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Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s 7267 
Let you Lamm ML2 to burn for a while. 7267 
Lamm ML2: 6N6P vs. 5687 7260 
drivers, gain and relay pulses 7260 
Lamm ML2 is juts a tool… 7260 
Not too far out on the limb yet 7259 
New tubes, same pulse 7230 
Debugging the Lamm ML2... 7230 
Cross-channel and/or phase effects and 2nd wave amplifiers 7223 
The “blending integrity” vs. “dynamic viscosity” . 7223 
Blending integrity? 7223 
Lamm ML2 tubes and plate current to loading balance 7222 
Back on axis with sweet 16 7211 
I think ML2 is more capable then your speaker. 7210 
No question, ML2 is more capable than my speakers (and everything else, too) 7210 
Some truth about Lamm ML2 SET 7210 
The path that refreshes 7209 
Audio is about people but not about metal. 7209 
Pulse tamed by "Ribbies" 7208 
Tactical sound vs Strategic sound and 6N6P. 7208 
Sticking with a winning strategy 7208 
Other tubes for Lamm ML2 7208 
6AK5: bass, feedback, organization 7188 
Lamms ML2 input impedances 7187 
True values, true colors 7187 
Burned-in 6AK5 finds the music (just the music)! 7187 
It’s not necessary all on surface. 7187 
Vertical/diagonal change vs. horizontal change 7187 
Once a whore... 7187 
Truer words... 7183 
6N6P and Grounding 7182 
6C19P, tube paranoia and grounding 7182 
No, not about the tubes 7182 
Grounds for Paranoia 7182 
Additional Note 7182 
The ML2’s input power filters and everything else… 7182 
Another plug for the ML2 7181 
Playing 10 pins with 9 pins 7180 
Failed experiment a success (What ho, peasants?): ... 7179 
Skinny pins and cheap-o sockets 7174 
The tubes pins: the Lamm's dirty secrets are out. 7174 
Burn in, warm up, finding harmonic center 7145 
Listening in without losing out 7131 
The sound of dust settling 7117 
Yes, even more.... 7117 
If now was the future 7117 
Paying the price... 7116 
The 110dB sensitivity is not a joke. 7116 
Shorting plugs 7116 
Shorting Lamm ML2 7116 
Shorting, etc. 7116 
Hang on a minute... 7115 
That Englishman's Placette! 7115 
... and this is a whole idea. 7115 
Noise test results 7115 
ML2, 109dB sensitivety, L2 and everything else... 7115 
Deep-fried dbs 7114 
uh, what I meant to say... 7114 
Meow ! No more hiss !!! 7105 
Stick it in the ML2 input stage. 7104 
Tube rush 7104 
Buzz-kill 7103 
When 6N6Ps go bad 7103 
RN60 vs S102... leave it alone. 7103 
Back on course 7102 
Running from 16 Ohm taps. 7014 
The plate loading with secondary’s taps. 7014 
Loading for hammocks 7014 
Up again, and messing with V/A 6964 
The ML2's 6C33C operation point. 6964 
295 mV, of course; sorry readers (hope no one blew... 6964 
Putting in new 6AK5s 6915 
What can we draw from this? 6914 
Honesty, it sounds like fantasies to me… 6914 
Coincidental clipping 6914 
Bias and heat 6913 
Source of heat 6913 
Source of heat 6913 
I wouldn't want to touch one 6913 
Feedback “working” in the ML2 6912 
Feedback on the feedback 6912 
A classic voltage regulator circuit. 6912 
That's when the bias took off 6912 
Feedback and voltage regulation 6911 
Feedback or... 6909 
The Lamm ML2 regulation from different angles 6909 
How feedback is implemented 6909 
How much is enough? 6909 
Replacing V2 and the year of playing catch-up 6817 
Lamm's tubes and the stupid Western Ukraine Marketing 6817 
General purpose amp?? 6817 
Versus the "hassle-free" amp 6817 
I would loose it in no time 6817 
The Days of Our (Tubes') Lives 6817 
I hope you will be able to moderate your needs to post. 6816 
Got it. Thank you 6816 
Cold Comfort Farm 6732 
I do not think that voltage drop is a problem 6732 
Octane rating 6732 
Ah! Self-cancellation of self noise! 6719 
New cause/cure for switch-on pulse 6598 
Weird tag-team tube failure (with no consequences?) 6595 
Paul, are you insane? 6595 
