Lamm 1.2 vs. Pass xa 60.5


Hi

I currently own a pair of pass xa 60.5 driving my vivid g3 speakers. I'm missing some juice out of the speakers (same conclusion reached by stereophile recent review with the same pair). I'm thinking of going with different amps and thought about lamm 1.2 hybrids. Anyone matched those 2 amps ? Any other opinion where to go after the pass 60.5 in the $15-20k budget ?
Thanks
icorem

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I own Lamm M1.2 monos. Not only are they the closest to live music I've
heard, in terms of amplification (and although I haven't heard them all, I've
had Bryston 9BSTs & 14BSTs, Levinson 33H monos, and a few others), but
I've never had any reliability or performance issues. Moreover, when I first
purchased them, I had them completely checked out my Vlad Lamm
himself. Their customer service is superlative, to say the least. Lamm is my
last stop in both amplification and preamplification (I also am fortunate
enough to own the venerable Lamm L2).