Anyone compare Herron VTSP-3a and Lamm L2.1 Deluxe?


Upgrading and I have access to nice deals on these but can't demo. Hoping someone has heard both?
dhcod
I never listened to Lamm but I have a Herron line and phono stage.
Both were upgraded to current specs a couple months back and Keith shipped it back in a and gave me extra new tubes .
He is very knowledgeable and the upgrades sound very nice .


I see you have the Herron VTSP in your system, so you already know the house sound of the Herron to some degree. Are you looking @ the Lamm as a change all choice? There is a reasonably good deal on the Lamm LL2.1 deluxe on Agon right now and I have a source where I bought mine new that was a steal. Like you I haven't compared the two choices you list but did go thru some very nice preamps to get to the Lamm and it is and will remain the center piece of my system. Good luck
Love Herron, the sound and the man, but I'm mostly wondering whether tube rectification in the Lamm may give me a more textured, tactile sound... if that makes sense. My audiophile lingo-speak is lacking.
Don’t know the Lamm but own the Herron. Not sure if what you are looking for is a euphonic tube sound with added warmth but you won’t get that with the Herron. You will know you are listening to tubes because of the harmonic rightness and the air and space around the instruments and voices. But you won’t hear any stereotypical tube colorations or tube induced noise. Just a high level of purity and impeccable timing. And, as others have mentioned, Keith!