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View Classified REDUCED Mark Levinson 326S - Hi-End Audiophile pre amplifier 10 years old. Great condition. Reference sound quality! This is the next best thing from Mark Levinson after their $18,000 No.32 preamp. The folks over at Mark Levinson state that the 326S has a lot in common with their reference two chassis preamp. In fact the 326S shares many of the same components. With the same built quality, reference standard sound and one of the nicest looking preamps out there, the 326S is a bargain at under $5,000 on a second hand market. Retail was $10,000. But I'm offering it for only $4300 because of the tiny nick on the volume knob. Overall, the unit is in excellent condition and looks great. Please see the pictures attached as they are a part of the description. I have all the original packaging with foaming as it came from the factory. PayPal fee and shipping are extra. Will ship fully insured. Like the No.32 preamp, the 326S exhibited the same level of precision and attention to detail. It doesn't sound like a solid state preamplifier nor like a tube preamplifier. Excellent bass, midrange, and treble. It sounds just as tight, powerful, fast, warm, rich, clear, extended, open, detailed, and 3-dimensional as the source requires. So transparent to the incoming signal and so pure in delivery that the preamp wouldn't be the limiting factor, or weak link, in a high resolution audio system. Dynamic impact is stunning! The tonal balance as accurate as my 'live' music listening experience allowed me to judge. The strength of the 326S is its ability to relay the musical notes coming in and sending it out with precision and clarity. It is this effortless smooth sound, transparency that sets it apart from other preamps. UNIQUE FEATURES • Automatic volume ramp during source switching. • Configurable input parameters, including name and gain offset, which allows the precise balancing of input source levels. HIGHLIGHTS • Nelco N4000-13 SI main circuit board. • Aux output path: 1 XLR and 1 RCA stereo pairs w/ fixed/variable volume and independent source selection. • Independent audio circuits, communication circuits and power supplies for each channel. • Independent power supplies with low-noise toroidal transformer for audio and control sections. • Faraday shield between the AC power line and low-voltage secondaries for improved isolation. • Seven configurable inputs including four single-ended (RCA) inputs and three balanced (XLR) inputs. • Main outputs: 2 XLR and 2 RCA stereo pairs (identical w/ volume). • Separate main and record outputs • Complete surround-sound-processor integration (home theater pass through) From Stereophile: What I did become increasingly aware of during my time with the Levinson No.326S was the fact that "neutrality" is not merely an absence of aberration but a positive virtue. I could hear more deeply into the mix, but without detail being spotlit or unnaturally thrown forward. Subtle details were presented with greater contrast against a quieter ground in all of these recordings: From Absolute Sound: Inserting the No.326S into my system produced the most convincing and engaging sense of dimensionality I’ve heard from my system. Dimensionality is difficult to describe; it is a multifaceted aspect of reproduced music that encompasses soundstaging, tone color, image focus, bloom, and the ability of a component to resolve space between instrumental images. Dimensionality is that quality of an audio system that provides the impression of an instrument’s size, shape, texture, and precise position in the soundstage. Lots of hi-fi components throw images between the loudspeakers, but very few project a convincing illusion of the instrument’s body hanging in three-dimensional space before you. Dimensionality is also related to a component’s ability to differentiate tone colors, allowing the listener to pick out a single instrument from within a dense orchestration. Seller Anton_s0s Date 08/30/22 Price 4,300.00 USD Category Amplifiers  

View Classified SOLD SOLD Up for sale my beloved Acoustic Zen Adagio - full-range floorstanding speakers. Downsizing my stereo equipment. Please see my other listings. The Adagios are perfect for any listening room, providing a full-range, fast musical experience full of detail, clarity and accurate timbre reproduction. They performed spectacular in both big and small room: in my 21'x34' living room and in my dedicated 12'x18' room. They create a spacious musical bubble, so you can enjoy a lifelike sound even in an adjoining room. Due to front transmission line port and a dead silent cabinets' design you can put them close to the wall with no harm to sound quality, in general, or bass reproduction, in particular. They are very fast, have good focused sound with a pretty large sweet spot, detailed but without any fatigue during long listening sessions. With them you're able to enjoy all genres of music: from single instrument (voice) to big band / orchestra, classical, electronic, pop, rock / metal. I have owners manual, brochures, instruction for the outrigges installation. I have the original bags and boxes with foaming for shipping. ONE BOX is 55"*15"*20" and about 85lb. Plus the outrigges are in a separate box. I would like to sell them locally, then I would help with their assembly and installation. I'm in Syracuse NY. Willing to drive up to 150 miles. Reviews: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/acoustic-zen-technologies-adagio-loudspeaker-1/ http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/acousticzen/adagio.html Specs: -Type: Two-way transmission line -Woofer: 2 pieces 6½” composed of doped ceramic coated fabric cone, 2 ½” under-hung (short voice coil /long magnetic gap) voice coil linear motor system, shielded 7oz Neodymium magnet. -Tweeter: 1 5/8” Round Ribbon, shielded 3.5 oz high flux energy and high temperature resistant magnet structure. -Nominal Impedance: 6 ohm -Sensitivity: 89 dB / 1w / 1 meter -Crossover: 3kHz 18dB/Octave Linkwitz Riley Crossovers -Frequency Response: 30Hz -25 kHz ± 3dB -Power Handling: 50 - 200W -Weight: 78 lbs each -Dimensions:48” (H)x 9”(W)x 13”(D) FROM MANUFACTURER: After years of research and development, Acoustic Zen has developed the world's lowest distortion and most musically coherent loudspeakers! Through innovative design, superior component and cabling selection, solid construction and careful, precise hand assembly, the Acoustic Zen Adagio loudspeakers deliver music without compromise. The Adagio floorstanding loudspeaker is a two-way transmission-line system featuring a 1.5 inch circular ribbon tweeter and dual 6.5 inch midrange/woofer "underhung" voice coil, ceramic-coated drivers. The three drivers are configured in a time and phase aligned D'Appolito MTM arrangement providing lifelike imaging over a large sweet spot range. The Adagio features superior cabinet construction and aesthetic contours that actually reduce cabinet diffractions. Seller Anton_s0s Date 03/13/21 Price 250.00 USD Category Speakers