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Good upgrade from Levinson 33H's

I have been reading discussions on here and in audio reviews, looking for a good upgrade from my Levinson 33H's. First off, these are the best amps I have heard, but I have not heard many of the new wonder amps discussed on many threads here. I am running all Stealth cable, with the Genesis 4 tower speakers.....so the amp I choose to upgrade to, will be running only my Mids / Tweeters. Some, but not all, that I have interest in are, BAT, Joule, Lamm, MBL,CAT,Atma-sphere, Soulution......generally the usual suspects. Each seems to have it's good and bad points, or rather, supporters and critiques, probably depending on many occassions to what supporting equipment people may be using. I guess the bottom line here for me is, which amps in this list or not, would be a substantial upgrade from my Levinson 33H's.......I don't want a lateral move! To all those that will say.....you have to audition....and what do you like or what are you looking for....yes of course. However, without traveling the continent to audition them all in someone elses system, what should my short list be? Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences.
bullot

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maxx1973
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I've owned the 33H also, great piece of equipment with excellent control of the speakers.
In the end I changed them for the Dartzeel as well. The Dartzeel has got stellar voices and is very transparent. But did found them slight to polite sounding especially in the bass. Also the where slightly to much of the same for me, little bit of a suger coat and for some music I prefer a raw voice/sound. Not sure if I explain it well. On classical music especially piano preferred the 33H.

Nevertheless both great pieces with a bit of a preference for the Dartzeel.

Don't have the Dartzeel anymore either :). Moved to the Vitus SM-101 monoblocks. Great voices, great control. Analog sounding but more realistic then the Dartzeel. To my taste the best I've heard so far. But.......I haven't heard everything:) :)

Bullot, if you are planning of changing amps,I would definitely try to audition the Vitus amp. In my opinion they are a level above the 33H and Dartzeel.

Good luck with your search
maxx1973
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Bullot,

Have you ever considered the Vitus amps? They are pure class A as well. I'm not sure if they have a big following in the US. Perhaps not that many dealers around. I found the Vitus way more analog sounding then the 33H. The transistor sound was gone.

But like other people say, upgrading other none equipment things like acoustics can make a massive difference. It's the area where I really need to look into making the changes.
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