When I was at CES a few years ago I had the pleasure of visiting the Lamm Industries room. The system was a pair of Wilson Watt Puppy 8s driven by the ML 2.1 monoblocks. I d heard the track from Stevie Ray Vaughan hundreds of times before .. but what I listened to that day was unlike anything I’d ever come across in any hi-end audio system.

To put it succinctly it was the most "organic" sounding system I had ever heard. It went beyond hi-fi and to a place where the music and the performance sounded live, real, right there in front of me I'd heard Lamm solid state amps previously and although I liked them, this went beyond the simple Lamm house sound. I left the room convinced that these amps were the missing piece in my system.

So I went about the research (and hand wringing) most audiophiles do when they are searching for the perfect match for their system. In my case unlike the venerable WP8s the Sophias needed more power than the ML 2.1’s brought to the table. In my system those watts were delivered courtesy of the Lamm ML 1.1’s.

It was a perfect fit. The organic sound that I wanted and the extra power I needed. When they arrived my wife's only comment was “they better sound good cause that's a face only a mother could love...” I assured her they would (to her credit she admitted after a little listening that they were indeed magical).

The end result has been wonderful, it has all the qualities I'd heard and fell in love with at CES. The combination with my Gen VIII and Sohias has left me a happy camper.

Now all I need is a bigger budget for music!!!