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BAT or Lamm

I am thinking of changing my preamp, I have a Mcintosh c42 and am thinking of a Lamm L1 or a BAT VK50. I already have a piece of BAT, VKP-5 phono stage, my amp is a Mcintosh mc352 speakers are JM lab mezzo utopia`s. I am moving out of a solid state system into tubes, but can only do it a peice at a time so I thought I would do the preamp first.Any thoughts? David
cylinderking_1
cytocycle
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Some BAT models you can get a remote, I don't think that is an option on the Lamm. Also some of the Lamm models have discrete channels including seperate left and right volume knobs.

For some people this is the deciding factor.
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marakanetz
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Sonic Frontiers Line 3 has both sound and remote.
abex
322 posts
 
I think Lamm's Philos is that Remote cisuits will add unwanted RFI\EMI which would defeat it's sonic attributes. I tend to agree. The purist in me I guess!
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jfrech
1,816 posts
 
The bat phono and pre are good matches. Plus both have balanced in's and out's which will marginally help some. Retube the p5 phono stage, especially the 6922's. It will make a huge difference. The Lamm is good, but the bat might match better for you...

FYI, the 50se is better than the 50. Also can update to the new 51se as well. good luck...
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