{"id":161813,"date":"2023-05-23T11:54:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=161813"},"modified":"2023-05-23T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T10:55:30","slug":"mcintosh-unveiled-ml1-mkii-speakers-at-high-end-munich-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/mcintosh-unveiled-ml1-mkii-speakers-at-high-end-munich-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"McIntosh unveiled ML1 MKII speakers at High End Munich 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is alleged that the McIntosh ML1 MKII, which could be\u00a0seen\u00a0at the exhibition in Munich, is a rethought version of the ML-1C model from the mid-70s of the last century.\u00a0They can be compared in the title photo: modern ML1 MKIIs are shown with a stand, vintage ML-1Cs without it.\u00a0The differences are many, and according to McIntosh, this is the result of a &#8220;complete state-of-the-art revamp&#8221; designed to &#8220;reflect the audio standards that the company holds today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result, we still have a four-way &#8220;closed case&#8221; in front of us, but now it has not four, as before, but five speakers.\u00a0This is a 12-inch woofer with a polypropylene cone in a separate sealed inner box, two 4-inch bottom-mid speakers, also made of polypropylene, then a two-inch soft-dome \u201calmost tweeter\u201d and, finally, a 0.75-inch titanium dome tweeter, the same as in the McIntosh XR50 shelf and XR100 floor models.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/87_techweek.jpg\" width=\"1560\" height=\"1040\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a result, the ML1 MKII is capable of handling up to 600 watts, while emphasizing that their sound character is close to the original M1-LC.\u00a0Moreover, unlike them, you can listen to the speakers without the MQ101 or MQ102 equalizers, which were recommended to be used in conjunction with the acoustics of the last century.<\/p>\n<p>Externally, the front panels of the ML1 MKII, unlike the samples, received vertical symmetry, and this is a clear departure from the vintage style.\u00a0But the division into upper and lower sections has been preserved, with a front wall made of oiled solid American walnut and satin veneer.\u00a0The grill of the ML1 MKII is also different &#8211; there are no vertical bars.\u00a0More novelties are provided with stands with an aluminum logo.\u00a0The speakers will go on sale in mid-summer.<\/p>\n<p>For buyers in the US, the McIntosh ML1 MKII speakers will set you back $12,000 per pair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is alleged that the McIntosh ML1 MKII, which could be\u00a0seen\u00a0at the exhibition in Munich, is a rethought version of the ML-1C model from the mid-70s of the last century.\u00a0They can be compared in the title photo: modern ML1 MKIIs are shown with a stand, vintage ML-1Cs without it.\u00a0The differences are many, and according to [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/mcintosh-unveiled-ml1-mkii-speakers-at-high-end-munich-2023\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":161814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-161813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}