comparison between SS Spectral and LAMM tube amp

The best solution with any tube amp is to match it with a high sensitive & simple X-over designed speaker. I listened to endless Systems where the owners said they are great but at the end of day, it was nothing special... A lot say, Wilson (for example because they are rated with 95dB) & Lamm are great, but it isn't.
You will have nearly no control in Bass (it is ok, but nothing special), the higher frequencies have no life or power (this is based mainly with problematic X-overs or aggressive tweeters found in such speaker designs). In a way, these speakers will never come to'life'.
This is simply based on the no. 1 fault from audiophiles: Matching expensive with expensive and the result HAS to be great. Mostly Boring. Mildly said. But a lot will have a different opinion.
When you want to keep your speakers, I recommend to go for the Lamm Hybrids or very strong tube amps.

Just to be clear, Syntax.

You will have nearly no control in Bass (it is ok, but nothing special), the higher frequencies have no life or power (this is based mainly with problematic X-overs or aggressive tweeters found in such speaker designs). In a way, these speakers will never come to'life'.

Are you talking about (say) Lamm ML2.1 SETs with Kharma 3.2s? The Kharmas are not that sensitive (89db/w/m), but are supposedly a fairly flat 8 Ohm load.

Regards,

Hi Metralla,

yes, of course. What I wrote has to be seen in this combination.
The tube amps from Lamm are outstanding with some speakers, but the
Kharma, Wilson (exception some early WP's), Magico, Soundlab, NOLA and so on
are not among them...
I think, one of my audiophile friends once had those - or similar - Kharma
speakers paired with ML2.1 because some told him, this would be a great
match. He never got happy with that Set up, he listened to a System with ML2.1
which was a much better matching and he knew he will never get it with these
speakers...
Some time ago I listened for longer time to Spectral 360 mono and I think, they
have absolutely nothing in common, Lamm units sound totally different...even
M1.2R...

Syntax,
I can understand your Wilson speaker example(dificult load, crossover etc.). If the Kharma speaker has a relatively flat 8 ohm load( and assuming a simple crossover design) then it would seem the Lamm SET amp could work reasonably well with them.

I'm not really sure about this, so take it with a grain of salt; I seem to remember a rumour that Kharma used Lamm amps in the development of their earlier designs, but their newer designs used their own ss amps.