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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage.

Post Subject: No credit is given and the subject is wider then Lamm.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 1/9/2013

decoud wrote:
I suppose at least you can give him credit for reversing the switch from electrocube 935s back to your favourite 950s....

Nope, I do not see any reason to extend any credit in there. I have no idea where those caps are installed. I have no idea what caps they are – on the picture it is not visible. Lamm switched from 950 to 935 on one of the ML2 that I seen and it was in super important coupling application. Electrocubes 935 and 950 are VERY different caps. They are Metallized Polypropylene vs. Polypropylene and Foil, they sound drastically different and Metallized 935 must not be used in that application. Some people use Metallized if they need significantly larger value from small size, let say 29-30uf where Film and Foil would not give you more then 2-4uF. Lamm installed 2uF Metallized 935 and only reasons for it that 950 cost $5 but 935 costs somewhere $3.75. The key in that story was not the fact that Lamm intentionally used inferior parts in successful design of his knowing that it will significantly degrade sonic result but the demonstrable level of cynical arrogance that Lamm has and his assurance that his users are non-critical idiotic who do not know better. Lamm, for sure, is not wrong about that and he is perfectly in his rights to do what he does what I however deny him to do is bringing to the shows, expose to photography and to give to reviewers the units with 950 caps and then stuff his “regular” gullible customers with 935 caps. I question: if he did such a cynical and unethical actions with primitive caps then how many other places in this equipment Lamm has where he did the same? In the larger scale: what is default sound of Lamm’s unit? If you and me have let say some kind if Lamm’s amp then only model number and the way we use it shall determine how the unit sounds. It looks like it is not the case with Lamm equipment. The change between coupling caps imply very significant change in sound. I have seen early production of ML2.1 power amps with drastically different sound due to Lamm presumably used different output transformers. That all happens because he has no quality re-enforcement neither from consumers nor from reviewers. Not only him BTW, this is very wide spread tendency in the industry, where a vintage of the unit sometimes as important as the model name. How would you feel of you buy a gold cable for a few grand with tested quality of could but receive the same cable model made with aluminum with completely different sound?

Rgs,
Romy the Cat

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