An extra note:
This discrete output stage was also used in the no38/380 series of pre-amps.
They used SSM dual transistors that became obsolete end of the 1990's.
But these units used a ladder network DAC as the volume control. So an IC, unlike the discrete unit in the 32/320/326s and in a new form in the 52.
I think it is also used in the 523/526 but not on a floating PCB, but direct on the main board.
And to make things clear, I favour the 32 based on a theoretical analasys, not on a listening test. I do hope I will be in the position to perform that test one day.
Peter
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