After a long, long sleep: ML-335

Thank you everyone for your comments. As it is still in its original box and well packed, I think it would be worth finding a service center to examine it.

The toughest thing about that is finding a competent shipper!

Happy listening  

Thanks again for all of your inputs. Some more background on this particular amp that it occurred to me I should’ve mentioned at the outset. 

This amp likely has very, very few hours on it. It was used with a a pair of B&W Matrix 800 Series Ones. He quickly switched to Jadis electronics (which I also have and need to revive) and never looked back. I’m surprised he kept the ML335 but he might’ve been thinking “bi-amp” but didn’t get around to it. 

All of his system is in storage, brought back from FL to the PNW and I’ve been wanting to integrate some of the components into my system until we move to a home I can set up the entire rig again. 

The idea of having clean, effortless power for my meager 1+1s is rather enticing!

Happy listening. 

Circling back: I spoke to Chris at http://www.pyramid-audio.com/levinson.html

He was quite friendly and helpful regarding my ML335. As you can see at the link they have quite a bit of experience with ML gear. They also have engineers that specialize in the differing series, e.g. 400 vs 300. 

He also gave me some great advice concerning packing and how the original foam may be deteriorated enough that it won't do the job. How thoughtful is that? He also said that UPS Ground will be fine.

Without seeing it he guesstimated $1600, $2200 if it needed the four big caps replaced. Considering the price of audio these days? Money well spent. They'd also check the smaller ones that can melt their boards if they fail. (yikes!) So yeah, I'll be sending it in here in a few weeks. Will update y'all in a few months.

Thank you again for your helpful advice and encouragement.

Happy listening.

@mofimadness believe me, until I posted here I was on course for exactly that!

However, sometimes I actually use my big head to think things through. 25 years is a long time for electronics to lie dormant, especially something as sophisticated as this. It might've worked. Or I may have courted disaster needlessly. Some of those boards are unobtanium... So I wanted to do it right. 

Besides, the thought of facing pop in the afterlife if I blew up his stuff doesn't bear considering! 😏

Happy listening.