Mark Levinson with his Daniel Hertz M1 Speaker with Maria 800 -- the 200K system

This was truly one of my highlights of 2024, and it hasn't even really started. M1 is an ultra high-end system that sets standards. My open baffles system also has its advantages, but here I also have this unbridled power with a completely stress-free sound. You can't get enough and want to listen longer and louder. The incredible control by Maria 800, the details are reproduced here in a very linear and without show effect, musically correct and profound. Material sounds are easy to distinguish, the drivers follow the decaying tones with ease - it's like a live concert! Thank you for this experience, Mark. MikeC HEADquarter Audio 2024
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[@Ivy13276]

Hands down best video about Mark Levinson on KZbin! Much respect.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

Wow, thanks!

[@stuart302]

Lovely video Mike, thanks for taking the effort to make it. Mark is a legend!

[@ashvarma2486]

Great video. Huge fan of Mark and these amazing new products that he has developed. Wishing him all the success with Daniel Hertz and hope his technology advances high end audio art for music lovers worldwide. Thanks for sharing

[@m.r1413]

Lieber Mike, Wirklich super 👍 toll gemacht! Scheint als könnten die Daniel Herz Systeme wirklich das Zeug zum heiligen Gral“ haben 😊

[@jitrapornpha5104]

Max the bass trap

[@oohtob6685]

C Wave. Let's hope this becomes standard in cost effective brands for us poor people.

[@DagReinbott_TerraSound]

Puh, alles klar... ich fang mal an zu sparen. Vielleicht nicht für M1, aber evtl. wird es irgendwann für Chiara reichen. Sehr coole Videos zu/über Daniel Hertz auf deinem Kanal. Vielen Dank! 👍

[@DavidGilden]

Nice TANPURA (TAMBOURA) leaning against the left wall!

[@adamos9879]

Man oh man! Would I love those speakers! Mark's home is very tasteful. Didn't know Markblives in Venice.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

a very nice journey... cheers Mike

[@ganck1147]

Any idea what is the title of the 1st track? The sound of the M1 is outstanding.

[@JJ-no2ob]

Morph the cat - Donald Fegan

[@ganck1147]

@@JJ-no2obhey thanks man.

[@reinhard1888]

Do you know of any Daniel Hertz distributors in Europe, especially Germany? Or do we all need to travel to Venice to experience the magic before buying?

[@headquarteraudio5388]

Hi, please write me an email, or contact me by phone cheers Mike

[@ron101346]

Mark's smartest move was to leave the U.S. and live in a more civilized area. (Of course, I am aware that Italy has had a difficult history, but now America is having a difficult present.)

[@analogjames3429]

Mark built a gender neutral sound lol. Mark, you're the best!

[@AndyMillerPhotoUK]

Great vid.

[@Phloored]

Thanks for this interview. Some humbling truth here. The fact that you will license it is fantastic news. It is my hope that we can access this correct waveform in a wider variety of products. I can think of some very exciting applications. I am not in the league of people who can purchase this wonderful system. It's a blessing that some folks can. So if we license this then more music lovers can get the health benefits of this smooth waveform for the vast universe of digital music that's so easily accessible today.

[@juliusbillie8984]

Dang!😮 Daniel called out the big boys, and I'm here for it.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

wo wo wo? 😉😘

[@topkho]

@@headquarteraudio5388did you go to Venice to ML’s home?

[@headquarteraudio5388]

​@@topkhosure...

[@carlsitler9071]

Beautiful. I rock dual 15's in each of my 3 way speakers.

[@vlajkomuaddib]

Digital audio is bad for health?? Proven?? Imagine patients now being prescribed vinyl listening three times a day and at least one tape recording radio once a week... Oh wait, all radio is digital today.... We are all doomed.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

oh yes, some more than others :) cheers Mike

[@dilbyjones]

Glad someone cares enough to make it. Just glad it exists.

[@bartvanransbeeck1341]

I suppose pro beyma nd drivers are used...p80series are the best

[@fascination.sound.and.groove]

*Thanks for the cool Video.* 👍👍👍 From andre 🤠😎

[@davidbee8178]

Mark hits on a VERY good point with regard to the pleasure of SEEING musicians play - one of the great pleasures of attending a live musical event. It probably goes without saying that attendees of a live event would be quite frustrated if curtains were drawn across the stage while musicians played on the other side of them :-) That might explain why "dedicated listening" (ie sitting in the sweet spot just listening - and not seeing musicians play) is not all that wide spread or hugely popular. One of my very favourite ways of devouring music IS as Mark does, through KZbin. FABULOUS ! As one can sonically (and most often visually) travel an endless river of discovery of new talent and tunes. If you are lucky enough as I am to have a nice DAC and sound system to overcome the somewhat less than ideal res of KZbin, then you're in luck for a genuine adventure down the river of sight and sound! Happy listening . . . and seeing :-)

[@headquarteraudio5388]

big hug exact!!

