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Opinions about Daniel Hertz

Have anyone heard Daniel Hertz’s Maria intergrated amps with Eva or Amber speakers? Stephen Huff gave them one of the best reviews ever but is it all marketing and hype? Mark Levinson claims to solve the problems of digital reproduction with his master class software which can turn any digital recording into original master tape quality.  
 

But ML had a questionable past such as rebranding Chinese products as his own and marking up the price. Others said he can’t design anything but hires good talent while he works on marketing. His series of business ventures and contentious business relationships would give one pause, but I only care about the sound. What do others think? Did he in fact made a revolutionary breakthrough in digital playback. Or is it all hype? Bottom line is how do his systems sound?

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rwwear
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He did?

rwwear
2,847 posts
 

Mark Levinson is more of a marketer than a designer. Jonathan Curl was one of his engineers at the beginning of ML. The JC-2 preamp was Jonathan’s design. After JC left the name was changed to the ML-1.

"According to John Curl, he and Mark Levinson had an argument about intellectual rights and the refusal to pay any royalties to him regarding the JC-2 resulted in a conflict between the two then the breaking of relations and a name badge change from JC-2 to ML-1."

According to Wikipedia:

 

 

  • JC-1 Moving Coil Cartridge Preamplifier (design credit : John Curl)
  • JC-1AC Moving Coil Cartridge Preamplifier (design credit : John Curl)
  • JC-2 Straightline Preamplifier (design credit : John Curl)
  • LNC-1 Electronic Crossover (design credit : Richard Burwen)
  • LNC-2 Electronic Crossover(design credit : Richard Burwen / Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-1 Preamplifier (at first a rebadged JC-2 due to IP by John Curl, design credit : John Curl / Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-2 Class A Mono Amplifier with regulated power supplies (design credit : John Curl(JC-3) / Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-3 Stereo Power Amplifier(Dual mono design first series with optional ML-2 style frontplate as an option, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-5 modified Studer A-80 professional tape recorder with custom electronics
  • ML-6 Dual Mono Preamplifier (basically two ML-1’s created after a Japanese customer pointed out that in mono the ML-1 sounded better. Also available in silver look)
  • ML-6A Dual Mono Preamplifier (open frame modules instead of the potted ones before, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-7 Preamplifier (stereo ML-6a, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-7A Preamplifier (update by Madrigal, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-8 Microphone Preamplifier (input Brüel & Kjær microphones)
  • ML-9 Power Amplifier (design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-10 Preamplifier (design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-11 Preamplifier (budget model forced by new management, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)
  • ML-12 Power Amplifier (budget model forced by new management, design credit : Thomas Colangelo)

     

 

 

rwwear
2,847 posts
 

Great CDC!

One thing you have to question is why M. Levinson starts so many companies and sells them off after they become successful. And if the same thing will happen with the new one.

 

rwwear
2,847 posts
 

You should expect opinions on discussion forums.

rwwear
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Well, if we’re just spending money, 30,000 Euro for an amp, I found a matching stove at .5 million...

That’s probably how much we’ll have to spend to have a gas stove soon.

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