Its a shame that as large as harman is they aren't doing more to earn back the reputation that Mark Levinson had both as a stand alone company and even when owned by Madrigal. I own the No536's and went through several brand new 523 preamps that were defective (all different issues BTW) before punting and doing something different for a preamp. Had to swap out one of the No536's when it was new out of the box also as the front LED didn't work. Two other friends that have since purchased No536s also have had issues with the LED's brand new out of the box. I guess this is why there are so many "B" stock Mark Levinson products out in the market place right now as it seems like they are having product quality issues. Too bad really because the No536's really are quite good. The No523 Preamp wasn't bad either other than I couldn't get one that worked....
George
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