The Levinson 33h? Pros and cons?

if the 33's could not deliver.....then this is not their problem ! IMHO.

SGR -

The 33H's, though lack a bit of power for 'aggressive' listening periods, they still stomp the 436s in EVERY respect. The Salons will prefer their massive damp factor, huge current and you will enjoy their sound much over the 436s. Don't get me wrong, the 436s are nice, but they are not the 33H's.

I have heard the 33s, 33Hs, and 436s quite a bit. This would include the following:

B&W Signature 800s, 2 pair in a room.
Wilson Audio WP V's, 2 pair in a room.
Wilson Audio WP VIs, 2 pair in a room.
JBL K2S9800SE, 2 pair in a room.

Each set we experimented with the 4 33's, 4 33H's, and 4 436s.

We actually ran the ML40 with a 7 pack of 436s, biamping the front stage with all of the above.

Now, the funny part? We ended up with the JBL S800s running as monoblocks to the K2S9800SEs. That is a great match and magical amplification to that speaker. That amp to other speakers sucks, but to the K2, awesome.

The Revel and B&W need more current than the JBL amp can deliver and the 33H (or the Krell FPB-350MCx / FPB-450MCx) are probably the absolute best match for these speakers.
Now, I would be remiss to omit the LAMM amps, but with limited experience with LAMM, I can't comment much. Krell and Levinson are GREAT with the Revel and B&W.

Hope this helps.

Dan

i have 33h's and eggleston andra-2's. every time i listen i get chills- realistic yet musical- not analytical at all. incisive, dynamic, lifelike. i wonder how the 33's sound compared to the 33h's leaving aside the huge difference in power- i only heard the 33's once a long time ago. the dealer said they broke their hand truck trying to move them...! i think "most" people would agree the
33h's are a bit more practical, but when you get right up on top of them, even they are massive. i usually don't like to overstate things, but i really love these amps. reference?
yeah, okay. sure. i recently heard halcro's, but soundwise they were "clean and clear" but uninspiring; as for pass aleph amps, i could listen to them all day.

Cons: Global warming.