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Customer Reviews for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Model: EMESLD
SKU: 2074269
UPC: 877929006150
Learn more about Magnolia Premium Installation Enjoy brilliant audio with this floor speaker that features an 8" high-excursion, doped fiber woofer cone for booming lows and a 34" Xstat Curvilinear Line Source (CLS) electrostatic transducer with 292 sq. in. of radiating surface for amazing sound.
Average Customer Rating:
4.8
out of 5
(8 Reviews) 8
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Customer Reviews for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Review 1 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Awesome speakers
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: Sound,looks.
What's not so great: nothing
I originally looked at these and like other people,I thought they were kind of bright. I ended up going with Mirage OMD 15's 1st. Sent those back and got Def Tech 8060's. They sounded nice but I didn't like how they look and they had sort of an edgy sound. I broke all these speakers in ,but never cranked them anyhow. Went back to BB and listened to the Logan's again,I wanted to pull them out and place them a little better.Wow! What a difference that made. They had a new pair of open box,I bought those. 1 was defective,took it back and got another demo unit. They look like new. I have no idea how many hours are on them,but they sound incredible. I love when friends come over and go up to the speaker and say,where is the sound coming from. LOL Also,you might have to adjust the rake of the speaker with the screw in feet. Makes a big difference. These speakers just took music to a new level compared to my old Paradigm monitor 7's.
This product has... Right size for my space, Easy to set up, Good build quality
About me... Tech savvy
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Love 'em
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
4.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: quality sound, imaging, sound stage, clarity
What's not so great: very tall and wife factor - not liking that they're so tall
I've had these for about 10 days now and am soooo glad I purchased them. I traveled around auditioning speakers for 3 months, including speakers costing 300% - 500% more expensive than the motion ESL's. These sounded just as good as all of them. I would say that they are a little light in the low end, but that's what subwoofers are for. My friends have come over and been blown away with the "concert in your living room". I splurged and went with the Motif center, depth i sub, and FX2's for rears. I have a Yamaha RX-A3010 receiver powering it all, with no Amp. It sounds awesome with 150 watts of clean Yamaha power... especially the SACD's I'm playing through my Oppo disc player. This surround system is one of the best investments I've ever made in my life... but I LOVE music.
This product has... Right size for my space, Good build quality
About me... Audiophile
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 3 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
High Quality Sound at Bargain Price
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: Sound and build quality for the price
What's not so great: None really.
Though I do not have an ear of an "audiophile", I know what sounds good to me, and the precise clarity, crispness of these speakers is amazing. This is my first ever true home theater speaker system. But what really drew my attention to this speaker is how this sound could eminate from this weird design called Electro-static. The weird XStat grill really amazed me. So I have this pair of speakers paired up with their Electro-motion center channel speaker C2 which is made for these, along with the Dynamo 700 sub-woofer.
To the average person they would say $2k is a lot but for high-end sound it's a great price. Playing TV, Blu-ray Discs or DVD or music streaming from my iPod, it sounds sweet. And yes I did break them all in at the required minimum of 72 hours, so now I can crank them up. And best of all, you don't really need that much power to run them. I use the Marantz SR7005 audio/video receiver to power these.
This product has... Right size for my space, Easy to set up, Good build quality, adjustability
About me... practical, Tech savvy
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Audiophile quality on a budget
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
What's not so great: tough to place in a small room
Great sounding speakers once broken in. Very fussy about room placement. Able to show just how good (or poor) of quality your upstream components are. Doesn't need a "monster" amp to sound good.
This product has... Right size for my space
About me... Audiophile
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Great speakers for $2,000
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: It has amazingly fine, detailed and realistic sound with highly precise and focused sound stage.
What's not so great: The bass is only down to 40Hz. You will need a good quality subwoofer.
If you love to play or hear somebody playing acoustic instruments, this speaker is definitely for you. It has amazingly fine, detailed and realistic sound with highly precise and focused sound stage. However, if you are a bass lover, the bass is only down to 40Hz. You will need a good quality subwoofer. Bottom line, this speaker really improves the overall sound quality even it can be driven by a regular receiver and I can't find better sounding speaker at this price including magnepan that also has a rave review.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
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Review 6 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Crisp and Clean Sound
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
5.0
What's great about it: Sounds as brilliant as it looks.
What's not so great: breakin period.....but gets better everyday and gives me something to look forward to.
I heard these in the store and fell in love immediately. Let me put it this way, I came in to buy $500ish full setup, and ended up buying these after I heard them ($4K total setup with Parasound amp and preamp).
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
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Review 7 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
Not as good as older models
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: Golferadam12
from Gurnee, IL
on 04/11/2011
Value for Price
2.0
Sound Quality
2.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
4.0
What's great about it: Looks
What's not so great: Sound
These speakers replaced my defective Martin Logan Source. The ElectroMotions sound too bright and lack the warmth and deatil of other Logan's that I have owned. They look very good and need a lot less power to drive them, but this comes at a price with sound quality being compromised...I just do not understand what ML did here?
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-16points
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Review 8 for MartinLogan ElectroMotion ESL 8" Floor Speaker (Each)
The Brand New Electromotion ESL!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Dynesuffer
on 04/01/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Appearance
5.0
Power
5.0
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What's great about it: Sound (Xstat) 34 inchs, looks, and versatility having the ablity to use as surround or rears because of the smaller size
What's not so great: Not able to Bi-amp and only bare wire/banana plug connectors
I just got the New Electromotion ESL and man am I impressed, these thing are just unbelieveable for the price of $2000 bucks but there are draw backs. You cant bi amp and you cant use spade connectors which I love using...for now though I have hooked them up and only heard a few songs but from what I heard I can tell that the sweet spot is much bigger than the sources being that the new ESL has the Xstat panel and also it is 34 inches vs 28 inches on the source or puritys. Now my only other concern was the height as it's only one inch bigger than the sources which when I stood up there was a very big downgrade to the sound. This is not the case with these speakers.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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