First, of course, about the far from the highest level of horizontal dispersion of sound. When placing acoustics, you need to remember about a number of specific nuances of electrostatic emitters. Frankly, the spread is too large, the lower limit causes some skepticism… But there is room for experiments, which is nice. Their manufacturer’s recommended wattage is from 20 to 400 watts. The connection of the speakers, as we said above, is done using clamping terminals, as well as Banana or Spade connectors, bi-wiring or bi-amping are possible. If necessary, the spikes can be closed with complete rubber caps. For its correct operation, it is necessary to raise the speakers high enough above the floor, therefore the legs with spikes located in the same place are relatively long. The large bass reflex port is located at the bottom of the bass section. Below is a connector for complete power supplies – external power is needed for acoustics to supply voltage to the stators, which provides electrostatic interaction between them and the membrane. By default, the terminals have jumpers that can be removed for bi-wiring or bi-amping connections. Below it is a panel, which we will consider separately.Ĭonnecting acoustics to amplifiers is possible both using clamping terminals, and using Banana or Spade connectors. The second speaker looks exactly the same as the first. The bass speakers are responsible for frequencies below 400 Hz, the band separation is carried out by proprietary Vojtko crossovers.Īnother subwoofer is housed in a slanted rear panel and also covered with a removable fabric mesh. Removing the grille, we see a low-frequency radiator with a diameter of 20.3 cm with a paper cone impregnated with a special compound that increases the rigidity. One of the speakers is brought forward and covered with a removable grill with the manufacturer’s logo. Simply put, despite the considerable capabilities of the Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL-X to reproduce the low frequency range, their owners are unlikely to encounter boomy bass. Thanks to it, the speakers are a little easier to place in the room, the comfortable listening area is noticeably expanding, but it still remains relatively small – more on that below.Īt the bottom of the speakers is a subwoofer with two speakers housed in an asymmetric chamber to prevent unwanted resonances and the formation of standing waves inside the cabinet. This is one of the interesting features of Martin Logan products called CLS (Curvilinear Line Source). Here once again we note only the curved shape of the emitters, which makes it possible to expand the directional pattern. We talked in detail about the device of this type of emitters in the already mentioned review of the younger model, we will not repeat ourselves. Well, comparisons with dynamic converters are not at all appropriate here – which, in fact, is one of the features. The Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL-X has a proprietary XStat transducer with an impressive 2233 cm² – 341 cm² more than just the ESL.
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The drivers are slightly tilted back to help prevent unwanted floor reflections. It looks strict, but very impressive – you can definitely count on the surprised exclamations of friends who first saw the columns. The speakers are delivered only in black, but in two design options: with a glossy piano lacquered base or a matt base. It looks extremely impressive and unusual, and has the most direct impact on the sound. The main element of both the construction and design of the Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL-X is, of course, the translucent electrostatic emitter itself. Information on the website of the company.Nominal impedance 6 ohms (compatible with 4, 6 and 8 ohm amplifiers).HF+MF – emitter XStat CLS electrostatic emitter, size 102×22 cm.Frequency range (± 3 dB) 44 Hz – 22 kHz.Sound and frequency response measurements.To begin with – as always, brief technical characteristics.
It turns out this “faster, higher, stronger” with a predictably better response in the low-frequency range and a more interesting middle, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves – we will talk about the sound separately and in detail.
In addition, instead of one dynamic bass radiator with a diameter of 20 cm, the more advanced model has two in a rather tricky way – we’ll talk about this separately. The dimensions of the electrostatic emitter of the younger model are 86×22 cm, but in the ESL-X they are noticeably larger – 102×22 cm.
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