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What ever happened to Mark Levenson?

Think Mark is currently still pushing his newest endeavor, Daniel Hertz… when last I heard.Never read anything in the industry about Mark Levenson’s current proprietary line. Mark is a controversial figure in Audio but still an undisputed legend. His interesting and rather amazing multi page bio is on DanielHertz dot com. Did you know that Mark’s great uncle was Heinrich Hertz?
In 2014, I helped him with his room at the Vegas T.H.E. Show.
The complete top line Daniel Hertz full system is about $300K but it is about the best sound I have ever heard. Big, musical, real.
The DH front end is a Mac using Master Class soft wear directly to his DAC. First time I heard great digital.
Whenever Mark is not selling DH to Russian oligarchs, he spends his time between his home in Switzerland and boat in Venice with his Russian model wife and his 11 year old son… when last I heard.
mglik
wmania
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When I put in the order for a Daniel Hertz M7 and M12 last year, I was worried that I would trade sound quality for compactness and simplicity.
When I switched on the system, my fears were dispelled. Mark Levinson is indeed the man.
edgewear
543 posts
 
True, he never designed anything, but he had a good ear and a great nose for talent. Hiring Takeda San of Miyabi to design ’his’ MLC-1 cartridge before anyone else in the west had heard of him was another prime example.

He was a talented bass player though. Check out the records he made with Paul Bley in the mid ’60’s, long before his career as an ’audio entrepreneur’ got started.



sokogear
1,050 posts
 
Lost respect for him when he sold him name to Lexus. Would anyone believe he spent any time at all thinking about car audio?

Hey @hilde45 - Keith Carlock has been SD's drummer since I think '02. Which one are you talking about? Before that there really was no drummer in "the band" since the early 70's.
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dekay
5,348 posts
 
Think he was referring to Chevy...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ExA21vGWgAM06Yr?format=jpg&name=small

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roxy54
7,649 posts
 
sokogear,
I could be wrong, but I think Mark Levinson sold his name to Madrigal many years before they started branding systems to Lexus.
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