comparison between SS Spectral and LAMM tube amp

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.

Spectral are among the quickest ,cleanest and most transparent solid state amps ever made. The Lamm hybrids have a little touch of magic in the midrange while a touch warm but very natural in the bass and good high end. The Lamms are powerful and fatigue free.
With Karmas and their fast and delicate sounding ceramic drivers, I think the Lamms would make a great and synergistic combo. Spectral may be too much of a good thing with Karma.