Spkrdctr Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Well, I have been waiting to buy a set of Martin Logan speakers, (the smallest fullrange electrostatic model) and I went and listened to them yesterday. I thought, gee, they sound pretty good, but not THAT good for the money. I then went home and listened to my KSF 8.5s with my Klipsch center channel and said, gee, this setup sounds just as good as the Martin Logans! So, I'm saving a huge amount of cash ($3000) and keeping my Klipsch. Oh well, when you start with the best, it is hard to go to something else. Another old test I did a few years ago was listening to the Legacy Focus speakers ($5000/pr I think) versus the KLF 20 and 30. The Klipsch 20s at one third the price sounded better than the Legacy Focus. Every time I listen to another brand, and then listen to a comparable Kilpsch product, the Klipsch always wins. Kind of strange....... I might have to go to Indy and talk with the engineers...seems they are on to something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 The something that Klipsch is onto is high sensitivity. Read the Dope from Hope on the Technical questions forum. PWK himself explains the magic. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenratboy Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Martin Logan's are good. Very good. They are, however, not cheap, not cheap at all. Also, you need a LOT of power to drive them, especially the bigger ones. I will have trouble topping myu Chorus II's unless I want bigger Klipsch or spend $50,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddvj Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I think Martin Logan's are a gimmick. I wouldn't mind having one of their subwoofers, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I like the sound of the Logans, with silver-gray amplifiers as solid as a concrete block and costing at least as much as the loudspeakers themselves. One thing I noticed was that the bottom of there loudspeaker line (what, $1500?) sounds very much like the top of their loudspeaker line. The $70K statements are wonderful, but most of the improvement came from columns of actively-powered, large subwoofers. If you like their clear and sweet presentation, the mid-range and top end on their entry level models sound almost as good as their top of the line models. As loudspeakers get wider and flatter, amplifiers develop more headroom and cleaner sound, rooms become less bumpy so frequency response is smoother, many loudspeakers I have heard sound more incredibly wonderfully alike than different. But yes, indeed, it does seem like a lot of electrostatic, other panel and even cone loudspeaker guys are always trying to get better sound out of their amplifiers, when the problem is the high distortion and low dynamic range of their speakers: See Deprecating The Gifts Of The G-ds, in the archives, EnjoyTheMusic.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdm56 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 I always thought M-L's had one of the most seductive midrange's I'd ever heard. But that was off-set by the laser beam highs and the kinda mushy and lifeless bass. Plus, it's hard to feel confident in a speaker you can see through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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