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The first in two planned streaming products from D'Agostino is the MLife shown at CES this year. The MLife is based on the company's Momentum 200/wpc integrated amp, and adds built-in UPnP streaming, AirPlay, Bluetooth and the hot new streaming service at the show, Tidal. There is also a 5-inch LCD screen on the front panel for displaying streaming metadata (where the tone controls on the Momentum used to sit).

At $48k it's not cheap but does include some very nicely developed bespoke software to run the entire system from an iOS or Android tablet. At showtime, the demo had not fully integrated Tidal into the app, but it was able to control the MLife functions, as well as other streaming sources. Formats supported incude: DSD, WAV, FLAC, and PCM up to 24/192, as well as assorted lossy formats. Everything should be available in April this year, and more streaming services are planned such as Spotify, Deezer and Sirius XM.The second product in the series will be a preamp/DAC/streamer version without the amplification, which the company's Francesco Rossi said should appear in 2016. Rossi added that the best way to use the new MLife is on a wired network if possible, with the wireless capabilities for less critical listening.
 

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joeinid said:
Mcintosh update:

All new !!!!

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8-track integrated !
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LMAO! McIntosh's innovation has been PATHETIC the past few years. Enough with the digital/headphone/headphone amp/boombox crap. What about products for their core consumers? Where's the amps? How about an update to their 10 year old statement preamps (which don't sound any better than a $5000 preamp today.) How about a statement CD player that doesn't get clobbered by a $1200 Oppo? How about KT-150's in the 2301's. Christ, most would settle for the new speaker terminals on the 2301's and a slightly bigger meter....call it the 2302 and move on. How about the new sound from the 601/452 in a reworked 1.2kw? A 1.5KW perhaps?

Hard to believe ARC and Mc are in the same family. One changes models faster than most change their underwear and the other is so stagnate they may need medical shock treatment to restart innovation.

OK...rant over. Carry on.
 
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The first in two planned streaming products from D'Agostino is the MLife shown at CES this year. The MLife is based on the company's Momentum 200/wpc integrated amp, and adds built-in UPnP streaming, AirPlay, Bluetooth and the hot new streaming service at the show, Tidal. There is also a 5-inch LCD screen on the front panel for displaying streaming metadata (where the tone controls on the Momentum used to sit).

At $48k it's not cheap but does include some very nicely developed bespoke software to run the entire system from an iOS or Android tablet. At showtime, the demo had not fully integrated Tidal into the app, but it was able to control the MLife functions, as well as other streaming sources. Formats supported incude: DSD, WAV, FLAC, and PCM up to 24/192, as well as assorted lossy formats. Everything should be available in April this year, and more streaming services are planned such as Spotify, Deezer and Sirius XM.The second product in the series will be a preamp/DAC/streamer version without the amplification, which the company's Francesco Rossi said should appear in 2016. Rossi added that the best way to use the new MLife is on a wired network if possible, with the wireless capabilities for less critical listening.
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Thanks for posting. This is a brilliant product. Bravo to Dan.
 
KeithR said:
most of the 2nd and 3rd page photos aren't showing up...
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Same here for Page 2. Page 3 has photos but I had to log out and log back in to even see page 3. Before that it did not exist. I even closed the site and reopened it while still logged in and did not get page 3. I am using a desktop with W7.

Now I can only see one thread and that is this one.
 
Mike, thanks for all the pictures for those who can't be there. I'm only a couple hundred miles away, babysitting the grandkids in LA where it is 80 degrees. Maier Shadi is at CES, so I can't visit him.

Is it possible to edit the captions on some of the photos so the brands and models of the equipment are listed for those of us who can't tell one box from another? Many of the photos are listed with names, but many just have a comment on the sound. There are sometimes photos of the banners, but I can't always tell what the logo is or know what it refers to.

Thanks, Larry
 
Hi Larry - I'm not there, Jon is. I will do what I can from my end. Unless Jon has a notepad with him, getting the exact model number for each and every product will be difficult.
 
Jon said this thing is amazing.

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I asked Jon for his favorites and he said:

Listed by speaker (no particular order):

Acapella
Alexia (Soulution)
Bryston Mini T
*Devialet Phantom
Kaiser (Kondo)
King Sound Prince
Magico S1 (with Lumin)
**Magico Q7
Verity Lohengrin

*Best in show - value
**Best in show
 
soundqcar said:
I enjoy Jon's caustic style. :D

Having been to more shows than I care to count, I know it's almost a fluke when I run across a good sounding room. Good to see someone telling it like it is.
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Ha! having been to CES's before--luv his comments--and agree with most of them!:P

Bruce
 
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