Opinions about Daniel Hertz

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Mark is a businessman first, he does what HE feels best for his brand. It wouldn’t surprise me if he did go to China, he has hoodwinked us before. I believe even if sounds good, it’s not worth the 💵 you will spend. Mark is very influential and sheep will follow and support the high pricing and miss gear more deserving at with less hoopla. I know I don’t buy his gear and I can find better for less money .

I thought Huff’s take on the plastic case for the Hertz amp was pretty funny...as if plastic was a breakthrough material. 12 thousand euros for the smaller amp...it might be somewhat water resistant, or it floats. Doesn’t Levinson live on a houseboat somewhere?

I haven't independently verified claims that ML re-branded Chinese equipment and jacked up the price. However, it is all over the internet message boards. 

Hopefully, someone who have heard the DH system will chime in. 

I put little faith in huffs reliability in reviewing imo 

he maybe right on somethings,but technically he is not that knowledgeable .

let’s see testing and popping thetop for the quality inside where it counts .

that’s where many reviewers fail.

"if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all"

I asked Daniel Hertz and the US dealer if the Maria was similar to the PeachTree GAN1 but they did not go into much detail on that. Other than the A2D conversion for analog sources on the Maria what makes the Maria different from the GAN1. I know there are some differences but there are also similarities. These 2 amps are unique.

Since my modded GAN1 is so good, and I did not get a good understanding of how the Maria is different from the GAN1, I lost interest. I needed more power out of the GAN1 so it is now used as a headphone amp (amazing). My 2-channel speakers need more power than the GAN1 delivers.

The Maria can also use a remote control.

Should I assume you watched the video from Adrian at Audio Excellence Canada?  I've always considered ML stuff quite expensive but what do I know.  Many folks swear by it.  I've considered a few used items in the past but eventually to rich for my blood.

But, if you are going by what Huff says about audio you better think twice.  Or, maybe go watch his other voodoo channel and have a listen to his 'spirit box' or whatever the heck he call sit. 

LMFAO

You must do your own research instead of waiting for a reviewer to do it for you...

The gear price dont matter ...

Acoustics basic matter much...Why? because everybody buy with his money budget... Then the only way to have a good S.Q. is not the gear pieces you will be able to buy by itself alone , and  there is always better one anyway  ... The only way is learning how to control the mechanical, electrical, and acoustical working dimensions of the room/system/ears...BEFORE upgrading if upgrading appear necessary ...

Quit reviewers listening , or listen to them for their human side ...

Ugh, Ivwant to like Huff, but ever few months he talks about his end-game system ant then changes it. He was never gonna replace his Fleetwoods, etc, then the DH stuff can’t be beat, ad nauseum. cmon Steve, which is it? And yes, Levinson’s Red Rose Audio was re-branded chi-fi stuff, so dh is highly suspect to me…

Ugh, Ivwant to like Huff, but ever few months he talks about his end-game system ant then changes it.  He was never gonna replace his Fleetwoods, etc, then the DH stuff can’t be beat, ad nauseum.  cmon Steve, which is it?  And yes, Levinson’s Red Rose Audio was re-branded chi-fi stuff, so dh is highly suspect to me… 

A Maria Amber system shows 24 000 Euro on their site

a good amount of scratch relative to what's in market at the moment

12k for an amp/dac and 12k for speakers gives you a ton of options when shopping in that space

You cannot be a reviewer and stay truthful to a system ...

I love Steve Huff as an individual ...

But his room is not a dedicated acoustic room...

And then he changes his flavor each few weeks reviewing, not realizing that we reach an optimal someday with a refinement and optimization with a well chosen system ONCE FOR ALL ...

At least he is honest and repeat multiple times that price tag does not equal acoustic satisfaction nor musical satisfaction ...

My own system cost 1000 bucks... I live very well with it in ectasy, (am i deaf ?😊 ) i modified my speakers and headphone and i created an acousric small room for it ...it takes me time... I was not changing my speakers/headphone/amp/dac each month ... Tuning a room is possible and specific to one system ...you must learn and live with this system to optimize it ..

Huff live and made his money with these reviews ... He is as Guttenberg very human but they sell gear , acoustic information must be gathered by us for a specfic system with which we will live with ...

Purchasing 40 amplifiers is the work of sellers and reviewers or a mental disease or acoustic ignorance ... Pick your choice ...My hobby is music and acoustic not buying gear ...

Huff just reviewed a 100 bucks Douk tube amplifier and rave about it ... I just buy a tubes preamplifier from Douk at 50 bucks for my small active speakers ... No comparison with the Ember amplifier i paid 400 dollars and i sold it thinking that if tubes sound as this it is perhaps not for me ( i tried 50 tubes) .... The Douk come with chinese tubes not the best but i will keep it so good it is in my system ... low cost chinese product dont equal junk all the times now ... It is simple a good engineer in America is rarer than in China now , because of the population size and the education race in China society... In the last decade many good chineese engineers worked in the audio chinese industry because there is many engineers in China ...They must live and audio chinese industry benefit now from it ...Douk equalizer 7 band rival a more costly one as the Schiit ...

i bought also a 50 bucks S. S. fosi pre-amp very good for my secondary headphone (movie)..

If my system was a 20,000 bucks one , i will buy a Berning tube ZOTL pre-amplifier and called it job done as the one i returned one month ago because it lack synergy with my too hungry too hard to drive AKG K340 ( i kept then the headphone out of my Sansui Alpha the TOP of their chain for decades ) ...

I wouldn’t trust anything coming from Steve huff’s mouth anymore.

I wouldn’t trust anything coming from Steve huff’s mouth anymore. 
He used to be a hobbyist, but now he’s just another YouTuber who churns reviews in as brainless a manner as steve guttenberg. I’m willing to bet $100 he would have moved on to something else in 3 months or less. 

OP - curious as to the verifiable source of the allegation ML personally had committed fraud by rebranding Chinese gear under his own label that he was in control of at the time, can you share the source and proof? Was thinking of the Maria but not if I would be supporting a fraudster even if the SQ of the Maria turns out to be stellar...

It doesn’t help when just four months ago at the time of Stephen Huff’s review the Eva system costs $13k, and now on Daniel Hertz’s website, it costs 19,000EU. 

It looks like a great piece with appropriate specs given the price ... but so do Boulder, et al. that come without checkered history

I would have the same pause ...

Hope others can chime in with direct experience