Took my Levinson amp in for repair

01-23-13: Markpao
Before sending the "bad" hard drive across the country to one of those expert hard drive restoration places ....

Mark, back up regularly and you won't have to worry about using data recovery services, which are expensive and very often are only partially successful.

Better yet, use a drive imaging program (e.g., Windows 7 Backup, Mac Time Machine, Acronis True Image, or what I use, Terabyte Unlimited's Image for Windows), and you won't even have to spend significant time reinstalling software following a hard drive replacement.

Best regards,
-- Al

I know, I know Al. Believe me I heard about this many times over. It's a long story so I won't go into it. One thing is for sure, this will never happen again!

There is no case here. It is a well known fact when the Levinson 332 started humming. The reason China made junk Philips caps going bad and leaking on 332 you are not suppose to use the amp. You can read the post on Audiogon (WHY IS THE MARKET FOR USED LEVINSON AMPS SO SLOW)
The Levinson 332 started humming on one channel on 5/24/12.
The only way to repair this amp is to replace the four 50000uF/125V with 150V surge filter caps with new Cornell or United caps. Also replace the four 1900uF/150V regulator caps with 1900uF/250V caps. These caps are custom made by UCC and Cornell.

If this will not turn the amp on you have to replace the three surge resistors on soft slow start VSMB board. also few other small caps. With out the four filter and regulator caps it cannot be repaired.

I went through a similar experience with my ML332. Came down one morning and it was softly buzzing through the left channel. I took it to the Service Bench in Norwood. They were very nice, but told me it would cost $2,500 to repair. I purchased a replacement set of capacitors that were advertised here on Audiogon by my new amplifier repair sherpa Abe. With his expert help and advice I replaced all the caps and my 332 sounds better than it every has and I saved almost $2,000.
Buy the caps from Abe and you will fall in love with your ML-332 all over again.

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Agree with Levy03, there ought to be some middle ground that can be reached between you where they wouldnt have to pay full cost of a replacement and you wouldnt either. I had a Volkswagen Rabbit years ago, bought it brand new, did all the scheduled maintenance. After only 19,000 miles (still under warantee) the bottom of the engine fell onto the roadway. VW America knew that shouldnt have happened since the car had been regularly maintained by an authorized VW dealer. They wouldnt pay full cost for a new engine since it had 19,000 miles on it but after offers and counter-offers agreed to pay for 3/4 of the replacement cost. I took them up on it since the idea of bringing a suit with the attendant court costs and lawyer fees was a non-starter for me, plus the time and effort it would have involved. Maybe you could reach a similar agreement about your amp. And Levy03, if you're reading this, I'm a Levy too!