Has anyone heard the new LAMM L2 preamp?

I have not personally heard the new preamp. I do know some people that say the synergy with Lamm equipment is amazing. I have also heard that with other equipment other than Lamm, it is just average. If you plan on keeping the 1.1, you would be making an excellent choice staying with the L2.

The CAT is also quite good. The other preamp you should consider is the Aesthetix Callisto. It too, is quite a bit less expensive ($8000) than the L2 and matches up with everything well. The phono stage is widely considered the very best available and you will probably be hearing big things about the Callisto as well.

What are you currently using? What speakers?

I am currently using the ESP Concert Grand Speakers, Meitner transport and BiDat d to a converter. I am also going to upgrade to the Sony Scd1 player with the Bidat for redbook cd playback. Cables are all FIM and power snakes.
Turntable is a VPI Aries with the Clearaudio Souther tonearm
and Cardas Rerference Heart cartridge.

The big problem for you is the expense of the L2 and the fact that it does not have a phono stage. What are you currently using for a line and phono stage? Would you just keep your current phono stage? Also, how much vinyl do you listen to compared with digital?