Powerful and full of control on the speakers. Soundstage is wide and precise. Sound neutral and never stress my ear during long hours of listening.
The size is compact to slot inside the hifi cabinet.

Though it is a Class A/B amplifier, it still dissipate sustantial amount of heat. The heatsink may not be enough if the amplifier is playing at a higher volume.

This is a powerful amplifier which can drive most of the speakers. The sound is wide, detail and never offensive.
With 350w mono block delivering 700w at 4 ohms and 1400w at 2 ohms, it is hardly a problem for me to match with different speakers.

Similar Products Used:

Krell KAV2250, McIntosh MC402 (Currently still using).

1) 350wpc/ 8ohm, 700wpc/4 ohm, 1400wpc/2 ohm. So the strength to drive any low sensitivity speaker, or any low impedance speaker will not be an issue.

2) Monoblock: All the amplification circuit and the power supply are kept in individual chasis. Hence the interference will not be existence.

3) Stable sound built on controlled bass, mid is sweet, detail sound but not to bright. Suitable for long hours of listening.

4) The built in heat sink will prevent me to cut my hand during shifting or moving of the amplifier

1) Monoblock: I've to cater more space as monoblock are two big chasis.

2) Heat: The so called revolutionized heat sink are hot even when playing at low volume. The heatsink looks a bit small in heat dissipating area.

3)Speaker post: Only a pair, so playing bi-wire, bi amp is out of the equation. Unless you buy another pair.

Initially thinking of buying Mark Lev 432 to drive my B&W Matrix 802 Series 3, then by chance knowing people selling the 436. After viewing the review from Stereophile I decided to give it a try.

Immediately I can hear the difference between the 436 and my Krell KAV2250. KAV 2250 emphasize on detailing and powerful sound, but for my point of view, lacking a bit of musical touch. As for the Mark Levinson 436, it do have the power to drive the speaker but without that straight forward sound that may wear my ears down for long hours of listening.

Knowing the 802 Matrix Series 3 may not be enough to stretch the ML436's muscle, I recently sold the 802 Matrix and brought in a pair of ProAc Response 4.
As most of us knowing that the ProAc ATC's drivers are not easy to drive and control, the ML 436 conquer the ProAc Res 4 with ease, and the sound is well balance from the high, mid and low. I really do like to sound of ML436 matching with the res 4 that I can sit down and listening to various kind of musics and vocals for hours without feeling stress.The high is ultra smooth, the vocal is sweet (though not as sweet as when I listen to the Nagra VPA), the bass is enriched and well controlled.

This mono block amplifiers are capable to drive most of the speakers, and the stable and detail sound will urge me to keep this pair for a longer period of time.

Similar Products Used:

Krell KAV2250, McIntosh 402(Currently still using it to match with JBL Studo monitors).