[@davidbee8178]

@@headquarteraudio5388 thanks - cheers!

[@freeradical6390]

Thanks you two! Very cool!

[@reinhard1888]

Did you have a chance to listen to the M4 and compare it to M1?

[@headquarteraudio5388]

Sorry, but no... we heard so much and only one day... Cheers Mike

[@reinhard1888]

@@headquarteraudio5388 That is understandable. Can you compare the Chiara with the M1?

[@GentielioGaming]

Once and for all 20 years ago. Is it true that the amps Dussun V6i, V8i and D9 were actually Mark Levinson amps but cheaper? Maybe the parts in the Dussun was of a lower quality?

[@scottbennett3119]

Mark LevInson's Daniel Hertz is a dream come to life! What an amazing contribution! Thank you!

[@1moderntalking1]

Contribute further by allowing trickle-down tech into some more affordable systems for the average person, not just millionaires.

[@scottbennett3119]

I hear he is doing that right now.

[@GentielioGaming]

I like music with video to. I listen more on youtube then music alone being an audiophile. Or am i not an audiophile then?

[@emilspec1227]

"Digital sound is not continuous..." Tell me you are full of it without telling me you're full of it. Not even gonna touch the CWave bull.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

what? Shazam, please talk normal and say what you mean...

[@sidesup8286]

What he might mean is that DSD is sampled many millions of times per second.If a helicopter with unlimited fuel traveled from L.A. to Paris, the total number of times the copter blades would make a rotation during the entire trip, is far less than the amount of times DSD is capable of sampling per second. I'd like to hear C wave though. It's good but expensive would be my guess.

[@satinthesun]

What about your contract with Lexus

[@satinthesun]

You sold me ...

[@Peter-ii4xq]

I am almost shure, there is a way to much bass and midbass for any normal listening room.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

it's not, believe me...

[@totalplonker824]

Big speakers in small room. I was just wondering if there's any room correction going on.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

why corrections, if you dont have any problems .. 😉😘

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

It appears that speaker cables connections are BARE WIRE! Is this so ? And a cheap power bar!!

[@headquarteraudio5388]

we said that in the video...

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

@@headquarteraudio5388 this will corrode very quickly!

[@mikeeygauthier2959]

@@headquarteraudio5388 did he mention a torquing pressure?

[@bbfoto7248]

Yes, apparently basic bare speaker wire and power bars/strips are fine and will produce amazing results (Well...we've known this all along, haven't we). HOWEVER, according to Mark you MUST have this proprietary and exclusive Cwave "technology" in order to "fix" the supposed "missing information" in digital audio, and ALSO in order to be Healthy and not die from liver and kidney problems, LOL. But somehow, all of the actual recording, mixing, and mastering engineers that actually record and produce this music we are listening to achieve quite amazing results WITHOUT Cwave, but they will soon be dying from health issues as they work every day/all day with digital audio and music. /s Haha. It's sad that in a few years we will not have any new music to listen to because all of the recording engineers will be dead from working with "unhealthy" digital music, LOL. 😛 Of course this system sounds great...HOWEVER, that is because Mark HIRED actual professional engineers that really know what they are doing to design the electronics and speakers, and NOT because of this Cwave nonsense. FYI, Mark has absolutely ZERO engineering credentials and it's clear from this and other interviews that he has a fundamental MISUNDERSTANDING of Digital Audio SAMPLING and the Shannon-Nyquist theorem, which has yet to be challenged or disputed. @mikeeygaulthier Yes, ideally you would at least use "tinned" OFC speaker wire in order to minimize corrosion/oxidation over time.

[@DrBroncanuus]

those speakers cables are $1 / 10 meters ? so cheap ..

[@bbfoto7248]

They sound pretty good, right? At least it's obvious the ML doesn't think he needs exotic and expensive speaker cables for his system to sound "lifelike".

[@BoothOfEternity]

🎶 Any music room with a tanpura nearby is a good one ! 🪔

[@zergbong]

if you put giant speaker in a small room all hear you is the room and the modes. it is 2024 we know enough about sound waves today. People who spend on dacs, cables, etc they are part of expensive religious cult.

[@headquarteraudio5388]

who is we? not you?