What To Replace A Pair Of Lamm Ml2 Monoblocks With? Need More Power

No problem with pointing out the speakers I purchased after they were clearly able to work optimally in the room. Vandersteen 5a's.

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years ago i switched from tube amps to darTZeel solid state.....that was Tenor OTL 75 watt tubes amps. you can find used dart 108's at reasonable prices. if you are serious about wanting the purity and refinement of tubes, but want the linearity and control of solid state, the darts do that.

i still own darTZeel, the 468 mono blocks.

nightfall OP
Vandersteen 5a’s

If you want the very "best" out of them

Would be good if you can find a impedance/phase angle graph on these. Then it will be easy to find what your Lam’s were lacking, wattage or current or both. As nice as the 6c33c’s (to me the closest tube to SS) are in paralleled SE they are still tubes with weaknesses.

Until we can see this graph it will be all guess work from those that haven’t listened to them with all types of amps.

Unless the an amp is recommended that does it all, like the 180w Gryphon Antillion.
https://gryphon-audio.dk/shop/power-amplifiers/antileon-evo-stereo/
Plenty of watts, huge current, and the ability to switch Class-A bias while listening, between 10w Class-A, 50w Class-A or 100w Class-A Great amp for Summer or Winter

Cheers George

10-15+ years go there was a "cable" product that tailored the impedance match between the amplifier and the speaker that could be ordered in various configurations.

Don't recall the company name, but it was popular with Stat users as well as those using lower powered tube amps with less efficient speakers.

Think they sold/pair for under $1K.

Anyone know what this product was, and if it's still available.

On a side note I think that Steven Eddy (sp?) came up with a similar product @ one point.

Just throwing this out as it may be a solution which allows the current amps to be used with the 5A's.

DeKay

I have the Lamm ML2 and having been using them with a pair of Avantgarde Duos I bought new circa 2006-7 (225 woofer model). I’m in a similar boat to you in that these amps bring something special to music but one is limited to very high sensitivity speakers to get the most out of them. I don’t think they’d power the Everest, which is an alternative given that they can be gotten for far less than retail even by civilian consumers who aren't in the trade. I’m normally not emotionally attached to gear (except for my old Quads, which I’ve owned since around 1973-4) but in considering alternatives, I’m doing it backwards, and trying to find a speaker to match this amp, rather than the other way around. (It’s not an immediate need for me, but the Duos are getting long in the tooth). The Lamm is special. Easy enough to sell, especially if it has seen Vlad’s ministrations at some point for a go-over. Good luck to you. Once I got these amps, about 14 years ago, I stopped looking. I’ve upgraded phono stage, line stage and other bits, but the ML2 has remained a constant for me.