Took my Levinson amp in for repair

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!

Mrmitch,the biggest difference between your experience and the original posters is that your vw was still under warranty. Huge difference.

Picked my amp up Friday
The two who poked around with it talked with me
I ask if they heard the noise in the left channel, yep when we plugged it in we could hear it, turned it off and tightened some screws on power supply noted leaky cap, put it back together turned it on started smoking, but no we didn't cause it

I have heard about a lot of ML 33x series going in for repair but very very few come out fixed.