LAMM M1.2 - Feedback - Advice - Please - anyone heard these?


Folks - anyone that can share anything about LAMM or specifically the M1.2 would be greatly appreciated. 
Looking for thoughts on these or LAMM in general. I have never owner this brand and want some advise / feedback and to learn more from actual people / other members.
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If you want to know why and what my thinking then please read on.

Thanks so much for anything you can share. 
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So here’s what I am up against. 
I want / need that tube goodness in my sound but must also have that SS grip, bass control, transparency and image precision.


Have been looking and trying for the right amp and/or Pre combo mix.
SS alone doesn’t get me there - need that tubeness that only tubes can offer but I only want a little or just enough of that tube goodness.

What I also need just as much or even more is that SS transparency and their hold and tightness and precision. My speakers are not hard to drive but still tube amps are too loose - too wide and soft. Not enough specificity and SS is missing something as well. That natural, real closeness only tubes offer. I need the right blend. 
If I was to guess the sound would be say 83% SS and 17% tubes. Transparency, grip, precision and control is so important to me but then bathed in just the right amount of enough tubeness to just hit the nail right on the head. Yes it’s a tough and picky ask. 

The tube sounding SS gear Pass and Soulution doesn’t get me there. 
SS amps and Tube preamp have not got me there. Each time I tried a different combo I ended up liking my DAC direct over the tube preamp and that of course was not getting me. 
My speakers are pretty easy to drive Focal Sopra 2. I love these. They are bright, tight and raw. Their brightness needs to be tamed with a musical and warmish sounding source and warmish sounding sounding amp/Pre combo. 
My source is a Bricasti M1SE DAC / built in Roon End Point Ethernet Streamer and Preamp all in one. I love the Sopra 2 because they act like monitors with bass. They have the transparency and precision like a monitor. I liked better then Sopra 3 that is more like an excellent floorstander then imitating a monitor with bass. I like Sopra 2 better then my former Magico S5 MKII I had before also. I’ve learned over time what I like and what is most important to me. Extension, speed, transparency, image and sound precision and I don’t need all world bass slam but enough decent bass to do the music justice. Monitor can’t do this without subs but I also need coherence which is so important to the precision and transparency. That is why subs don’t work for me and Sopra 3 or S5 MKII didn’t work also. The Sopra 2 is a monitor lovers dream with monitor like everything but better dynamics and bass but I regress.  With all of this said I’m thinking maybe this LAMM M1.2 can pull off what I’m hoping for and if anyone has any info or similar situation would love some advise, feedback or comments. 
Thanks for the time and help !!!!! 
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Checkout CAT JL7 or JL5.   They can easily drive your speakers with tube goodness triode power.
Jump on CAT great sound for your system or just keep rapping about everything else.
The McIntosh MC2301 definitely have the grip and tight control of the right bass. It’s fast, accurate, tight and will hit you when appropriate songs require it to do so. I’ve been fortunate to try several different high end amplifiers (tube and SS) and for less money, I found out that the McIntosh MC2301 did it right. It is completely different design from McIntosh other tube amplifiers and it is Quad Balance with 300W per Monoblock. It was there first Quad Balance tube amplifier by McIntosh. The other is the Hybrid 901’s. The McIntosh MC2301’s are $24-25K and the Audio Research Reference 250SE and the Lamm M1.2 are between 32-34K. If you buy used, all are around the same price of 15-16K. If you’re looking at Lamm, you can definitely afford all three of these amplifiers new or used. I’ve owned the Lamm M1.2. They sound good. I have the Wilson Audio Maxx2 speakers so I was definitely looking for an amplifier that can satisfy me at all levels especially grip and tight fast bass (keep up with actual recording of the album as it was meant to be). That’s what the McIntosh MC2301’s provided me hands down. Now the other that I’ve heard others say but I have not tried was the PS Audio BHK Signature 300 series Monoblock amplifier. It’s a hybrid. A family member is running them with the KEF Blade speakers. I hope this helps in your quest.
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ive owned the legendary CAT SL1 MK III preamp years back and loved it. Not that long ago I almost bought a much newer and improved version but they have no remote and I am way too lazy to get up and change the volume all the time even though I could have worked around it with my Bricasti volume control but still it was enough to pass. 

I have also heard their mono amps and think they sound fantastic but in a real world set up like mine where my audio room is not just a pure audio only room for just me? I have a family with younger children my audio room is the great room over my garage with cathedral ceilings and big old L shaped leather sectional where me and my wife and kids spend tons of time together and thankfully so. 
I want to share as much time as possible with them when I’m not working. They love music and my audio system and my system is hooked to my 75” TV as well. It makes for a fun family set up. It’s a pure 2 channel set up but still works and sounds great. No interest in HT what’s so ever.
Those CAT mono blocks are just ridiculously obnoxious for a family room.

They don’t fit in my solid tech racks and are just huge - have tons of thin glass waiting to get stumbled into and throw tons of heat. I can’t think of a more absurdly non family friendly audio item on the planet regardless of great they sound. I do admit though that sound wise they are awesome but those thing are flame throwing beasts. 



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