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Recapping Mark Levinson 33H monoblocks

Thoughts on if I should spend the money to recap my Mark levinson 33H monoblocks?  What else gets old and prone to failure or affecting the sound quality.  Getting new speakers soon, Wilson Alexia V, and will at some point get new amplifiers.  I know new amplifiers will sound better than the 33H.  Just wondering how much time and electronics inside the amp would have to be replaced.  

chauncey
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jasonbourne52
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@adg101 +1! If the caps look good and sound is noise and distortion-free then continue to use the amp. As far as "better" that is a subjective opinion. SS amps have been transparent to the source for decades. If I had the ML 33H's I'd happily keep using them!

jl35
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it's variable and unpredictable, sometimes hard to notice slow degradation in sound quality...just don't assume if the caps or other parts go bad, that they will go gently...

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viethluu
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The cost of recapping for my ML27.5 is $2500. After finding out, I quickly sold that amp.

rickysnit
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Skip the huge (and many) power caps and replace the few electrolytics the amps have, there are only a few, everything else is film as you’d expect. You would get your sound quality boost for a few bucks, main filter/power caps won’t do much for you on sound improvement on these amps and in this scenario IMO.

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