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Originally Posted by jprice
I owned Levinson gear for about 20 years, with never a service problem, never a glitch, only pure enjoyment!
Levinson stuff (starting with the original equipment built by Mark Levinson himself) has always been overbuilt, built to last, built like a tank and always sounded "good" if not superb or, at least, excellent.
I always said that my Levinson equipment was "good enough", and continued to "trade-up" as new models appeared and remained contented by the sound and quality.
I finally sold my Levinson equipment in 2005 because I decided it was time to try something else. At the time I had a No. 32 preamp and a pair of 33H amps along with a full complement of Levinson digital gear.
I did buy a Spectral preamp and a pair of Spectral amps which were equally well built and, to me, sounded a bit better. Later sold the Spectral mono amps and bought a stereo "250" amp which sounds the same as the mono amps, but got a considerable amount of cash to buy something else.
Still love and respect Levinson gear and would recommend it unquestioningly to anyone looking to assemble an "all black" system. Good Stuff!
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Also just to add to this I think John Curl also was a design/builder to back in the day, and stuff was a TANK
I think in recent years not so good, but still good gear.