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Those of you have read The Absolute Sound for some time will be familiar with Jonathan Valin's reviews. Of particular interest to MLOG is that he was a long-time CLS owner. His reviews of the CLS, and the Sound Lab M1, remain one of the best ever that the magazine has produced, in my opinion...

Despite all the talk about McIntosh gear, I had never had the opportunity to see, let alone hear, one. On a business trip to Shenzhen in southern China, I took a stroll near my hotel along what appeared to be “gadget avenue” – dozens of shops selling all sorts of electronic gadgets. Buried at...

Genre: Pop & Classical Studio: Sugar DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Available Audio Tracks: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (PCM Stereo) The setting is perfect for the Italian singer’s “first-ever pop concert,” as pianist-producer David Foster...

Genre: Jazz Studio: Verve Release Date: 2004 Available Audio Tracks: (Dolby Digital 5.1), (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Live in Paris is the more famous of DK’s concert videos, and it does have many charms. This Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival disc, I feel, showcases her talents better. The...

Genre: Jazz Studio: Sony DVD Release Date: August 22, 2006 Available Audio Tracks: LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Chris gained fame as a member of Sting’s touring band, but he was already well-known to jazz listeners. In this DVD (there’s also a CD, in fact there’s a combo DVD-CD), he is recorded live...

Artist: Keith Jarrett Title: The Melody At Night, With You Year of Release: 1999 Record Label: ECM Genre: Jazz Every ML owner needs a solo piano disc (or 2 or 3 or 100) in his favorite music genre, as we know how well the speakers reproduce the piano. I’ll get to the point: this is the most...

The speakers I have been most curious about are the Sound Labs, particularly the larger ones. Never seen or heard them, though. However, they are often described as good enough to make MLs sound like "toys." And here's another such description...

When Stereophile reviewed the SL3, they also ran a sidebar detailing how they achieved a "completely treated room" using Tube Traps. I've always found it a fascinating read, and wanted to scan and post it here. I asked John Atkinson, Stereophile's Editor, permission to do so. It seems that I...

Room treatments, your experience with MLs Several of us have been mentioning room treatments as important conceptually and a breakthrough empirically, so I thought I'd start a thread dedicated to this. As there's a lot of theory out there, it might be good to focus, instead, on our specific...

For those who own or have experienced this combination (I believe it's called mini-Statement?), I haven't heard this system, and have read little about it, and am curious about: - how well they integrate - the bass of the SW800 on different types of music - whether the ML subs perform better -...