You seem not to have read section 13 of the forum terms and conditions when you signed up Viz :I think the reason is different. GM70, 845 and 211 tubes are close, but Lamm has known and used GM70 for a long time. In addition, GM70 is more powerful.
I emphasize again that in my opinion the amplifier is so expensive because it did what almost no one does: the lower operating frequency of 8.5 Hz. This makes the sound more natural.
I say this because our internal standard is 7-8 Hz and a comparison with amplifiers with a lower frequency of 20 Hz is very strongly heard not in favor of 20 Hz.
In our 6C4C monoblocks, we got 4.5 Hz (upper frequency 60 kHz).
I wrote about objective parameters, and we have a dispute about personal perception and I do not see the meaning in it, because we are all different.
We can make an amplifier with a much better sound for 10% of this cost. For example, as in the photo.
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