Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC & High Resolution Files

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 .

Yes, Rockitman that's true. i've heard of the reputation for expensive repairs. The local agents out here charge rip off pricing.

Hello, I see this is an old thread, but before starting a new thread, I thought I'd try this... 

I just bought a Levinson 36 DAC and, being new to DAC, did't realize the ramifications of the advance in sampling. 

So my question is, how do I make thus DAC work with the files that are currently available like at hdtracks? 

I 'm thinking I'm good to go with my current cd library, but what about newer files I can download? Can they be down sampled without being trashed? 

Thanks in advance,

Luther