In the mid-1970's Mark Levinson asked us (Sound + Wood of Boca Raton) to make some oak stands for his HQD systems since we were the premier hardwood audio company in those days.
We made a few as well as a couple of cabs for the 22" Hartley woofers that some HQD buyers wanted. They were so heavy (1.5" pressboard) that we had to use 4" casters to hold the weight--they were about 5' high.
Anyway, he liked the stands, etc., but was a VERY slow pay. Given the prices he charged for his stuff, this seemed odd to us. We did not carry his hardware--it was exceedingly well made but sounded, well, let me take my mom's advice per Bambi and Thumper and just say it was less than good. It also broke a lot, and we had enough lines that did that--Nakamichi, Phase Linear, Sequerra, Crown, etc., so a line that was expensive, broke, and did not meet our sound requirements did not really appeal to a small business like ours.
As I remember, no customers asked for it either. We did such a good job with our other high-end lines--Audio Research, Magnepan, Linn Sondek, Thornes, etc.--we did not need another expensive line anyway.
That's what I know for sure about Mark Levinson. I have no idea what he is doing today.
Cheers!
We made a few as well as a couple of cabs for the 22" Hartley woofers that some HQD buyers wanted. They were so heavy (1.5" pressboard) that we had to use 4" casters to hold the weight--they were about 5' high.
Anyway, he liked the stands, etc., but was a VERY slow pay. Given the prices he charged for his stuff, this seemed odd to us. We did not carry his hardware--it was exceedingly well made but sounded, well, let me take my mom's advice per Bambi and Thumper and just say it was less than good. It also broke a lot, and we had enough lines that did that--Nakamichi, Phase Linear, Sequerra, Crown, etc., so a line that was expensive, broke, and did not meet our sound requirements did not really appeal to a small business like ours.
As I remember, no customers asked for it either. We did such a good job with our other high-end lines--Audio Research, Magnepan, Linn Sondek, Thornes, etc.--we did not need another expensive line anyway.
That's what I know for sure about Mark Levinson. I have no idea what he is doing today.
Cheers!