I got lucky and purchased a used No326s that was 6 mos old about two years ago. Had confirmed from the dealer the receipt was legit before I bought it. I really like it a lot but if I were buying new I'd look at one of their newer preamps which I would imagine are much closer in performance to their Reference 52. I did just recently demo my 326s vs an ARC Ref 6 and was surprised that the Levinson wasn't totally outclassed. I thought tonally they were actually very similar. Where the Ref 6 was clearly better was depth and overall size of the soundstage. I liked the overall sound of the Ref 6 better but it isn't a good fit in my system right now as I am running MC-601s and a pair of subs all driven preamp level which would create some challenges for me with output impedance on the Ref 6. Have been thinking about either a 523 or maybe a 52 but that is next year as I blew my budget for this year already!
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