Mark Levinson 333.5 vs Emotiva XPR-1 Monoblocks

Tonyangel;

I really appreciate your dialogue. Our Home Theater speakers consist of:

L/R Fronts Kef 104.2 (refurbished)

Center Thiel SCS2

L/R Surrounds Kef IQ3 SP3500

L/R Rears KEF 102.2

Our three Acurus amps do a fine job, but there is always room for improvement.

We are using an Oppo 103 3D Bluray player and an Emotiva UMC-200 pre-pro.

Thanks

I would keep the Levinson for sure, especially if you had Alex go through it. Should be good for years to come.

But let me know if you sell it... : )

I wouldn't say *extremely* hot but yes, very warm to hot.

I did own the no. 23 amp from '88 until '92. It was ok, but I found much better.

Never owned Lamm.

bo1972  - you're so full of it !!!  Never heard such a blatant BS in my life !
What is it with you and Pass Labs ? A good discount or a kickback?
I've heard them ..and compared them to ML and other amps. Some were  good, some were NOT at all ! And even a lesser Emotiva pair - XPA-1 Gen 2, not the XPRs  mopped the floor with a Pass Lab amp on one occasion ( with B&W 802 ).  
And to say the 800-s B&Ws don't sound good with ML 33s - that's really brilliant !! Considering that B&W as a company uses these monoblocks as their reference amps !  That , obviously, eluded you. However, these amps  do need to be properly fed which requires  A LOT of power. There's so much more to a good sounding system than just switching components ...but , as I see, you know nothing about it. 

Mark levinson and "emo" should never even be spoken in the same sentence.  Keep the levinson, and forget the other Chinese amps. 

Poor parts, poor amplifiers.   

There is no comparison, levinson all day long. Better design, better parts, better in every aspect!