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In Reply to: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? posted by peppy m. on November 26, 2024 at 02:16:17:
The Mark Levinson 383 integrated amp is the definition of boring. I think they used these amps to pipe elevator music into your elevator ride.I had the ML 383 for a short while cuz I thought it looked so cool. It was a very nice looking piece IMHO. It was fairly smooth and transparent but also analytical and a little lean in the mids. I think that combined with its 'polite' presentation in terms of dynamics is what made it a total snoozer.
I've had other 'dynamically challenged' amps but they were on the warmer side (Pass Aleph 3 & Volksamp Aleph 30) so even though they didn't light my fire I wouldn't call them boring. I think the ML's sonic character as described above ALONG WITH its dynamically dead sound is what made it especially boring.
Not mine but here's an example ML 383
Very handsome and beefy I thought. But he turned out to be a mama's boy.
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Follow Ups
- RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - AbeCollins 19:46:50 11/26/24 (5)
- RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - Buck 12:01:59 01/18/25 (0)
- Lack of dynamic sparkle pretty much defines boring - Feanor 04:34:28 11/27/24 (2)
- RE: Lack of dynamic sparkle pretty much defines boring - dgaapc7 04:03:39 12/01/24 (0)
- To build on what you said..... - AbeCollins 07:19:07 11/27/24 (0)
- No disagreement here - Luminator 21:26:04 11/26/24 (0)
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