Dunno. Better talk to somebody that is using the Lamms with Watts, and
your model in particular. And, Vlad is usually pretty good to talk to if you get
him on the phone. (He's not back til next week so you won't reach him
before that).
My ears would probably bleed before I clipped the Lamms on the horns I
have~At least in the context of my system, with speakers that are far
different than yours, and extremely efficient (and I'm sure have a far
different impedence curve),
The amps sound very liquid without sounding tube mushy-lush and sound
deep, open and 'continuous' (sorry, i know that was a favorite descriptor for
a while, but it is apt)- it makes music, lively, detailed, even sounding, with
that glorious SET midrange but no gross limitations on the frequency
extremes - all without sounding 'reproduced' or hyped up. It is one thing to
describe but if you can make them work, and assuming you are not placing
undue demands on the amp, you will find them very engaging- they pull
you into the musical event, rather than playing it 'at you.' FWIW, i am also
using his line stage and there is real synergy there, but many, many people
use the ML2 with other brands of preamp/line stage.
You might also take a look at this thread (sorry i tried to link to it and
couldn't, but the user's name here is GerryM5 and it refers to a 'California'
System, the posts are around Nov. 2007):
"Elberoth2, I have had no problems driving the W/P 8's - plenty of power for
the W/P 8's loads. I was worried about that before I got them, but I heard
this combination in the Lamm's CES room playing all this diverse music
beautifully. So I took a chance and have not regretted it.
IMHO the Lamm 2.1's have better dynamics, music power, sound stage
width and depth, and are more musical to my U.S. music ears. The
Ankoru's do have that great Audio Note house sound being very musical
but subtle in most ways. They were slightly underpowered, clipped, while
playing big music pieces that I like. It does shock me that the Lamm's 18
watts sound more powerful and hardly ever clip than 75 watts Ankoru's. I
can't explain that, but that's what I hear. I'm happier with the Lamm's Now I
don't write well at all, so take the differences I'm describing not as good vs
bad, but as slight preferences in taste. The Audio Note Ankuro's are my
2nd favorite amps. BTW, they are better looking than the Lamm's in our
living room, and my wife does point this out to me often."
FWIW, my wife rarely even sees the stuff unless she makes a trip to the
listening room.
