What ever happened to Mark Levenson?

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.

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.

Think he was referring to Chevy...

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DeKay

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

I spent an interesting afternoon in Mark Levinson's NYC store many years ago.  I was there with an audio-reviewer friend who knew Mark.  The most interesting part of the visit was when Mark left us in his studio for an hour with instructions to play with any of the equipment we so desired !  The special piece in the room that day was his new Nagra reel-to-reel digital recorder !  He had the ability to insult you to your face and yet you went away not being offended !  An interesting guy !
    I have several of his recordings both on vinyl and on CD and find them unremarkable both sonically [too dry] and musically.  My reviewer friend owned quite a few pieces of Mark's equipment, most of which I thought sounded on the "sterile" side, but the build was excellent !  I think that Dan D'Agostino stole Mark's "Crown" when he started the Krell company.  Interesting times !  What a great hobby !