How is LAMM LP2 compares to the more recent phono

Andromedaaudio and Thuchan, thanks for the advise. Duelund definitely sounds interesting. I had capacitors on my speaker crossover changed to Munsdorf before with excellent result. My local DIY/Mod guy talked very highly of Duelund as well but not very much experience around here due to cost but it could be interesting. WE 417A started to sound nicer and nicer. So far I am very happy with Lamm LP2 the way it is :)

If you are doing a private "A/B" comparison in the context of your own system, it is always a good idea to do "A/B/A". In other words, if you are familiar with A, then listen to B for a while until you really are used to it. Then switch back to A and have another listen. Often this is very revealing, not only of the vicissitudes of our sensory apparatus but also of the placebo effect. In other words, if you know you replaced 5842s with WE417s, or capacitor X with capacitor Y that costs more, it is impossible to have an unbiased opinion of the result.

Lewm,
yes - you are right on this. You need to perform A/B/A and so on comparisons, also using different phono-pres in the same chain, fourth & back. It's a hell of work building up and down. We did it one day long, the Lamm could not reach the Kondo in detail and precision but it provides a wonderful soundstage via MM connection if a superb SUT is used. In this combination it's becomes one of the big phono-pres.

Best & Fun Only - Thuchan

Best & Fun Only - Thuchan

Adding to the above A/B/A comparisons info. don't forget when doing this to also consider load change, I have found from going from one phono pre to the next they arn't all eqaul, varying sonic wise via load.

Thuchan,
Your feedback is in line with my findings in my posting "so you have a valve phono with MM & MC inputs", those built-in Jensen SUTs can be easily bettered!