CES 2016: Lamm and KHARMA

[amirm]

Lamm and Kharma had two suites. This is the larger one:

I visited this suite twice. Once when I first go there. And second, after the show closing with my kind hosts, Vladimir and David. The first time around I found the sound to be above average but not exceptional. The soundstage was strangely low, almost on the floor. They then played the Stevie Ray Vaughn's Can't Stand the Weather and the system came alive:

My notes say, "Bass pretty tight; enjoyable; excellent recording."

The second time around, with Vladimir being my DJ, the sound was sublime. Huge dynamics, belying the low wattage (30 watt?) of the amplifiers. This time it was all digital sources.

Here is the system make up at a cool $730,000:

Kharma speaker in play:

And this incredible EMT 927F mastering turntable with its massive table:

Catridge and arm:

Lam electronics:

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Guts within:

Shot of sample music they had brought with them:

 

[amirm]

As I noted, there were two rooms here. This is the "smaller" of the two.

Whether it was coming from the larger room, my mood, or system performance, I don't know. What I do know is that I did not find the sound exciting. My notes say, "much less impressive than larger room. Rather Lispy vocals. LP?" This is what was playing:

Anyone know the album and can provide feedback on its fidelity?

And other music available for demo:

Any recommendation on purchasing some?


This is the list of components and price list:

Arm and cartridge porn:

Kharma speakers:

The amps driving the system:

 

[amirm]

Hey, we are lucky I did not spell it "Lamb." Thanks for the correction.

Here is the price list on cables from the large room:

 

[RayDunzl]

None of the above makes me feel insecure in any way.

How did those racks sneak in there?

 

[JackD201]

Amir I can't see the pictures inserted here and in other posts. I know they aren't missing because I can see the -

- in the quote window. I can see your screen grab in the Roon thread. I don't know what's going on.

 

[JackD201]

Sheesh scratch that. I see them now. Just took some time to load.

 

[amirm]

Amir I can't see the pictures inserted here and in other posts. I know they aren't missing because I can see the -

- in the quote window. I can see your screen grab in the Roon thread. I don't know what's going on.

Mmm. The pictures come from my external server. I wonder if there is a problem there. Can you click on this link and see if you see this image: https://amirviews.smugmug.com/photos/i-G7JSpvz/0/O/i-G7JSpvz.jpg

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Mmm. The pictures come from my external server. I wonder if there is a problem there. Can you click on this link and see if you see this image: https://amirviews.smugmug.com/photos/i-G7JSpvz/0/O/i-G7JSpvz.jpg

They are all visible to me.

 

[JackD201]

I see them now. The problem is with my browser it seems. I just needed to refresh it. Twice at that. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

[amirm]

They are all visible to me.

That's good. Jack is overseas I suspect. So maybe there is a problem with Amazon S3 that hosts the images for smugmug.

 

[amirm]

I see them now. The problem is with my browser it seems. I just needed to refresh it. Twice at that. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ah great. One less problem to fix today .

 

[amirm]

You are quite welcome Tom. Your kind words gives me motivation to through the other 200 pictures to post .