I got a chance recently to hear the Lamm LL1 Signature recently vs a Absolare Preamp. Speakers were Wilson Alexandria's. Amps were the Lamm M2.2.
I choose the Lamm...buy a LARGE margin.
We started off with the Absolare...listened for a few hours..it was fully warmed up...had about 100 hours play time...I honestly was ready to go home and write off that system as yet another with poorly match components and not set up right.
Then I talked the owner into putting his Lamm back in. Holy smokes...everything locked together...the bass...the coherence...the images outside the speakers...toes were tapping big time.
The Absolare did depth better...and transparency better...but at the clear expense of everything else. Maybe it needed more breaking time...
That was the first all LAMM set up I'd heard...I see what you guys like LAMM...