What is the origin of the Marantz brand?
Saul B. Marantz Saul B. Marantz, born in 1911 in New York City, started the company. His interests included photography, playing classical guitar, and collecting oriental artwork. (I find it fascinating that those are also all interests of mine!) Prior to his audio undertakings, he worked as a graphic artist and also spent some time in the military. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where his interest in electronics first blossomed as a young boy. 1953 ad for the model 1 in Audio Engineering He was working as a freelance advertising graphic artist in 1947, but his love of music led him to design the Model 1 Preamplifier in his basement, drawing upon his military electronics background for the requisite skills. The model 1 was completed in 1949, and was received very well by the music listening community. The model 1 was originally sold in New York at Harvey Radio, now a well known and broad-spectrum high fidelity vendor. It is fair to say that this defines the start of the company, tho
