Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers?

Pass XA 30.5; such a music maker!

@avanti1960 
My dad had a white 1963 Studebaker Avanti, R2 with red interior from 1979 to 2012. I should have kept that one. I helped him put a solid state ignition in it and was with him when he rechromed all the pieces under the hood. I had a lot of fun with that car. Such a sweet exhaust note.... coming off speed and hearing the back pressure throaty sound was a joy. I still have heads for an R2 that we were going to revamp to make R3 once we bored the block out to 304.5 ci. Never got to do it, but it was a nice dream. 

The Mark Levinson 532 is a giant killer, not the “H” series though. It’s better than most amps I’ve ever heard, does most everything right...

avanti1960
Hidden Gems in Pre-Owned Solid State Power Amplifiers?

If you can find them, and have the money, as they are very sought after.

A pair of Mark Levinson ML2’s, 25w Class-A monoblocks, that said to be able to double wattage for each halving of impedance that all the way down to 1ohm and that works out to be 200w into 1ohm.

Their no good for the "party set" unless driving Klipsch/JBL’s, but will happily drive the Wilson Alexia (one of the worst load ever .9ohm!!) all day without breaking a sweat to a comfortable good level, after all they are only 25w into 8ohm.

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Cheers George

You need to not only look at their number, but the prices.

The deep discounts will tell you more about how frequently buyers tend to want to move them than how many were sold.

I like Parasound, in general, as a solid, neutral to warm piece of gear that looks great, and has great flexibility and very reliable. .

I bought a used Classe CAP-151 integrated to power my B&W CM9 S2 floor standers and i i love it! Plenty of power, a Balanced input, built like a tank and sounds fantastic. I paid about ~$800 for it and it worked well for a couple years but then an issue with the left side cutting out started. Turns out it needed a recap which set me back around ~$400 (14 in various sizes) but now it sounds better than ever.

I use it with a Mytek Brooklyn DAC upstream, anti-cables balanced, the rig sounds clean and punchy, the components have great synergy too.

I couldn't be happier considering the price of admission! You may want to factor the cost of a recap into your budget, an amp that is ~15 yo will likely need some maintenance.