Yes I was thinking strong about Lamm for sure. Surprisingly a few folks did not think they were all that great. My fear was not that they would not be great but different then what I want.
I just want that middle of the road sound. Very transparent and airy but with tube goodness, warmth, 3D but with grip, drive control and precision. I feared the Lamm would offer much but not enough of the tubeness.
The Ypsilon uses 3 stages. Input, driver and output. It uses the double triode tube wired in parallel the 6H30 tube for both the first and second stage via a discrete, active preamp. All of the voltage gain that feeds the SS output is provided via these tubes. 2 of three stages is pure triode, tubes but there is more. This pure class a, triode voltage gain then feeds 2 separate amps per channel. Each channel runs 2 pure class a, single ended amps and they run them bridged opposite of each other to create their version of a push pull set up. So it has 4 single ended amps for 2 push pull channels. It has 8 different discrete transformers. It’s volume attenuation is done via their special sauce which is their home spun transformers. It’s a pretty cool set up and what gives it such an airy, warm, transparent sound with grip and precision. I just love the sound. It has bite and it is bright and relaxed at the same time. It is not bright as in too much detail but it’s just everything is so dam transparent it feels bright but it does this while being relaxed. It’s best way I can describe anyways. I just have tried to find a similar sound via tube preamps and SS amps and just couldn’t get there.
A Ypsilon for $9500 to $12000 in US would be amazing but it’s trying to find one that is the challenge. Former sales are all well and good as guides for future pricing but one needs to find one first. They are so much much more expensive new or as demos.
I’ve committed to the Ypsilon. Still waiting for one last shot at acquiring one state side before needing to buy from Europe. I mean they all come from Europe because that is where they are made but I am holding out hope to source one from US mainly because just so hard to know what tariff or duty tax will be and shipping is scary too but atleast they come in nice wooden crates so that helps I guess. I will update you guys on where I get it and how it all comes out. You guys have been a great help to me. Sometimes others opinions when your not sure what to do can really help. Thanks
I just want that middle of the road sound. Very transparent and airy but with tube goodness, warmth, 3D but with grip, drive control and precision. I feared the Lamm would offer much but not enough of the tubeness.
The Ypsilon uses 3 stages. Input, driver and output. It uses the double triode tube wired in parallel the 6H30 tube for both the first and second stage via a discrete, active preamp. All of the voltage gain that feeds the SS output is provided via these tubes. 2 of three stages is pure triode, tubes but there is more. This pure class a, triode voltage gain then feeds 2 separate amps per channel. Each channel runs 2 pure class a, single ended amps and they run them bridged opposite of each other to create their version of a push pull set up. So it has 4 single ended amps for 2 push pull channels. It has 8 different discrete transformers. It’s volume attenuation is done via their special sauce which is their home spun transformers. It’s a pretty cool set up and what gives it such an airy, warm, transparent sound with grip and precision. I just love the sound. It has bite and it is bright and relaxed at the same time. It is not bright as in too much detail but it’s just everything is so dam transparent it feels bright but it does this while being relaxed. It’s best way I can describe anyways. I just have tried to find a similar sound via tube preamps and SS amps and just couldn’t get there.
A Ypsilon for $9500 to $12000 in US would be amazing but it’s trying to find one that is the challenge. Former sales are all well and good as guides for future pricing but one needs to find one first. They are so much much more expensive new or as demos.
I’ve committed to the Ypsilon. Still waiting for one last shot at acquiring one state side before needing to buy from Europe. I mean they all come from Europe because that is where they are made but I am holding out hope to source one from US mainly because just so hard to know what tariff or duty tax will be and shipping is scary too but atleast they come in nice wooden crates so that helps I guess. I will update you guys on where I get it and how it all comes out. You guys have been a great help to me. Sometimes others opinions when your not sure what to do can really help. Thanks