My Lampizator 211's are here ....

Gopher said:
Arthurs,
I can say the Lampi amps in general are *very* special. I lived with a pair of our GM-70s for about a year and a half as my primary amps and they were fantastic. In fact they received rave review at the NY Audio Show last year and the owner of AVS Showrooms, Peter Breuninger, called them the one thing he wishes he could have taken home... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUCNIbFKcZE (12 minute mark)
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Hello Gopher, thanks for the link and I could not agree with you more. I also had an early version of the UK GM70 coppers for about a year and a half. Affectionately named "the orgazmatrons" whilst in my rack the only downside was a slight hum, which it is reported here has been dealt with [I could forgive the heat].

My review of the GM70's:
? MAN: "Make Mozart Not Nukes!" Lampizator GM 70 SE Amplifier - WORLD FIRST REVIEW

The last time I spoke to Lukasz he was pushing the 211, I remarked that I would not want to live without that GM70 sound, but he insisted that the 211's sound about the same as the copper GM70 and that the clarity and transparency is earned from other proprietary Lampi circuits.

Peter Breuninger is playing with fabled Audio Note gear and yet he finds these amps call out to him. To think that apparently Lukasz had a pair of Kagura Audio Note Kondo as reference when voicing the new True Balanced 211 amps, ...extraordinary. I am on the edge of my seat for mine to arrive. I always hope it may be the last leg of my journey and if these amps are quiet and even marginally better than the original GM70's it will be as far as amps are concerned. ;)
 
Hi i'm interested in maybe purchasing these amps as well but i'm concerned if they would struggle to drive my 4ohm 87db speakers
 
Thanks Joe and congratulations on your recent purchase. I guess from a personal point you couldn't comment on my previous question with the strads being efficient as they are.

Brett
 
Hi Brett,

The 4ohm would not be a problem and we could in fact build the amps with both 4 and 8 ohm taps. 87db really shouldn't be an issue at all either. The lampi amps put out some STOUT Class A watts capable of driving most any loudspeaker with authority.

Feel free to PM me.

Best,

Fred
 
dart6 said:
Thanks Joe and congratulations on your recent purchase. I guess from a personal point you couldn't comment on my previous question with the strads being efficient as they are.

Brett
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Thank you so much Brett.

I was not 100% sure how to answer. My gut tells me Fred is totally right that the 211's could indeed handle to load. If you are not a head banger, all should be great. I know my LM219IA was a little underpowered compared to my 211 Lampi amps. My 211's kick some serious @ss. Love 'em.
 
joeinid said:
Thank you so much Brett.

I was not 100% sure how to answer. My gut tells me Fred is totally right that the 211's could indeed handle to load. If you are not a head banger, all should be great. I know my LM219IA was a little underpowered compared to my 211 Lampi amps. My 211's kick some serious @ss. Love 'em.
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Joe, now that you've had some time with the Lampi's, what is the comparison in sound & presentation compared to the 219ia
 
bzr said:
Joe, now that you've had some time with the Lampi's, what is the comparison in sound & presentation compared to the 219ia
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Hi Kev,

211's are a little more neutral but sweeter (if that makes any sense). Plenty of S.E.T. sound. Much more 3D, Bass seems tighter, fuller, more powerful. The feeling of being immersed in the sound is undeniable, it seems to reach out to you more and wrap around the room with a deeper presentation. I loved the 219IA but the Lampi 211 is all that but more and better. If you can get away with 24 wpc from the LM and with the right speakers, it's wonderful. The Lampi 211's are just better all around. Oh, and vocals from the Lampizator DAC through the 211's are perfect.
 
dart6 said:
6m x 7.5m
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that's a nice size room you have there, dart6. i looked on the Lampi site to see what distortion he rates the amps 85 watts into, but it doesn't say. You might ask Gopher. The reason I mention this is that the Lampi amps use no negative feedback- that usually means distortion increases with wattage (and I find no negative feedback a VERY good thing!). So if you are running the amp hard, you are creating more distortion than other types of tube amps. you really want to stay in the middle of the wattage curve on these kind of amps for an optimal pairing.
 
Keith, I am not so sure about that with the differential summator circuit. I will ask Luk about that when next I speak to him, as I would like to know as well.
 
ah...hem...Fred...any sign of my 211's?

Maybe Lukasz needs to send them to Norman for testing first. Thoughts? :P
 
Thumbs up!! LoL

I even have a 1500w power transformer, so I am prepared for all eventualities.
Hehehehe.

I know that the amp has lots of hard to get parts and Europe is on slowdown for the Summer, so he could be frustrated…especially since it seems like everybody wants GG Dacs and 211 amps now. People are going straight for the jugular.

I will ask about them too. Will try to call tomorrow. I have to send him a demo powercord that is doing a Euro tour.

The Sablon Corona Reserva. Sablon Audio

Geeting great feedback so far for the GG dec.
 
I thought I should update that I have had a change of heart. Lukasz had actually made me a pair of 211 twin towers, and then I made a visit to his new factory house last week and decided on a new pair of GM70 Copper. Bear in mind that one GM70 valve has only marginally less surface area to its internals than two 211 tubes, but the truth is that I have taken advice and made a gut judgement that the GM70 has the rightness and magic that I am looking for. Bear in mind that I had a pair of the first incarnation of the GM70s and sold them due to a low level hum, something that might not be audible to others who place their amps in the traditional manner more than twelve feet away from their listening position on the floor, but they did not work for me as my amps live less than two feet from my primary or close listening position. There have been two improvements as far as my short listening session revealed, the most impressive update has been the complete deletion of the hum, the only sound that one can now hear with their ears right up to the amp is that made by heat and that goes to the second improvement which is that the new version runs noticeably cooler than the early versions. Lukasz asked me to put my hand underneath the units, one can perceive that they are noticeably cool underneath having been on for four hours and then I felt the top of the units and here one can now actually place their hands on the surface without discomfort, this was not possible on early units. Obviously there has been some serious fettling, one major change is that a previously smaller transformer that was housed inside is now huge, placed on the top and close inspection shows that it has been filled with resin to aid that excellent new sound floor. I am informed that a second transformer has also been filled with resin, but that for the preservation of sound quality the third was not treated in this way. All that I required was the five seconds at the beginning of each track to seduce me. These new, utterly silent and literally cooler GM70s stole my heart and so there is a ready pair of 211 for the audiophile who takes issue with the Soviets, the 211 twin towers certainly look very sexy. I got to audition my amps in the LampizatOr HQ listening room and now I am tracking their approach to my UK location via DHL. I shall definitely post a full review of them on my blog once I have had a chance to live with them for a couple of weeks.

If anyone is interested I posted a small essay on my pilgrimage to LampizatOr HQ:
http://www.stgeorgewest.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/make-mozart-not-nukes-audiophile.html
 
Congratulations Angelo,

What kind of power does the new GM70 produce?


Angelo said:
I thought I should update that I have had a change of heart. Lukasz had actually made me a pair of 211 twin towers, and then I made a visit to his new factory house last week and decided on a new pair of GM70 Copper.
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