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Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $900.00

Summary:
very good preamplifier in stereo mode, very soft sound and detail, very good stereophony effect, sound opened,

Strengths:
much option, to enter and symmetrical output, ergonomics

Similar Products Used:
mark levinson,krell,yba,densen,rotel,nuforce,accuphase,harman ,mc intosh,marantz,proceed amp,

Price Paid:  $2200.00 from Audiogon

Summary:
I purchases the AVP2 from an Audiogon seller a few weeks ago. I know that Proceed no longer makes new equipment, but I am compelled to say that this is the best sounding 2 channel and suround sound processor I ever heard. This comes from someone that spent a forturne looking for equipment over the years to sound this good. I guess Proceed is no longer for sale, because It is as good as the much more highly priced Mark Levinson processors. This is a steal if you can find one.

Strengths:
Ease of use
Overall sound quality

Weaknesses:
None

kris

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
3.40 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $2650.00 from internet

Summary:
This review is for the AVP2! This is the best proceesor I have ever heard. I have been through so many processors this year trying to find one that is good for movies and most important music and I found it. I have owned California ssp-2500, Lexicon mc-8, Meridian 568, Anthem avm20.2, Parasound c1. The worst out of that bunch was Anthem buy far. The Parasound C1 was very good along with the Meridian 568 but the Proceed with the best to me. There are no bugs its easy to setup and the DAC are awesome to say the least. You can take a $200 dvd player to a digital input on the Proceed and it will sound just like a $4000 one. There no relay clicking just pure sounding music. This is a better preamp then my old Conrad Johnson preamp.

Strengths:
2 channel music. 7.1 movies. No bugs

Weaknesses:
None

Similar Products Used:
California ssp-2500, Lexicon mc-8, Meridian 568, Anthem avm20.2, Parasound c1

Price Paid:  $6000.00 from AV Driver

Summary:
Well, I did it! I went for the upgrade! In a past review I knocked my AVP for certain software bugs and for being a bit bass shy. I guess I mistook the amount of bass present for a lack of articulation. It turns out my migration from An Integra+Musical Fidelity Monoblocks+Veritas 2.4 system to the then present AVP+Levinson 23.5+Revel F30 system was to blame. I was missing the tunefullness of the Veritas' when listening to Acoustic/Upright Bass passages. F30s being the picky little buggers they are were giving me the one note samba until.....THE UPGRADE. EVERYTHING just got better. I kid you not.I was so intrigued I started grabbing speakers from my other systems just to check it out. Maggies check, Dynaudio Contours check old 600 series B&Ws check. Yup. I was having a blast. I got a great deal on a Levinson No.332 and WOW again! Friends with much more expensive dedicated (2 channel) systems have come over and expressed disbelief at the synergy of my system. I'm now beaming with that sickening proud soccer dad smile. Anyway, the upgrade has proved well worth it, besides i guess this is the closest I'll ever get to owning a Levinson DAC. The killer is for all intents and purposes I get one heck of a quiet, neutral pre-amp and AV Processor to boot! As far as Redbook goes, I have yet to hear any CD player or Transport DAC and Pre-Amp combos that can compare to my Sony cheapo SACD player AVP2 at the same price point. It totally puts my Arcam CD92 ARC LS16 mk.2 to shame. Kudos to Proceed. I wish you didn't have to close shop and i hope that Madrigal will keep their promise and continue to offer upgrades albeit under the Levinson brand name because those Lexicons just are not as good.

Strengths:
Name it

Weaknesses:
Spoils you way too much

Similar Products Used:
see past review

Price Paid:  $4000.00

Summary:
Just picked up an AVP2 +6 to replace my AVP. This one was factory upgraded and includes the bigger power supply and faceplate along with the Plus 6 option. I had done an A/B comparison with someone who had thier unit dealer upgraded, it sounded only a little better. In fairness it was Green with no hours on it so mabee that had something to do with it. The AVP2 is definatly an improvement over the AVP. Cleaner sound, the soundstage is wider and surround gets you in the middle of the movie. I am using a Classe Ca-301 2 channel amplifier for stereo music and it is a great match. I found that the Proceed HPA2 was a little thin on the top end. Over all a very good pre-amp, too bad they dis-continued the line

Strengths:
2 Channel stereo, quiet, seamless surround.

Weaknesses:
Dis-continued!

Similar Products Used:
Proceed AVP, Classe SSP-25, Anthem AVP20, B&K.