What Hi-Fi?

MARK OF QUALITY

Meet Danial Shimiaei, the director of engineering at high-end hi-fi brand Mark Levinson. Regular readers will be familiar with some of its products, such as the No.5105 turntable and impressive No.5909 headphones, the latter of which gained a five-star review. On a recent visit to the impressive Harman Luxury Audio site in Northridge, California, we got a chance to talk to Danial about his journey in audio, his personal taste in music and just what it is that makes the Mark Levinson brand so special.

What Hi-Fi?: What made you interested in hi-fi?

Danial Shimiaei: Probably when I was about 15 years old, a young straggly kid, I was

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