Need help for a replacement of my Levinson 33H


Hi all,

Recently I sold my Levinson 33H's and thinking to upgrade to the big brother 33's but they are too big and heavy to move around. Does anyone know or experience any thing else that is considered to be at least equal or better than 33H's? Currently, I am looking at the Classe Omega, Krell FPB750mcx, and Pass lab XA-200.

Please help to give me as detail as you can on each one of the above amps or anything else that I may miss out from the list. My system consists of:

- B&W 800 Signature
- B&W 800D (this pair use as a spare for interchangable with the signature)
- ML-380s
- ML-390
- Audioquest Bi-wire Volcano
- Audioquest Diamond XLR
- PS Audio 300 mw2

Thanks in advance for your help

Htong
htong
I don't think anything will necessarily be better but definitely different & maybe more or less to your liking. At the level you are at any change is a change in taste more than anything else. I am not a Levinson fan & find that sometimes a power cable can do more to change the flavor than an equipment change. I loved my Nautilus 801s w. a Krell 600 as long as I used an Elrod Statement power cord. Without it, the sound was brittle.
I'll second Kurt_tank's ecommendation of the Lamms. I've got a pair of M2.1s sitting in my living room right now, and they're stunning. If I were to buy new today, I'd probably go with the M1.2 Reference, since my listening levels just don't justify the extra power. I'd expect the difference to be very subtle though, since the M2.1s run in class A up to 42ish watts (can't remember exactly, don't feel like digging out the manuals), and I'd guess the M1.x and the M2.x sound very similar within the first few watts.