Arguably insane; the hand that rocked the cradle 6595 
Very improbable. 6595 
Cracked, all right 6595 
Ah, it is the cracked tube’s bases not the tubes. 6595 
Cracked glass at tube's "base" 6595 
So much for "10,000 hours"... 6579 
How Better Tubes "Saved My Cartridge" 6568 
The Lamm ML2 and feedback. 6568 
Just one of the sheep 6568 
If a Tree Falls in the Forest... 6557 
It would be like a déjà vu feeling… 6556 
Tripping the Life Fantastic 6556 
The demagnetizing coils in ML2 – a false alert. 6555 
The Lamm ML2 bites… 6553 
Designing with a Pencil 6553 
Curiosity (and bad AC) prompts discovery 6545 
Only if you have specific complains… 6545 
When Cooler Heads Prevail 6545 
Then, out of Nowhere... 6534 
Another Day, Another Annoying First... 6390 
The Lamm ML2 biasing. 6389 
Suggesting the Ladder 6389 
Maintenance and the Life of Parts 6151 
Teflon sockets 6151 
About the Lamm ML2 updates. 6150 
If Only 6150 
The recappication of ML2 6150 
Post #117 Re-visited 6150 
..."keep getting noise from sockets..." not way. 6150 
Memory Fades Like the Afternoon Sun... 6150 
Contact vs. Noise 6150 
Symptoms of a V1 tube dying? 6117 
The Lamm’s ML2 regulator. 6117 
Game, Set, Match 6117 
Ken Chait and the “annoying” Lamm owners 6117 
I don't know what happened 6115 
Are they that bad (well, sort of)? 6115 
6C33C matching: first proposal 6115 
Some ML2 & 6C33C ramblings 6115 
The gain of 6C33C is not truly important. 6115 
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle 6115 
"Pinless" Tubes? 6096 
Let the 6AK5 to be 6AK5. 6095 
"Aimless" Tubes 6095 
It's the Tubes (again), Stupid 6082 
Wey! Where to begin? 6082 
12ax7 brand? 6081 
Cycling bias 6081 
The General Electric 12AX7 tubes 6081 
The cycleing bias? 6081 
Drift, Flux and Tubular Logic 6081 
Cycling bias: Improvement 6081 
I think it just too fresh tube 6081 
Fresh 6C33C behavior ect. 6081 
In this case voltage and current are the same 6081 
Actually a Good Question 6081 
Thanks for the explanations 6081 
The Factory System 6080 
Operating points etc. 6079 
Keeping It Real (Safe) 6079 
Punk Rock 6069 
Do not fix it until it gets broken 6069 
Verifying pin grip of tube sockets 6068 
Not to Defend the Habit 6068 
Voltage Question 6046 
The coupling caps in ML2? 6046 
I could not "see" the Duelund 6046 
Bias current; rise during warm up 6024 
I wonder why Lamm does it. 6024 
The freaky V2s 6024 
6C33C-B vs. 6S33S-V 6024 
So if S=C & V=B 6023 
ML2 cap substitution 5918 
Schem-o? 5918 
Absolutely bogus statement. 5918 
V1/V2 Replacement sockets 5918 
"Filter" vs. RC? 5918 
6c33c socket repair 5918 
ML2 cap functions 5918 
Coupler Values 5918 
Socket removal etc. 5918 
Problem solved 5915 
Which, Again? 5915 
Scope of work 5915 
Plug and Play, After All 5768 
Socket replacement 5724 
The discipline with tubes. 5724 
Daisy chaining ML2s & New sockets for 6C33Cs 5697 
Mo' Betta 5697 
Daisy chaining, unfortunately 5697 
Bi-amping (L2) & Images of new sockets (ML2) 5696 
Lamm L2 jacks and ML2 pins. 5696 
Comments on sockets 5695 
The mental rotattion.... 5695 
Toasty-brown insulation 5695 
The in-wire auto-cooler. 5695 
If Interested to Buy ML2s 5453 
Farewell, ML2s... 5336 
Lamm ML2 is like a PhD in sound. 5336 
Lesson Learned: 6C33C + Teflon sockets 5161 
Cold Comfort Form 5161 
An important statement to make. 5160 
Cool 5160 
Diversity of teflon & making use of the heat 5160 
Demystifying NOS 5160 
Robert Harley and Lamm ML2.2 4943 
Low powered amps and low sensitive speakers ... 4943 
Dog Eats Reviewer 4943 
Product placement vs. just stupidity. 4943 
.... a Powerhouse .... 4942 
….I am not interested to talk about reviewers… 4941 
Audiophile Business 4941 
Voltage Divider in ML2 Input Stage 4715 
ML2 Signals AmpX? 591 
Please no talk about Ml2 vs AmpX 591 
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