Davidro
The heat and humidity in Hong Kong is awful - my apartment is 700 square feet (consider very large for one person). How humid is it? I have three air conditioners and not the small kind.
TimF - they're a bit different from some other Chinese companies - they actually source parts from Japan and Germany like Caps, volume knobs and Cardas wires and connectors etc.
The classic series Preamp - the VV3 is one I would like to try (it retails for $4,000US) and IS carried by Tone Imports. The above products are newly released so there will be lag time on details and availability. The VV3 and the classic series are closer to the Western Electrics products. My understanding is that everything else is their own stuff.
The VV3 uses a pricey autoformer volume control so each click on the knob changes the tap on the transformer.
They have what looks to be a budget preamp coming soon too - hopefully Tone Imports will look into this because it would be nice to have some "within reach" products. LM is very high on value for the dollar but it's still not inexpensive outside of a few models.
The LM 212 preamp is coming - from English Chinese translate it says stay tuned because they're still working on it. No bling at all but it's a perfect Aesthetic match for the 215 CD player.
Then there is this G-212 mono block - based on the HUGE 212 tube which is about twice the size of an 845! 30 watts per channel and a rather modest (for Line Magnetic) 28kg(61lbs) each
I have to say this is the sexy beast of the lot for me - Bigger Tube has to be better right.
The 212 held by LM's owners
Line Magnetic's factory with the 212 beside the 845 and 300b