Lamm M2.2 instead Krell EVO 302


Hello!

My current set up consists of Wadia 581 SE, ARC L26 preamp, Krell EVO 302 power amp and B&W 802d loudspeakers (biwired). All wiring is silver made, Sumic Audio from Croatia. I somehow have a feeling that B&W 802d are power hungry and that Krell EVO 302 cannot drive them sufficiently unless listen on higher volumes. Therefore, I am considering to replace the power amp with Lamm M2.2 monoblocks. Do you think it is a good idea?
I LISTEN to all kind of music, but jazz and r'n'r are "my favorite things" :)
Thank you in advance for opinions!
makedonac
I had the 803D, and I also trialed the 802D at home for a while. At the time I had the Krell 400xi, but I got the Evo600 monoblocks soon after.
The B&W needs lots of power, ie. volume, to sound any good. I think the crossover sucks the power up! They really need a lot of power to overcome that damn crossover!
Your Evo302 will be up to the job no worries I think, as even with the Evo600 mononblocks I found the same as you are desribing, and they definately were not running out of power!
I will be very surprised if changing amps solves your problems...you may have to bite-the-bullet and change your speakers...as I had to.
Good luck!
David.
My good friend own setup similar to yours: B&W 802D, Krell EVO402, ARC REF3 and Ayre C-5xe. All Audioquest cables. He replaced ML335 with Krell EVO402 and results were much better. I agree fully with David crossover on 802D seems to really sucks the power up...
About Lamm M2.2-nice sounding amp but, also less powerfull then your EVO302. If you feel that EVO302 is not up to the task you will need to DOUBLE the power.

Just one thing-you said the you feel that there is not enough power at low level listening(if I am not wrong?)? That is more specific speaker problem(not enough low level dynamics and reslolution) then amp problem IMHO.
Agree with Branimir.

Lamm would not offer authority, dynamic headroom and soundstage to 802Ds like the Krell can provide.

In my opinion try a pure carbon Interconnect like Stealth Nanofiber from your pre-to amp and see what happens!

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Branimir are we gonna meet in the Munich show?