ralphpnj wrote: > The latest issue of The Absolute Sound (Issue 230, February 2013) > features several reviews of some interesting equipment however the > review of the Lamm ML2.2 Single-Ended Triode Amplier (monoblock at > $37,290 per pair) by editor Robert Harley is not one them. The headline > of the review asks the question: "Can an 18W Amplier at 3% Distortion be > World Class?" To which Mnyb, I and several other forum members would > answer with a resounding NO!!! > > Harley's conclusion offers these tid bits of insight: "it's not for > everyone or every loudspeaker", "it won't deliver the bass extension, > control and dynamics of less expensive solid-state designs" "You must > also be prepared to make front-panel adjustments using a voltmeter, as > well as to replace tubes periodically." > > Sounds like a winner to me :) > > For those of who may wonder why I even have a subscription to one of the > magazines that I love to bash, the short answer is because the > subscription is dirt cheap, as are subscriptions to print edition of > most magazines these days as the print periodical business dies a very > slow death. > > And the reviews of interesting equipment include the Wadia 121 Digital > Decoding Computer (aka DAC), which I haven't read, the DSPeaker > Anti-Mode 2.0 DualCore Digital Signal Processor, which I haven't read, > and the Classe Audio CP-800 Preamplifier, which I did read and while the > product is very interesting (it's an analog/digital preamplifier with a > high quality DAC and digital signal processor) the review is truly > terrible. The reviewer fails to take the equipment through all its paces > nor even give a description of the many features offered by this very > advanced piece of hardware but he does manage to throw in many of those > time honored audiophile phrases like "transparent window", "image > stability" and "refulgence" (I confess that I had to look that word up). > Check out the Classe web site > (http://www.classeaudio.com/delta/delta-cp800.htm) for more info and be > sure to download the owner's manual to get some idea of what I'm talking > about. More to follow once I read the other reviews.
The Anti-Mode is an intresting piece of kit too . for those who cant have fugly basstraps all over the place . The Lamm seems like a bargain but i need at least 6 hometheater you know . And I prefer active speakers so that would be 2 or 3 per speaker do you get discount at 7 pairs so i can have 14ch of amplification ;) "it won't deliver the bass extension, control and dynamics of less expensive solid-state designs" in so many words it cant drive speakers and the reviewer prefer the fuzzy sound compared to Hi-Fi, aka truthfully reproduce the input signal at the output . Why are you torturing yourself like this and it is waste of energy and paper to print this stuff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97944 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
