- Mark Levinson Surround (MLS) Audio Software - Optimizes discrete 5.1 playback for Multiseat listening in a 7.1-channel speaker architecture and provides a surround sound experience for stereo source material such as CD and FM. MLS is the only expression of surround sound which has been designed and optimized specifically for the challenges and characteristics exhibited by an automotive passenger cabin.

- All Digital Signal Path from the Disc to the Mark Levinson Discrete Topology Power Amplifiers - Fragile audio signals are often transmitted from the front to the back of the car in an analog format. The analog medium is subject to sonic degradation from noise and magnetic interference within the car as well as numerous conversion processes between analog and digital. To avoid noise pickup and unnecessary and potentially degrading conversion steps, the ML Premium Surround System transmits digital via SPDIF (Sony Philips Digital Interface Format), and 24 bit word lengths are supported.

- Media Compatibility - CD, CD-R, DTS 5.1 CD, DVD Video, DVD Audio and DVD-R discs.

- Format Compatibility - 2-channel Stereo (analog and PCM), 2-channel Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 (from DTS 5.1 CD, DVD Video and DVD Audio discs).

- Proprietary Metal Cone Midrange and Tweeter Transducers - Metal cone geometries offer greater cone rigidity and lower mass. Neodymium magnet/motor structures provide higher magnetic flux levels in a smaller and lighter transducer package.

The sonic benefits of both technologies are:
   - Lower distortion - Higher Resolution
   - Greater Sound Pressure Levels - Natural Dynamics
   - Extended Frequency Response - Harmonic Richness and Musicality

- 25cm/10" Subwoofer with a Cast Basket and 100 Watts of Power - A cast basket subwoofer has been designed and utilized for the first time in a Mark Levinson/Lexus system. This highly rigid, yet lightweight structure is the optimal environment for the high-energy, low-frequency reproduction required of a subwoofer. A cast basket improves performance due to its:
   - Nonresonant properties reducing distortion - Higher Resolution
   - Thermally conductive aluminum casting reducing heat buildup in the motor assembly for increased power handling capacity - Natural Dynamics
   - All-new GS subwoofer driven by 100 watts of Mark Levinson low-distortion power

- Source Dependent Tone Controls - Your favorite tone settings are retained for individual sources.

- Source Dependent MLS - Your favorite MLS setting is retained for individual sources.

- ASL - Volume and tone adjustment for on-the-road system optimization, asymmetrical for surround sound sources.

- ML3 Hardware highlights - Switching power supply, 24 bit ADC and DAC, triple DSP farm, discrete output stages.

- The GS Voicing - Over 1,000 man hours of laboratory and on-road voicing of the Mark Levinson Premium Surround System for the particular acoustic characteristics of the GS passenger cabin.

*All channels driven, 20-20kHz, with no more than 0.1% Total Harmonic Distortion.


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