Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC & High Resolution Files

Tmsorosk,

All the DACs you mention are not mid fi to me - they sound pretty high end.

I'm quite surprised they didn't perform as warm as the ML 360 after all they are not DAC's people use for computer audio alone and would fit into any respectable full on hi fi rig.

05-20-11: Sgr
You might look into PS Audios Perfect Wave DAC it will decode any high rez files, and I replaced my Levinson 30.6 DAC with it and never looked back.

I replaced my No. 36 with The PS Audio Perfect wav dac and trans. I feel the same way as Sgr...

You also need to factor in the high cost of Levinson repair. Probably around $1200.00 will be charged to your card just for them to look at it and everything needs repaired at some point. You can put that repair $s into a newer piece of equipment. I did like the smooth analog sound of the Levinson and of course the build quality was second to none. But that has changed new Levinson digital is reportedly Oppo in disguise.

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 .

Mark Levinson isn't what it used to be...Bring back Madrigal Labs !