Brian
(personally, I'd settle for an LL2 preamp at $5k. I'm not greedy 😉 )
Lamm
Yeah yeah. Especially slew rate is nice, remember when spoken here with abomination about slow circuits. When it comes to tubes, every miserable parameter is tolerable 
Hey Pavel, in a good mood today? 😉PMA said:Yeah yeah. Especially slew rate is nice, remember when spoken here with abomination about slow circuits. When it comes to tubes, every miserable parameter is tolerable
I can't say that I care for Romy's serious audio commentary, but I find his satire incredibly funny.
reinhard said:
I heard he was in radar. Perhaps that was the only TV they had behind the iron curtain.
😛
So there is were Romy went. Settled down did he?
Still, the really expensive LAMM sounds really good with polite speakers. I was impressed.
Still, the really expensive LAMM sounds really good with polite speakers. I was impressed.
Scott, I know you are trying to be 'witty', but please be ACCURATE.
When I heard the LAMM amp, it WAS with WILSON speakers, but it was not the WATT 1 that I use.
Dave Wilson originally designed the WATT 1 for his own use while making recordings. He had already designed the WAMM and that was his home speaker.
Apparently, the amp that he used with the WATT 1 was able to drive the speakers, so he didn't realize that he had such an impedance dip. Dave has a degree in biology, not engineering, so he didn't catch his oversight, until it was pointed out, later. He apparently had some difficulty in removing the problem, without changing the frequency/phase characteristics.
His newer speakers, including the GRAND SLAM, do not have the same impedance curve.
When I heard the LAMM amp, it WAS with WILSON speakers, but it was not the WATT 1 that I use.
Dave Wilson originally designed the WATT 1 for his own use while making recordings. He had already designed the WAMM and that was his home speaker.
Apparently, the amp that he used with the WATT 1 was able to drive the speakers, so he didn't realize that he had such an impedance dip. Dave has a degree in biology, not engineering, so he didn't catch his oversight, until it was pointed out, later. He apparently had some difficulty in removing the problem, without changing the frequency/phase characteristics.
His newer speakers, including the GRAND SLAM, do not have the same impedance curve.
He worked as engineer for Lvov TV factory, designed Amfiton power amp
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/downloadsm/4760/Amfiton_A1-01.html
john curl said:
Why do people keep putting words in my mouth? There are plenty of speakers that would balk at 3.1 Ohms output Z and 2.74A max current. I have never been to a so called audiophile listening session where there was not some serious equipment abuse/mismatch (save for one).
Yes I do laugh constantly at the inconsistencies and excesses of the audio "industry". Wasn't Romy banned from several sites?
Excessive to me is the cost of AD797 IC's compared to their manufacturing cost. Am I on the right track? Or those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
According to Stereophile:
I'm not convinced his real name is Lamm. I looked up one of the US patent numbers I gleaned on the back of the M1.2 and the inventor had a different last name. The patent wasn't interesting: concerned using screw terminal blocks to mount power transistors.
I'm not convinced his real name is Lamm. I looked up one of the US patent numbers I gleaned on the back of the M1.2 and the inventor had a different last name. The patent wasn't interesting: concerned using screw terminal blocks to mount power transistors.
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