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Help Levinson 27.5, 331 or Plinius SA100?

I'm looking at these amps for my system of Sonic Frontiers SFL-2, SFT-1 transport, Theta Pro Basic IIIa, Vandersteen 2Ce SIgnatures.

Since I listen to complex orchestral music, as well as jazz & vocals, I want an amp with a big, open, pinpoint soundstage that separates individual instruments well. But I also want to hear each instrument as an individual entity, with bloom and dimension. I dislike sibilance or brightness, but don't want a rolled-off sound either.

I want too much, right?

Reading reviews on Audioreview.com, each of these amps received widespread praise.  Some loved the older Levinsons, such as the 27.5 & 23.5, and criticized the newer (331-336) models as disjointed or rolled off or unreliable.

A number of 331-336 owners loved the pieces to death.

Most loved the Plinius.

I want to get to the bottom line on these pieces.  Can someone help?
kevziek

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jvogt
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I've owned a #23 and now have a 27.5 It's an excellent
amp, with a musical midrange, extended clean high end
and solid bass. Soundstaging and imaging are great.

I'd buy it again in a minute.
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