Mark Levinson 32 and reliability

Thank you guys for your precious responses! I should be able
to put my hands over this great preamp by the end of
this month. I think it'll be a BIG upgrade of my 38, do you
agree with me? ;))

Oh yeah, big upgrade over the 38, and you'll never have to wonder if your tubes are still good or gone microphonic!

I have a 32 with Phono. No trouble at all.
No desire to change it either.

Best,

Paul :-)

I had the ML 32 for several years. It was a superb pre-amp while in my system. I then upgraded to the Boulder 2010 which to my ears offered a much less dark and more open, airy presentation of music...albeit the Boulder was significantly more money as well. Most recently I sold my Boulder 2010 to get the darTZeel pre-amp and it is in a completely different league then the 2010 or any other pre-amp I have heard including VTL, Halcro, etc.

Bottom line, for the money the ML 32 is still a great pre-amp and I'm sure you'll be happy with it. I never had any reliability issues with mine...I blew a fuse once, that was it.

The No.32's definitely a big upgrade from No.380S even! I owned both for a couple of years. The No.32 is bullet-proof!

Like Earflappin, I eventually sold my No.32 to move to Boulder. And since then sold my Boulder to move to VTL 7.5

Earflappin,
I was curious with your comments on the Dartzeel.

I pitted the Boulder 2010 against the VTL 7.5 with good NOS tubes at home, the VTL was distinctly better... better macro/micro dynamics, significantly more transparent, less "HiFi"ish than the 2010!

Could I ask if you've had the VTL 7.5 in comparative auditioning against the Dartzeel, or did you only do that against the Boulder 2010?

Thanks.