Mark Levinson No.5802

The No.5802 from Mark Levinson weighs in at 61 pounds, and features a beautiful curved aluminum and glass front panel — a statement piece from a storied audio brand. The 1"-thick aluminum chassis flows seamlessly into the elegant glass display. Two brushed aluminum hourglass knobs on either side control input and volume. Refined industrial cosmetic design is a Mark Levinson hallmark. But it's the '5802's output that we love the most: huge, detailed sound, with the low noise-floor that only "big iron" — a massive transformer — can deliver. Mark Levinson's No.5802 integrated amp features a refined industrial cosmetic design. Here is a single, stout component that reproduces digital sources with an expansive soundstage that is high, wide and deep. The amplifier's beefy toroidal transformer underpins the dual mono, discrete component circuitry to produce an amazing accuracy of tone, timbre and dynamics. Whatever recording you happen to play through it, the '5802 gives you an energetic, lifelike rendering. A to...