mark levinson 23 amp

I owned a Levinson #23 for several years, during which
time I used a Spectral DMC-10 among other preamps.

The #23 is a fairly neutral sounding amp. Some describe
it as "dark" though I do not agree. It has solid,
well-defined bass, good transient response, a moderately
broad soundstage and detailed high frequencies. It is
probably not the ultimate in transparency, but is quite
good in that respect. Overall, I enjoyed the #23 and only
sold it to purchase a #27.5 which is lower in output, but
somewhat more transparent and holographic in its presentation.

The recommendation from Spectral is to use MIT cables,
because of the high bandwidth of their amps. I happened
to have MIT MI330 Shotgun interconnects which mated well
with the Levinson. I liked the combo of the DMC-10
with the #23. YMMV