A Mark Levinson ML-3 certainly looks like you get more in your box with handles. Also costs like it. Feels like it too when you pick it up. Had big handles on the front and the back and you needed them.I used to drool on B&K amps... I liked the rack handles.
Not sure I understand. Something in the amp or a general question about the amp?
I circled in red some sort of strap or fastener. It's towards the bottom of the page on the Amp PCB.
Been that way for a while. I used to build my own too.
looks like something to do with the output power devices connections or mounting
Guess I didn't look too closely. Oops. Been too long since I was looking in one, but look like output transistor connections.
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Wowzer. I've never been asked that question. Total global units and national units of stereo integrated amplifier sales is a unknown.
IIRC, Amex was charging vendors 8% in the early 1980s.
Worth noting that there is quite a bit of regulation for vehicles; guard rails. No such thing exists for audio, so wild wild west.
Subjectivity and familiarity. Human conditioning. We are all different with different experiences and this affects our preferences.
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Having talked with engineers tasked with transitioning production to Chinese and other facilities, the determination of quality is almost always up to the customer, not the facility. If you simply throw things over the fence and hope for good product, you probably will be disappointed. Unfortunately, these decisions are usually made as a bottom line thing, so spending significantly more to work out quality assurance is minimized.
Thank you for this post, informative and well written. Good job.
That has been what I've been told as well. OTOH, China factories do seem to have a problem with making near useless items if no one holds their feet to the fire. I think of some power supplies in Chinese gear I've looked at. If a device will see 1 watt or .95 watts, they will put a a 1 watt rated device in it. They do that all the way thru. Just basic rule of thumb would be to use a 2 watt device in that situation. Such an item will work, some of them surprisingly last some time. Most of them are not going to last very long. While using those with a simple rule of thumb safety factor will last a very long useful time. If the Chinese facility had a recognized name with value they would not stoop to this to make money. When they are insulated from that, they have no reason to do otherwise. It pains me that those selling this gear elsewhere don't do their homework, and see they don't mind selling such products.
