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Opinions On Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC Repair

Hi

I have a Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC that has served me well for quite a number of years. It has recently given up the ghost and the local Mark Levinson dealer wants to charge about $700 to have it repaired which I thought exorbitant considering it doesn't have much of a resale value. I run it with a Micromega Solo CD Player which I use as a transport. Am I better junking the DAC and using the $700 towards a new DAC? With current digital, is the sound of the Mark Levinson No. 36 pretty much obsolete now and can less $ buy better sound?

Thanks for your views.

Regards

Mike
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jeffb28451
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Levinson left me "orphaned" with am $8k Model 35 DAC. They wouldn't upgrade it (although that was one of the promises made to sell it to me in the first place), because they discontinued the piece and service was horrific and expensive.

It was a bad time for Levinson and I hear they may be better now, but I've never done business with them again and got rid of two other pieces of Levinson at the same time, b/c of their repair policies and costs.

I'd go with more up to date technology, anyway.
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