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Paul S wrote:

my own recent experiments have shown that dialing in voltage and current is just as Big a Deal with SS as it is with tubes.  Those who merely accept the "factory settings" are (potentially) missing out.

It it not as Big Deal with SS as it is with tubes – it has different effect and sonic impact. From a different perspective the B-2 use transistors that have very high voltage on bias, it might make all things different. BTW, there are no “factory settings” as many amps allow you to select idling current. The Lamm M1.1 has on the back a speaker impedance switch. What do you think that switch changes? Of course the output stage current! Many amps has the same feature on one way or another any person who use SS and understand how to get power from SS to a given load do set an optimum current for the given load of their speaker.

Paul S wrote:

BTW, the B2 was idesigned from the start as a "cult" amp, with the whole "clean-sheet" design and Bushido/nutso attention to detail that truly set it apart.  Plus, it was Really Expensive!  Talk about your wet dream: this and the Esprit were the stuff of Cult Nerd Fantasies, Back in the Day.

I do not know. It looks like a regular amp to me. I do not buy into and not willing to propel the myths. If you say that it was Really Expensive then it was a reasonable to the price amp. It is was Cult Nerd Fantasies amp then it was not good fantasies as there are few things that need to be done differently.

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