Ayre K1,Lamm 1.1 match with Watt/Puppy 5.1?


Hi, I have a pair of WP 5.1 and want to get a pair of Lamm 1.1 for it. I am using Ayre K1 and JRDG model 5 balanced or Sonic Frontier Power 3 with the WP 5.1.
Your thoughts and recommendations on these and any other amps are much appreciated!
Thanks
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I own WP7's and the Lamm M1.1's are outstanding! Tube liquidity with all the slamm and control surrounded by an extreme soundstage!
Check out my System.
I am running either a Tact or a Rowland Synergy IIi preamp running on batteries. The Lamms are Straight Class A biased and they do run very hot just like a big tube amp, but they are magical amps! (They were much better than both the Rowland 501's and the Rowland 201's that I tried at home, plus they were also leaps and bounds better than my ARC D400 MkII) The only thing close that I have heard is the VTL S400 and that amp just added a 2% more air on the top. My M1.1s are a special edition version however.
Thanks.. the VTL S400 was paired with a Theta Gen VIII (this was providing more resolution than my Gamut) and it was cabled with 1 step up in transparent cabling(so about $20k more in cabling than my system, So the air could be related to the Transparent MM V speaker cables that were used) and it was hooked up to a setup Watch Dog Sub (unlike mine unsetup sub) That system did not have more mid/bass control or liquidity...

If you had a Synergy IIi you should here it running on battery power! Amazing smoothness!