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Proceed, Aragon, Levinson, or other?

I am interested in a 2 ch. amp, I have a Carver AV505 AMP, a Marantz Pre-Amp and Energy C-4 speakers. I want an amp for both music (From Metal to Jazz) and movies. I am considering the Proceed AMP2, Aragon 4004 MK II, Acurus A150, and others. I want an AMP that will be a considerable jump over the Carver, a building block for future formats (7.1), and be an AMP that I won't want to upgrade for a long time. Are any of these listed in that ball park or should I save up for a while and get a used Levinson? I am having trouble justifing the money for a Levinson. If I buy a Levinson in the future, I won't have any money to buy the components to go with it. Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.
ton1313
telescope_trade
555 posts
 
I am running Aragon 4004 MK II's bi amped and they sound
great through my Wisdom Audio Adrenaline 75's.
I know I would be better served with big Rowlands etc..
but after reading and talking to lot's of people that owned
Aragons, I decided that they would be a long term keeper amp
until I can afford the Rowlands or such.

The Aragons are 200 watts per channel, lots of bass punch
and can handle 2 ohm loads. Great buy for $800 -1k.

Buy one and forget about an amp for awhile!
pcc
150 posts
 
Ton, I own a bat vk200(100watts) sounds more like 200watts, can be had for 1,800 demo'd. All balanced and I do love it. But sheadlee has a point, I would check out the stratos. I went to the website and the specs were pretty nice. Hell what ya got to loose 1k and a 20yr warranty.
ton1313 OP
272 posts
 
Has anyone compaired the stratos to an Proceed AMP 2?
Thanks,
ton1313 OP
272 posts
 
Thanks for all of the advice, I've decided to try the Odyssey. I will let you know how I make out.
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