It's a shame that Craig doesn't do a balls-to-the-wall TOTL stat amp.  IMO, once you get above the $3k price point, I think most guys aren't going to quibble over $1k here or $2k there if it means a reasonably 'no expenses have been spared' approach to the components and cosmetics.  Over 50% of BSHEs ship with the Alps pot upgrade, even though it's likely that no one but Justin really knows what the SQ difference between the two pots are.  I have some issues with the S7, and from a brand perspective, I get the same concerns when I hear that he's trying to keep costs down on the Electra.  Meanwhile, with Headamp, I feel that Justin doesn't cut corners and I'm going to get a beautifully engineered and designed piece.

I sort of agree with the 'flatness' of both the BH and LL.  I'm running a true balanced 300B (quad EML 300B solid plates) preamp into my GES, and the depth is considerably larger than what I heard on the BH and LL, on both the 007 and 009.  I'm pretty curious how the BHSE will pair with the 300B preamp, and depending on the output, I have two sets of 6SL7 driver tubes to tweak the depth and bassyness of the sound.

BHSE comes in next week.  If it matches well with a DHT preamp driving it, then I'm done.  If it doesn't go far enough, I may sell the BHSE and wait for the Electra.  Totally speculating, but just based on written impressions, it sounds like the LL falls somewhere between the Electra and BHSE in overall resolution, soundstaging, and bass?

Will look forward to hearing this amp at the LA meet. Will definitely be comparing with the LL. BHSE..meh its not my flavor. Too flat sounding as you say Marv.

It would be nice if Craig does end up going balls-to-the-wall again at some point.  He sort of gave me the impression that he was reluctant to for two reasons - one was he felt it was a "young man's game," and two he thought the market for higher end headphone-specific products was just way too small of a niche.  When I threw out the numbers to him though (like how the whole 45 amp 2nd run of BHSE's had sold out and a third run had been started) he definitely seemed more receptive.  I don't think he keeps up with the forums much so he may not have realized that the market has grown and a run or two of 10-20 of this TOTL amp may be possible. 

To extrapolate the BHSE as being similar to the KGSSHV (don't know if that is accurate or not), I would call it and the LL different flavors in the end.  There will be those who prefer one over the other and vice versa.

Here's some speculation:

I think part of the persistence of some users who keep harping on the "as good as T2" thing is if it's "only" as good as the BHSE in their eyes, they'll get the BHSE, as it has been around and has a higher KLOUT score.  Justin's seriously awesome build quality is a factor too.  With the LL, Alex has an ace card that many potential owners would prefer and no current commercial headamp stat amp can match - solid state.  But for Craig, he either has to beat the BHSE on price (by at least a good thousand bucks) or sound quality (in a not super-subtle way) to shift some of the masses of "BHSE is the only way" users to try out the Electra.  Then again, he has a significant base of appreciative owner's from his dynamic line so maybe there would be enough interest even if he didn't accomplish this.

I'd like to see this market grow enough for Justin (by proxy Kevin's designs) Craig and Pete to all have TOTL amps in the field.  I've heard a few rumors about a couple speaker companies doing headphone stat amps - this whole market could get really interesting.

An aside - for Pete to compete with Craig's pricing he's got to do the sell direct thing like Headamp and EC and not give TTVJ whatever percent he is. 

Wow that was a long post.  Stream of conscientiousness consciousness for the win.

With the LL, Alex has an ace card that many potential owners would prefer and no current commercial headamp stat amp can match - solid state.

Excepting Stax, of course 
For the price of the LL you can pick up both a 323 and a 727.