Thoughts on the Mark Levinson M1 speaker

[Champster]

It looks like Mark is at it again with a new(ish) line of speakers using the Daniel Hertz label. They use a compression driver (>1800hz), a 12" Mid and an 18" Sub (<80hz). These are billed at being >100db efficient and seem to be very similar to the Synthesis systems but maybe more geared for much higher SPL. Anyone know what drivers he might be using? They look like JBL or TAD to me, but I'm not sure. I imagine these are quite pricey. What do you think about running a 12" up to 1800hz? That CD waveguide reminds me of the Manta Ray Altec Horn of the Model 14. Anyway, here are some pictures.

[matsj]

http://www.avsforum.com/photopost/da...s7ab07672.jpeg

[BMWCCA]

Interesting dialogue in the comments here: http://www.stereophile.com/content/d...ajor-statement

[martin2395]

The Daniel Hertz speakers have been around for a couple of years(3-4?) mr. Putin has a complete Daniel Hertz setup with those speakers.

[4313B]

"Shaking the wall behind me were the big M1 loudspeakers ($120,000/pair)"

I'd much rather own the far more impressive M2 system at $25,000/pair which includes non-Levinson amps.

[Champster]

"Shaking the wall behind me were the big M1 loudspeakers ($120,000/pair)"

I'd much rather own the far more impressive M2 system at $25,000/pair which includes non-Levinson amps.

Interesting comment. "Far more impressive". Why?

[Champster]

http://www.avsforum.com/photopost/da...s7ab07672.jpeg

Great find matsj!!!! Thank you.

It is really great that those drivers are available off the shelf, less his fancy stainless steel frame.

[Mr. Widget]

Interesting comment. "Far more impressive". Why?

My two cents...

Far more advanced engineering and significantly better R&D facilities? Beyma drivers are certainly good, but the M2 drivers are exceptional.

The Levinson system offers very high sensitivity and the ability to use a wide range of amps and all analog electronics, but at the end of the day, I'd bet on the M2 in any double blind test with a digital source and quite possibly with an analog source too.


Widget

[Champster]

Far more advanced engineering and significantly better R&D facilities?

The Levinson system offers very high sensitivity and the ability to use a wide range of amps and all analog electronics, but at the end of the day, I'd bet on the M2 in any double blind test with a digital source.


Widget

Oh I'm sorry. I thought you were all referring to Daniel Hertz's M2 system, not JBL's. In that case, I absolutely agree, but it just seems so odd that Levinson uses that 12" driver to 1800hz. It would seem to me that he would have all sorts of beaming problems at that frequency. Maybe he doesn't care about a wide sound stage???

[fpitas]

Since that 12" has cone decoupling rings, the effective diameter may shrink at 1800Hz, so the beaming may not be so bad.

[speakerdave]

Designer may have a thought to throw pattern of horn at crossover.

[ds23man]

Poetin....

[macaroonie]

Medvedev is quite the Hi Fi buff also ,http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-system-russia , in fact the pic above is Medvedev's system.

The best of it is in the true spirit of communism the citizens of Irkutsk will not be getting even an I pod to share White Russian anyone ?

[stephane RAME]

To listen to the sound of battle tanks.

Stéphane

[audiomagnate]

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