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Mark Levinson n°39 or dedicated DAC?

Hi,

I currently own a Mark Levinson n°383 (integrated amp) and have been offered to buy a 39 (CD player). A lot of my music is now stored uncompressed on a server and I've been looking for a good DAC for a while now.

The 39 has two digital inputs that would allow me to connect a source (eg. Ipod) and benefit from both my CDs and the stored music.

I know the 39 is not the youngest anymore but I'm still hesitating between buying it or move to full digital with a DAC like the one from Bryston. The 39 would be the perfect match with my 383 but is it really outdated. Technology has not evolved that much (lots of figures but lots of marketing too).

Anyway. What would you do or recommend?

Buy the 39?
Buy a dedicated DAC?
Alternative?
pmichellon

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joenies
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Greetings,
I have a ML39 and it sounds pretty good to my ears. got some GREAT reviews when it came out. I gave up on ML when my beloved ML20.6's died and could not be repaired, they were at the Service Bench for 14 months and they could not fix the problem. The ML39 is the only ML gear in my system now, I went for a different pre-amp and amp.
If they do need service? The Service Bench is a cetified ML repair center. They can service most all of the ML gear except for ML amps like the 20.6's (ML/Harmon Kardon are really a bunch of jerks (IMO) for not servicing their gear.
A new high end player 2011 would probably be the best way to go.
With some great music servers out there today I'm not sure if a CD player is the way to go anymore. When my ML39 dies I will probably go with a server, I might get one sooner.
Joe Nies
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