Is Levinson 33 still a reference standard today???


How does it compare to the latest offerings from Pass, Halcro, Dartzeel, Krell...etc? There seems to be a few of them showing up in the classifieds all of a sudden.
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The No.33 are still a reference amp. Ask JA at stereophile as I think he still has his 33H. The 3XX sound nothing like the 33 and the 4XX sound more like solid state amps. The 33 needs a ton of amps to preform at it's best that is why the 33H works for most people better. I miss my 33H and will own one again. You will never hear real bass until you hear the 33. Levinson reference products like the No.32, 40 30.6 and the 33 the real deal and worth the money. But you can have there 3 digit products.

Hardesty uses Vandy 5A so I can see why the Theta would sound better. They also work better with the crossovers.