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Stereophile measures the ML No 5805 integrated amp

Tks

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I know this is completely off topic..

But would it kill these folks to use clear, high resolution images? And not these jaggex low-res images that feels like I need to make use of some graphical anti-aliasing technique..

EDIT: Okay so after looking at all the measured performance. This thing looks disastrous.. For a moment I thought it was reviewing a tube amp or whatnot >_<
 
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Yeah, I was the commentator who stated it was about as good as the Outlaw RR2160, literally 1/10th the price.

I also mentioned on it on Reddit and someone said “Well, the Mark Levinson is gonna have better resale value.”; which I pointed out that unless it’s like some McIntosh gear which somehow can be sold used at higher than original MSRP, then holding value is a silly claim, as even if you gave away the Outlaw ($850 net loss), the Mark Levinson would need to retain 90% of its MSRP on the used market, I don’t know any audiophile who would pay near full retail for a used integrated amp.
 
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Just took a look at some of the comments, some pretty funny folks there lol. You nailed it with the rest it seems.
 

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It's got the Mark Levinson name on it, it must be good! Does anyone else remember the Red Rose farce where reviewers were falling over themselves to heap wondrous acclaim on a $200 Chinese amp they normally wouldn't have lowered themselves to eve notice because Mark Levinson (the man, not the company) has put a Red Rose sticker on the case and was selling it at $2000? Now I am sure it was a perfectly satisfactory amp, but some reviewers seemed to consider a product selling at 10x the price of the same amp sold by the OEM and failed to notice it was just a very expensive ringer.
 
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