Mark Levinson No.5302

Front right side view of the solid aluminum handle and massive heat sink. The Mark Levinson No.5302 features a beautiful curved aluminum and glass front panel. Its 1"-thick aluminum chassis flows seamlessly into an elegant glass display with a single standby button in the center. Two solid aluminum handles on the front and massive heat sinks on each side give it the visual symmetry of a modern concert pavilion. Refined industrial cosmetic design is a Mark Levinson hallmark. But in this case, it's functionally useful, too. Those handles will be come in handy when moving all 70 pounds of this discrete, direct-coupled, dual monaural Class AB amplifier. And those heat sinks will keep it running cool. The '5302's voltage gain stage topology descends directly from Mark Levinson's revered No.534 amplifier. The foundation is a beastly 1100 VA toroidal transformer with individual secondary windings for both channels. From there, four 10,000 microfarad capacitors per channel deliver lots of high-current power — 135 ...