How a pair of Mark Levinson ML2 stands with the best amps today ?

It depends how loud you listen and what type of music you listen too, these ML2’s are absolute magic with Quad 57’s and they are 86db. But I wouldn’t have a party and play AC/DC through them. Yet with Wilson Audio Alexia at min 0.9ohm and a mean of 3-4ohms at 90db you almost could "maybe". But either speaker would sound their very best before the ML2's ran out of wattage.

Cheers George

Totally concur with George-hifi.
ML-2 is a legendary amplifier without peers - really.
Not only can it compete with modern designs (2020), it’ll subjectively and objectively outperform 99% of them.

Sonics far superior to anything of the time (70s) from Threshold, Krell, Phase Linear, Harman, Marantz or anything else. Phenomenal build quality & design.

ML later opted for far more complex, massive no. of gain-stages, massive feedback circuits and so was the magic of ML-2 gone forever.

Problems? Low power - read: low sensitivity speakers playing in large, deadening rooms, 25W in 8 ohms is not gonna cut it.
I know some who’ve modified them for higher power, but you’ll need electronics knowledge and tools to do it, so not recommended for John Doe.

I’ve heard a cpl of Chinese clones... they’re not even close, so don’t bother. In one word: If you find one = get it !!

Problems? Low power - read: low sensitivity speakers playing in large, deadening rooms, 25W in 8 ohms is not gonna cut it.

Yep, great sounding amp to a given level. better driving 4ohm speakers then you’ve got 50w first 25 Class-A.
A step further a 2ohm speaker then you have 100w first 25w Class-A!!!

Have a guess where I’m going ?? Wilson Alexia 90db and over 100w available for it's horror load impedance bass, again to a given level, I’d guess medium to medium/loud listening level with efficiency

Cheers George

GeorgeOpinion on using the ML-2 on True Sound Works Diva's.My Classe dr3b works really well therefore my thought of the ML-2.Thanks