Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC & High Resolution Files

Hello Mikey ... I don't want to side track your thread but I wanted to agree with and comment on your observation about the older Levinson DAC's being warmer and more analog like . I own the #360 and feel the same , I rarely use my Ayre C5MP direct into my preamp , the #360 adds some needed body and warmth to an all solid state system , and puts some meat on the bones .
I've tried some newer DAC's and find them some what sterile in comparison .

Regards Tim

Mikey .. I did not try the Wyred 4 sound . My #360 displays 24/96 when HDCD's are being played .

The three midfi DAC's i've tried in my home thanks to some club members were , Esoteric D-03 , Boulder 1012 and ARC DAC8 . All three were excellent in one way or another , After much listening , and wine we felt the ARC suited my system and me a bit better than the others but none had the natural warm and uncompressed ease of the older Levinson , I was surprised and entertained . I didn't say " like analog " did I ?
You may want to disregard my post , I'm fairly biased .

i wouldn't be to worried about spending large amounts of money to repair ML gear . I've had a half dozen of there components over the last ten or so years and only had one break down that was do to my own dofessness , my local ML dealer fixed the amp for $120. ML did out source repairs for a few years but went back to doing repairs them selves some time ago .
As far as new Levinson digital gear being Oppo in disguise , thats just more BS from people that believe anything they hear . Take the top off a ML #512 or any ML digital product and see if there is anything at all that resembles an Oppo . Many folks confuse Levinson with Lexicon junk because it is owned by the same corporation , if you look closely at the internals and study the spec's of the two you will see there is no resemblance .