Coincident vs Lamm


I currently own the Coincident, Frankenstein, 300b monoblock amps. In my system, they are by far the best I have ever heard and I've heard quite a few. I think once you live with a set amp of this caliber, you won't go back.
A friend has offered to sell me his Lamm 2.2 set amps at a really great price but I'd probably have to sell the Franks to do the deal. I have not heard the Lamm set amps so I really don't know how they compare. Does anyone here have experience with these amps?
markus1299
Hi Markus,
I have much admiration for Lamm and their earned accolades and logic
would suggest that a 37K amplifier should be clearly superior to a 6K
amplifier. That may turn out to be the case. In High End audio there are
exceptions to expectations despite price discrepancies, sometimes. You
need to hear this fine amp in your system and settle endless speculation.
You're very pleased with your present amplifier and have said it's the best
you've had so far in your home. If the Lamm's performance surpasses it,
congratulations you now have a new amp in your system. If it doesn't
(merely different), you're left no worse off with your current Frankenstein.
You won't lose with either outcome and stand to possibly gain. Good luck
Markus.
Charles,
If I may offer my opinion. I never had Franks in my own system, but heard them maultiple times in various contexts.
I've had different highly regarded amps in my system before I acquired Lamm
I do own Lamm ML 2. And in the context of my own syste, the ML-2 are clearly superior to everything else
I'd be very surprised if Franks turned out to be a better amplifier, than ML-2 in the same system.
But that is just an opinion.
After much thought, I finally called my friend to accept his offer. He did not hear back from me right away so he sold the amps to his nephew. Guess the Lamm's were not in the cards.
Thanks for all the well received thoughts from all you guys.
Are you disappointed Markus? I think it would have been an informative and
fun experience hearing them in your very nice system. There'll be other
opportunities.
Charles,