How's the Synergy between Lamm1.2ref and AR REF5


I am in the process of building a system around Wilson Sasha's and have narrowed my electronics down to either Lamm (1.2 Reference monoblocks/L2Reference pre) or Audio Research (REF 210/REF5).

Both sound great to me, but i have a couple of issues with going all Lamm (lack of remote) or all AR (tube hassle/cost with REF 210).

Thus, I am wondering how the synergy is between the combination of the Lamm 1.2R with the AR REF5?

Is anybody running this combo?

Thanks

Rich
darkstar01
I briefly owned the Ref5 and while I thought the mids and highs were nice, I thought the bass was so soft it was almost laughable, but I do wish I could hear it with the Lamm M1.2 as it has much better bass than the amp I had back then.
I wish I have a chance to try pinched waist Amperex 6922 tubes but I never even seen one myself. I did tried Blackburn Mullard NOS and Holland Philip/Amperex NOS tubes in my LAMM M2.2.
Basically what I would really like is a tube with Mullard midrange warmth and extension at both end of Amperex. It was suggested to me that I should try French Mazda 6922. I find it to be a good compromise of both tubes. Pretty much identical extension of Amperex with very nice warmth in the midrange but not so thick like Mullard. I am still looking around for more 6922 to try, if I ever find 2 pinched waist amperex, I certainly would like to try them and also Siemann CCA. Thanks god I only need 2 tubes :)
Suteetat, Try Telefunken 6922/E88CC or 60's Siemen's 7308. The former offers excellent balance of extension, articulation and natural harmonics; the latter has very nice extension (hi & lo) with a hint of warmth, more neutral than cool.
Thanks, I will be looking for those. A friend has a stash of Siemen CCA that I have been begging to try!