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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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i have owned Krell 300S, Krell 300 FPB amf a ML 335...all
seemed to lack that certain something...they are to mechanical, too detailed and too anylytical. i had a hard time getting into the music...I since have "stepped down"
ha ha to a McCormack DNA-2 DLX...these amps are the best kept secret in audio...my B&W 802N's came alive...great pace
and dynamics... less detail (very less actually) but the
emotion of the music was suddenlt THERE. You have to hear it to know what im talking about..im confident you will not be dissappointed
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