Mark Levinson had a serious issue with their No 331,332,333 amplifiers caused by bad Phillips capacitors. I don't know the details but what I have read is they would get hot and start leaking prematurely. So hot in fact that some insulation material in the amps melted and leaked out the back around the IEC connector. They apparently were good sounding amps but did not have great reliability. I suspect that fiasco hurt their brand for the last decade.
I currently have a buddy's number 333 that needs new capacitors. We have Cornell Dubulier caps on order and I will attempt the replacement when they arrive.
Overall, my buddy was very happy with his ML CD player which he used as a preamp and his No333 until the caps started going. He pared it all with B&W 801s and Transparent cabling. He swears by that system.
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