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Entertainment Show 2006 in New York
by
Marshall Nack
Day
One: Friday
Opening
day at the Home Entertainment 2007 show, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in
NYC, seemed pretty well attended to me, based on the morning Press Only
hours. (It opened at 9 a.m. and I left around 1 p.m. Four hours are more
than enough listening and schmoozing at one time for me. General admission
began at 2 p.m.)
Joe
Kubala on the left and Vladimir Lamm
Lamm
Industries Room
Immediately
after registration, I spied the welcome sight of Joe Kubala talking
with Vladimir Lamm outside their room. Inside, Lamm ML2.1 SET
monoblocks alternated with M1.2 Reference amps, along with the L2
preamp, and LP2 phono stage. The new two-chassis $126,000 ML3
Signature monoblocks were on static display. Digital was spun on a
Metronome Kalista transport and C2 DAC through Wilson Watt / Puppy 8
speakers. Everything was supported by Critical Mass Systems platforms,
with Kubala-Sosna Emotion cables in use throughout.
One
needed to keep reminding oneself that there were only 18-watts feeding
those Wilsons. The sound was big, with lots of low-end authority, in
this untreated midsize Boardroom, and it was unmistakably the sound of
SETs, with a slightly heavy, but lusciously textured midrange that had
plenty of resolution where it counts. Nothing else captures a bowed
cello like these amps. Imaging wasn't strong—I mean the stage did
not segregate images but gave you a blend, yet you heard everything
you needed to hear.
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue31/he2007.htm
Stereophile
magazine
by
Art Dudley --
August 2007,
page 38
Most convincing
music: Unsurprisingly, this
happened in the suite shared by Lamm Industries (preamps and power
amps), Metronome Technologie (digital source components),
Kubala-Sosna Research (cables), and Critical Mass Systems
(isolation platforms). A system comprising the current best
components from those companies was driving a Wilson Audio
Specialties WATT/Puppy 8 loudspeaker system and playing one nice
selection after another, when I was surprised to hear it get even
better: a baritone I didn't recognize [footnote: I don't mean
to imply that that's unusual: I'm hardly an expert] singing an
aria from Verdi's Rigoletto. That decades-old mono
recording was captivaating -- and, through that system, the
silences between the notes, the presence of the voice, and, above
all, the organic, note-to-note flow of the melody were superb, all
towering above anything else I heard that weekend. I
whispered to Elina Lamm, "What was that
CD?" She pointed to an attractive blonde-haired woman
about my age, who was sitting in the front row by herself -- and
how handed me the CD jacket so I could copy down the
details. It was the American baritone Leonard Warren, from a
collection in Preiser Records' Lebendige Vergangenheit
series (89585). I thought: We need more of all of
these things.
http:// stereotimes.com
by
Clement Perry
-- page 3
 Jim
Rickett's Metronome digital gear along with Lamm electronics looked
incredibly comfortable sitting on a slew of Critical Mass Systems iso-platforms.
Don't know quite what to say about the sound of this otherwise excellent
setup except much of the disappointment came from the Wilson Watt Puppy
8s being too close in proximity to the front walls. Also, the distance
between the loudspeakers were much closer than the distance to the
listening seat. Using the equilateral triangle approach is old hat? To
me, this made instruments sound too distant and gave the bass an
unwanted tubbiness. If I had this nicely sized room for myself I would
have had those loudspeakers well into the room, maybe in front of those
wonderfully sounding Lamm amplifiers. To each his own I suppose. Come to
think of it, the B.A.T room, which also featured the Wilson Watt 8s, was
setup in a similar fashion. Because the room was slightly wider the
sound was actually even heeled. Go figure. On static display only
was the new Lamm Audio ML3 Signature monos ($126k) with designer Vladimir
Lamm
(photo right).
http://stereotimes.com
http://magazine-audio.com
KUBALA / METRONOME / LAMM / WILSON
Le sympathique Joe Kubala de Kubala Sosna en compagnie de votre
serviteur 
http://magazine-audio.com/actualite/reportages/156
www.enjoythemusic.com
Home Entertainment 2007 Hi-Fi and
Home Theater Event
by
Rick Becker
In the Lamm Industries room the
intended star of their show was a lone ML3 Signature monoblock sitting
at the side of the room like a dancer without a partner. It is a
32 watt single ended design with a separate power supply. Unfortunately,
its mate was inoperable due to shipping damage, which is really
unfortunate considering they cost about $63K each. A back-up pair of
ML2.1s was pressed into service to drive a pair of Wilson Audio
Watt/Puppy 8s that were strangely placed far back into the corners of
the room. A Lamm L2 preamplifier with its separate power supply and LP-2
phono stage were further upstream. The front ends were spectacular with
the Metronome Technologie Kalista CD transport ($34K) seen here
with the gold CD spinning in open air. The Gaia turntable was equally
eye-popping at $35K. Critical Mass Systems isolation and damping
systems took care of vibrations with a series of component stands that
brought the height of components to a common level, eliminating the need
to bend way down to operate them — a big plus — as well as amplifier
stands beneath the Lamms. Kubala-Sosna's highly regarded cables
provided the connections. While the room still
sounded very good, it was not as good as I heard the Watt/Puppy 8 in
Montreal or later on in the show in the BAT room where the loudspeakers
were brought further out from the front wall.
I really
jumped into the show at the deep end here. This ultra-high end room was
clearly a room for the few.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/stereophile_show_2007/becker/
by Ron Nagle --
page 3
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/stereophile_show_2007/nagle/page3.htm
by Bill Gaw
LAMM Audio amplification,
Kubala Cables and Wilson Speakers. Price in the "if you have to ask
don't bother" range, but as always, the Lamm electronics are in a
level of their own.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/stereophile_show_2007/gaw/page2.htm
www.flickr.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79021978@N00/496687574/in/set-72157600210937791/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/79021978@N00/496687682/in/set-72157600210937791/
www.audio xsell.com
http://www.audioxsell.com/community/events/6/930/Home-Entertainment-Show-2007/LAMM.htm
www. audiojunkies.com
http://photos.audiojunkies.com/index.php?level=picture&id=2291
http://photos.audiojunkies.com/index.php?level=picture&id=2292
www.unitedhomeproducts.com
http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/stereophile_home_entertainmee4.htm
http://www.unitedhomeproducts.com/stereophile_home_entertainme.htm
(high-end audio pictures, page
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