Amp upgrade over BAT VK-500??

If you can increase your budget to around $7K you owe it to yourself to listen to the Lamm 1.1 monoblocks. I had a VK500 and own the Lamm's now and the difference is literally stunning. Nothing subtle at all, every aspect improved quite dramatically. Wonderfull deep fleshy bass with so much tonal shading yet crystal clear mids and shimmering highs. No grain no edge no slushy bass. I was at the CES this year and I still have not heard better amps

Accujim, Funny to note that I actually bought the VK-500 from you a few months back! My local dealer carries Lamm so I'll demo if possible. Thanks.

I second the Lamm M1.1s suggestion. I too had a BAT VK-500, a pair of Plinius SA-100s a cj and Macormack DNA before getting the Lamms. It bettered all of them - most by a large margin. My speakers (Hales T8s) neeed juice too. FWIW, I too have the SFI T3/P3, a Hovland HP-100 and SFI Line 3, all Nordost cabling (Quattro fil and SPM Ref speaker cable - soon to be Valhalla), a Magnum Dynalab 102 and and a VPI TNT-V. You MAY want to try the SPM speaker cables - I had Cardas Golden Cross before the SPM and the difference in MY system was NOT subtle. The Cardas sounded slow, thick and rolled off in comparison - just a thought - YMMV!

Is the LAMM not worth about $10K more than the BAT? If so, I would hope that there would be an audible difference!