Mark Levinson ML7 auction

The seller must have had a change of heart. The ad was amended on 5/08/17 and now states specifically “USA sales only.”

@yogiboy 

Yes I believe I won it because this item has been included in my folders "you won the auction" and "you bought the item".

@cleeds and
@dill

It appears that the seller is a famous hifi reviewer so I thought he is reliable based on his public image.

My major concerns are whether the seller has broken the rules and why Audiogon did not response to my complain/ report.

@blundell
Consider yourself lucky that you didn’t get it. You can get a much better preamp than an over 35 year old one !

Consider yourself lucky that you didn’t get it. You can get a much better preamp than an over 35 year old one !

For $1795?  That being the current high bid on the aforesaid reviewer/seller's second iteration of the auction.  Well, perhaps you can, but I don't doubt that the ML-7 would be competitive at the very least.

Early Mark Levinson gear is classic, and I can say as a former long-time user of an even older ML-1 that those pieces fetch prices in the thousands of dollars for more reasons than their pretty appearance.  And having used the ML-1's phono stage until just a couple of years ago when I replaced it with a Herron VTPH-2, I have no doubts about the following statement in the seller's listing:

I have used this preamplifier for years reviewing for Stereophile, and have not found any pre-amplifiers that had a better phono stage -- until now. The Mark Levinson No.526's phono stage is quieter and more transparent, but at a much higher price.

Blundell, best of luck in addressing the issue.
 
Regards,
-- Al