levinson vs proceed

I don't know. I have a Proceed PCD1 and a PDT3 - the first for 14 years and the second for not quite that long. Both are built great and have never given me a lick of trouble.

My Proceed CDD and Levinson 37 was equally unreliable.Needed "gelling and new rubber band " for the sticky drawer,too fequently.In my country the importers service cost were very reasonable,but,it got a bit annoying.
Soundwise the Levinsons were superior to the Proceeds.
Proceed were discontinued as a brand by HSG.
I have no Levinson or Proceed products at the moment and I dont plan to have in the future ....

I've owned an Amp 2 and Amp 3 for about 15 years, and they have been in continual use without any problems, first driving KEF 102/2s and 100 C, now driving a pair of KEF 104/2s, a pair of 102/2s, and a 200 C. They're absoletely silent absent signal, and I've never sensed a lack of headroom. I also own a troublefree PAV and PDSD.

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Lexus/Toyota, Acura/Honda, etc.

If you're in your 50's, do you remember when Sony had three stereo product lines in the early 1970's: Marantz, Sony and Superscope?

Why do they do it? Ask 'Lincoln, Mercury, Ford', 'Acura, Honda', 'Lexus, Toyota', etc. Gibson guitars has a cheaper line, Epiphone.

What do they say? They try to make your cost no object equipment to see what they can really do. Then they try to develop reduced models so that they can compete in different target markets.

Sometimes they don't want to have their name, like Levinson, associated with lesser than reference quality. They'll create another company, like Proceed, that's not associated with reference quality, just very good quality.