Greetings,
I am the new VP of Sales and Marketing at Mark Levinson/Harman Specialty Group, and I can assure you that we take the sound quality of our newer components VERY seriously.
I sold Mark Levinson at retail locations for many years, and worked with other manufacturers that would be well known to all of you. While there were certainly some ML components that I liked better than others, none were "non-musical" when in the company of decent ancillary components.
We prefer to think of our components as being true to the source, adding or taking away nothing from what was intended.
The components that we are building now, by dealer concensus, are some of the best sounding ever. Please listen for yourself.
By the way, Krell, as well as many other companies make great sounding gear as well...it just depends on what you prefer.
If there was one bit of advice that I can offer to all of you it's this; don't rely on reviews from anywhere in place of your own listening. Expert reviewers disagree as to what sounds better, so why should you rely on reviews in any forum to determine what is a very personal decision/opinion.
It's all about the emotion in music and movies my friends, and we'll never forget that what you hear, makes you feel.
I am the new VP of Sales and Marketing at Mark Levinson/Harman Specialty Group, and I can assure you that we take the sound quality of our newer components VERY seriously.
I sold Mark Levinson at retail locations for many years, and worked with other manufacturers that would be well known to all of you. While there were certainly some ML components that I liked better than others, none were "non-musical" when in the company of decent ancillary components.
We prefer to think of our components as being true to the source, adding or taking away nothing from what was intended.
The components that we are building now, by dealer concensus, are some of the best sounding ever. Please listen for yourself.
By the way, Krell, as well as many other companies make great sounding gear as well...it just depends on what you prefer.
If there was one bit of advice that I can offer to all of you it's this; don't rely on reviews from anywhere in place of your own listening. Expert reviewers disagree as to what sounds better, so why should you rely on reviews in any forum to determine what is a very personal decision/opinion.
It's all about the emotion in music and movies my friends, and we'll never forget that what you hear, makes you feel.