Maria 800

33000,00 
Daniel Hertz presents Maria, the ultimate amplifier designed by Mark Levinson. Maria 800, a 4-channel model, features active crossovers and time alignment tailored for driving bi-amplified speakers. Within its single chassis, Maria integrates DACs, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, headphone amplifiers, and interconnect cables. Experience seamless audio with fully programmable active crossovers and time alignment capabilities.

Maria 800

Maria 800 is essential for creating the world's finest music systems which are by definition, bi-amplified

Specifications

Maria 800 (4 channels), 500 Watts per channel (4 ohms) rated power. Maximum power is higher.

Native resolution:

5 Hz – 30 kHz 
20Hz to 20kHz +/- 0.2dB

AC Power Input:

90 V – 250 V

Fuse:

15 A

Dimensions:

Height – 110mm (22”)

Width – 430mm (16.9”)

Depth – 330mm (13”)

Digital Inputs:

  • Bluetooth (24 bit/48kHz)
  • Digital coax, USB Audio 2.0, WIFI
  • USB Audio Class 2.0 (up to 24/192)
  • Stereo RCA, 3 pairs with 1 megohms input impedance

Analog  Outputs:

  • Left and right channel speaker outputs via Daniel Hertz speaker connectors.

  • Headphone output via front panel 1/4″ phone jack.

Active crossovers:

  • Left and right high pass
  • Left and right low pass
  • Fully programmable crossover frequencies, slopes, levels, and time delays. Resolution in steps of .1dB.
Overview

Maria - a paradigm shift in audio amplification personally designed by Mark Levinson

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Maria, crafted by Daniel Hertz, embodies Mark Levinson’s pinnacle of amplifier design. This model, Maria 800, delivers stereo (4 channel) performance. features active crossovers and time alignment tailored for driving bi-amplified speakers. Encased within a single chassis, Maria offers and integrated audio solution replacing DACs, preamplifiers, power amplifiers, headphone amplifiers, and interconnect cables. Experience seamless audio with fully programmable active crossovers and time alignment capabilities.

Like the iconic Mark Levinson LNP-2 Preamplifier and Cello Audio Palette, Maria sets a new sonic standard with minimalist design and astonishing quality of finish equivalent to the finest watches and cameras.

As legendary audio journalist Bert Whyte said about Mark’s work in 1972, Maria is, “monetary considerations aside… the premier choice.”

The Daniel Hertz Maria is a high performance amplifier, hand made in Venice, Italy with artisan materials and craftsmanship never used before in an audio product.

 

Maria sets a new standard of excellence in sound quality and design, with many exclusive advantages for those who refuse to compromise their music. The Daniel Hertz Maria amplifier is named in honor of Mark Levinson’s mother, Maria Hertz Levinson, who in 1966 sold her cello to get the money to buy him the Italian double bass c. 1680 that he plays today. Mother’s love is a category of 1.

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Features

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Audiophile's Dream Amplification

Maria 800 includes an independent, internal, no compromise separately tunable headphone amplifier with a ¼” jack on the front panel, that enhances the sound of all good headphones, especially the top high performance models.

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Seamless Analogue Transformation

Maria’s embedded Mighty Cat software suite includes Daniel Hertz exclusive C Wave technology (patent accepted and approved 2024), which upgrades all digital audio signals on the fly, including streaming, to have the sound and emotion of pure analog audio.

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Versatile Connectivity

Inputs: 3 analog 1 megohms inputs, digital coax, wifi and Bluetooth. Speaker outputs: Daniel Hertz in house made speaker connector outputs on the rear panel. Headphone jack: ¼” headphone jack on the front panel.

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Top-tier Sound Amplification

Maria’s internal, separately tunable headphone amplifier is second to none in sound quality, with precision tuning available to enhance the sound of all good headphones, especially the top high performance models.

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Tailored Bi-Amplification Control

Maria 800 drives the Daniel Hertz bi-amplified speakers M1, M4 and Chiara. The active crossovers  can be programmed to drive any bi-amplified speaker with full control of crossover points, slopes, and levels.

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Complete Accessory Package

Maria 800 is supplied with a power cord (appropriate for the country of use), a USB cable, and a carrying case. When Maria 800 is delivered, 4m pair x 2 is included for b-amplification.

Build
Maria is built with proprietary new Daniel Hertz technology on the inside, and a new type of chassis on the outside that embodies the uncompromised excellence of Maria’s performance and sound quality, with hand fitted mirror black Waveglas TM chassis and hand polished stainless steel watch case quality knobs and buttons.
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Sound
The sound of Maria is lightning fast, extremely smooth with no “electronic” sound, and has astonishing punch, dynamics, deep bass, imaging and detail. The sound of Maria is unavailable at any price from “high end audio” amplifiers typically using old 1970’s technology.
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Digital to analog conversion with 384kHz native resolution, no separate DAC
Class D is a concept, like a V8 in car motors. Typical Class D chips may be disappointing, but DH is not. The exclusive Daniel Hertz Mighty Cat Class D amplifier IC (integrated circuit) converts digital audio to analog with no separate DAC, providing native resolution of 384kHz. Some 384kHz DAC’s alone cost 25,000 euros. The DH Maria offers resolution second to none, in a highly integrated design with the most elegant signal path that eliminates sources of coloration and degradation.
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The Secret Sauce
In partnership with Intersil (now Renesas), a major US semiconductor company, and a team of top-level engineers, Daniel Hertz developed a proprietary semiconductor called Mighty Cat, a visionary idea from founder Mark Levinson. Mighty Cat is a high-performance Class D amplifier IC (integrated circuit) with internal blocks that run the embedded, exclusive Mighty Cat software suite that is part of what makes DH disruptive. Mighty Cat is the “brain” of Maria and all DH amplifiers. Mighty Cat has fully programmable architecture which enables a new level of performance, precision and flexibility in music reproduction, as well as many conveniences and practical advantages. Mighty Cat enables re-programming and updates at any time in the future, making it a living product.
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Mighty Cat Embedded Software Suite
In partnership with Intersil (now Renesas), a major US semiconductor company, and a team of top-level engineers, Daniel Hertz developed a proprietary semiconductor called Mighty Cat, a visionary idea from founder Mark Levinson. Mighty Cat is a high-performance Class D amplifier IC (integrated circuit) with internal blocks that run the embedded, exclusive Mighty Cat software suite that is part of what makes DH disruptive. Mighty Cat is the “brain” of Maria and all DH amplifiers. Mighty Cat has fully programmable architecture which enables a new level of performance, precision and flexibility in music reproduction, as well as many conveniences and practical advantages. Mighty Cat enables re-programming and updates at any time in the future, making it a living product.
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