Fine?? is a compromise answer (It is not "the best" that you asked) " Will my beloved Lamm ML1 (90W) be able to get the best out them?" Sorry but these speaker are awesome, and need the right amp to get it, even at medium volume they need current to sound their best. And the Max 3 is much easier to drive than the Max 2 and also the Alexx which is harder again Stereophile: " MAXX 3 will be significantly easier to drive." Cheers George |
Sorry na, you need current and watts, the Gryphon will do it for you, that is "if" you want the best from those speakers, you can compromise with the tubes. But I’ll seriously strangle you if you do. And the Antillion which my friend Edgar, reviewer and (owner of Soundstage Australia) has with his Alexia 2’s it has 3 stages of Class-A you can listen to, my favorite is the 100w Class-A with 180w A/B, probably consumes as much power as your Lamm’s in that mode good for Winter. But then for background music or on stinking hot days where the air con is next to useless, you can turn it down to 10w Class-A with 180w of A/B so then it’s very ECO friendly and doesn’t warm up the room even more. In 100w class-A mode it gives huge sound stage/depth and imaging that just washes over you, with a sound, that just oozes from everywhere within the image but not from the speakers they disappear, it’s like they are not the source of it and can be taken away and the sound will stay. Cheers George |
He wants to get "the best from them", Everyone needs to look at measurements more as well as listening. All these tube suggestions will never get "the best from them", they "may" sound OK though. urowolf OPProbably because they also demanded current, and is what happens when current is demanded (just a bit ‘thin’) when a tube amp can’t give it, and the Alexx are even more demanding. And before anyone mentions to use a Zero Autoformer, a big NO!! it’s only a band-aid fix, get the right amp to do the job! These Alexx’s are magnificent speakers and deserve the right amp. Cheers George |
Sorry no way not enough current from the ML1’s, not with this kind of load, if you want to hear the best from these Wilsons. And you’ll have to use the 4ohm tap on the ML1’s and this will be half the 8ohm wattage, also not enough watts as well. They are nice amps though, just not for these speakers. https://www.stereophile.com/images/417wilsonal.Walexfig1.jpg Stereophile:Sound s like your not short of a quid, get yourself a Gryphon Antillion which has 3 x user adjustable class-A settings while listening, and listing to those Wilsons sing then. https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/power-amplifiers/antileon-evo-stereo/ Cheers George |
