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Mark Levinson mixer/preamplifier
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Rats nest? Are you for real? This mixer is of historical importance and extremely rare. Just because you don't own it, and have not seen even a picture of it, it does't mean that it is not of any historical importance. There is no reason for language like this.
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?? you clearly don't understand the back room of most people who make things. It has nothing to do with importance or anything else, My shop has lots of carcasses that have been cannibalized for other projects. This may have been one of those, if anything it enhances your unit if true.
Rare, yes, there were only 4 made. Because it was a failure as a product. Which has nothing to do with anything except the cheapness of film production at the time. It makes noise? Print it.
I did look at it and saw there was nothing there of interest, I could have bid $250 and outbid you, so what.
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Alan
Rare, yes, there were only 4 made. Because it was a failure as a product. Which has nothing to do with anything except the cheapness of film production at the time. It makes noise? Print it.
I did look at it and saw there was nothing there of interest, I could have bid $250 and outbid you, so what.
Cheers
Alan
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Woodstock is a failure, the Baez movie is a failure, Mark Levinson is a failure, Dick Burwen is a Failure? Who do you think you are - Jesus of audio authority? Please, don't give any advise for things you don't have any clues about it. I need the facts, not ignorant opinion.
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I think you're reading way too much into it. Makes sense to me (finding it in the rat's nest). I found a lot of neat old treasures in the basement of our EE department back in college when they cleaned it out. Heaven knows what the kids will find in ours when they clean out the house after we are gone.
I have a vague memory of an LNP-1 that was nothing like the LNP-2, his first commercial preamp, but my memory is very foggy on this. I'd guess the LNP-1 and/or other pro stuff couldn't compete with the pro audio gear already in use at the time so he switched to the consumer market. Does not mean it was worse, may have been better, maybe even a lot better, but not the direction ML chose to pursue. I agree with @waltzingbear that you may have a very rare item. The original Philbrick op-amp is a terribly clunky design by today's standards but I'd love to have one.
I sooo wish I had paid more attention to Mark when he came by the store I worked to set things up when they picked up the line. He gave a little talk about his background and goals; that was probably around 1980, when I knew it all, and his stuff was way over my budget. I don't remember much of it, and at that time I was the tech kid in the back and not on the sales floor.
Anyway, I don't have any more facts than anyone else so far, and don't need more grief in my life, moving on.
I have a vague memory of an LNP-1 that was nothing like the LNP-2, his first commercial preamp, but my memory is very foggy on this. I'd guess the LNP-1 and/or other pro stuff couldn't compete with the pro audio gear already in use at the time so he switched to the consumer market. Does not mean it was worse, may have been better, maybe even a lot better, but not the direction ML chose to pursue. I agree with @waltzingbear that you may have a very rare item. The original Philbrick op-amp is a terribly clunky design by today's standards but I'd love to have one.
I sooo wish I had paid more attention to Mark when he came by the store I worked to set things up when they picked up the line. He gave a little talk about his background and goals; that was probably around 1980, when I knew it all, and his stuff was way over my budget. I don't remember much of it, and at that time I was the tech kid in the back and not on the sales floor.
Anyway, I don't have any more facts than anyone else so far, and don't need more grief in my life, moving on.
waltzingbear
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Yes Don, you get what I was saying. This other fellow?? not so much
Lots of backrooms get given to college electronics departments, you should have seen some of the stuff Tek gave to Portland State over the years.
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Alan
Lots of backrooms get given to college electronics departments, you should have seen some of the stuff Tek gave to Portland State over the years.
Cheers
Alan
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Let me tell you something about "the other fellow"....
"The other fellow" has been collecting for over 50 years and most likely has the most rare and exiting equipment in the industry.
For example: 1938 RCA MI-9355 with 845 output tubes amplifiers; Raytheon MR-10 mono amplifier from 1945 (most likely the only pair in the world); Ballantyne XS460 amplifiers from 1954; Nagra T-1 reel to reel; Studer C37 1" tape, tube reel to reel - modified by Tim de Paravicini for the world renowned recording engineer Kavi Alexander. Studer A80 Reel to reel; Stellavox reel to reel; Tannoy GRF 15" Silver dual concentric speakers; Beverage electrostatic speakers; WE and Jensen field coiled speakers; Garrard 301 and these are only the tip of the iceberg items from the priceless collection. In addition, "the other fellow" had sold over $4000000.00 of rare vintage equipment. How about you? Like I said earlier, most likely Bose stuff.
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No everyone is cheep like you....you should have bid more like $5000.00 for this rare and historically important LNP-1 preamp/mixer.
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You didn't see anything of interest because you don't know much.
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For your information this "other fellow" got ML LNP-1 preamplifier/mixer.....
Geez I feel like I've stepped into a 8th grader squabble , really with all that's going on in the world can we not just grow up a bit here.
Shocking .
Shocking .
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Tomas,
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Did I forget to mention that in the process of dealing with corona virus issue, we will pick up a better habits of washing our hands more often.
And if you're one of the crazy conservative, you should be happy with the problem solving of over population and maybe Social Security money shortages in this country.
By the way take your silly picture from your profile and stop acting like a 2nd grader, who gives advises to the 8th graders.
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The point is that I simply asked the forum for identifying rare ML equipment and instead I've got strong derogative responses from members who don't have any idea of the equipment in question. There are a lot of egomaniacs on the forum with lack of knowledge and understanding of significant historical audio equipment: lack of experience; lake of understanding; lack of compassion; lack of appreciation for history; lack of communicating with facts; lack of appreciation for outstanding electronic designers from the past; It's idiotic to elaborate on equipment sound quality when you didn't even know of its existence and more so, I have never asked for any critics or review of it. It's not only unethical, but moronic as well.
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I'll just say I don't pay even $ 20 for that.
And I hope not to be attacked for saying that I buy and that I don't buy.
This ASR and I'm interested in how things are measured, not their emotional / subjective value.
For that there are other forums.
My 2 cents.
And I hope not to be attacked for saying that I buy and that I don't buy.
This ASR and I'm interested in how things are measured, not their emotional / subjective value.
For that there are other forums.
My 2 cents.
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What is wrong with you people? No body is asking you for your evaluation and estimate. Forum name "Sansui" - are you for real? What possible knowledge one can get from someone with forum name after one of the junkiest audio company from Japan. In addition, no hi end company today or critical reviewer goes by measurements anymore, when it comes to quality sound. Your knowledge must be frozen from 40 years ago when fundamentalist were lying with numbers. One cannot critic sound quality by looking at the scope - we don't listen with our eyes. Please, get updated with up today science before speak.
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