Has anyone heard the lamm 2.2 hybrid amplifier


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone heard the lamm 2.2 hybrid amplifier and what was their thoughts?

Has anyone heard the lamm 2.2 paired with the wilson watt puppy 7 speakers?

I am currently running the wp7 with emmlabs transport and dac/preamp and rowland 302 amplifier.

I know the lamms are great amplifiers but wondering if would work well in my configuration especially for stuff like radiohead or other rock material. I know the lamm is 200 watts and my rowland is 300 watts and that lamm's are not known for bass slamm. So this would only work if I gained in the midrange enough?

Mike
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thanks for the detailed report....great information.....by the way one person called the lamms a little lean but I am not sure they have heard the 2.2 or just the 1.2?

Mike
I also use the Lamm M2.1s with Revel Studios (in fact, I might have to take some of the blame for Kurt_tank having his...) and agree with everything he said... except for the part about Radiohead. They're one of my favorites. If you're looking for exaggerated bass slam, the Lamms aren't the amp for you. If you're looking for the bass to be natural and realistic, you're on the right track with the Lamms. One thing I've found is that the Lamms are very sensative to tweaks, especially power cords. I'm still using the stock ones (blech) but Shunyata Pythons are in my near future. I have had a chance to demo them in my own system, and the improvements they made were stunning... from bass to treble.

I can't imagine the Lamms being lean in any circumstances. They're not overly colored, but they are on the warm, rich side of neutral. Any leanness in a system using Lamm amps would have to be blamed on something else. From what I've heard of Wilson, I think Lamm is quite possibly the perfect match.

I won't ever claim that any component is the absolute best or the absolute last I'll own (I'm too young to expect anything to last the rest of my life) but I will say that every other thing I own currently is ahead of the Lamms in my upgrade path... this includes the rest of my components, my furniture, my home, my car... you get the picture.