Customer Ratings & Reviews

These speakers are great as standalone speakers. Their bass digs decently deep with great resolve on the tweeter. The soundstage is good with very good separation of instruments and vocals. Present a great a center image. I will say if you have good subs already at your disposal, opt for the XT B100 bookshelves from Martin Logan’s. Doing a direct AB between these two, it was very apparent how the motion XT tweeter shines over the motion tweeter in these. The B100s have a very transparent sound, much better depth and a greater sense of scale surprisingly. They completely disappear and the sounds seems like it’s coming from a large canvas. A true marvel at their price. Just remember, they do not have solid bass and should be used with a sub, preferably crossing over at 80-100hz depending on your room and subs. Used a denon x4800h bi-amped for both speakers. If you have the space, B100 with good subs 100%!

wow is all I can say, I upgraded my 24 yr old Boston Acoustic speaker system with these new Marti Logans and it's lke being in a theater, these floors with a center and 4 in walls, along with a subwoofer has me back into watching action driven movies again!!

Martin Logan F20 speakers. I can’t claim to love my movie entertainment any more than I love my vast selection of music. Having the best reproduction of sound has been an ongoing pursuit. I want to have seat shaking sound when tanks rumble by or when rockets launch skyward on the screen and still be able to have accurate representation of individual instruments in a full orchestra or the overtones that separate the sound of a violin from a cello. With so much music and movies accessible at exceptionally high quality via streaming and disks, it’s now possible to recreate a theater or concert venue at home. I’ve been on a quest most of my life to do that very thing. PREVIEW: Yes, these Martin Logan speakers demonstrated an ability to deliver accurate reproduction of every sound. Honestly, I’ve found several competing speakers that are similarly accurate. What separates these Martin Logans from the pack is their ability to cover a range of quiet, even delicate tones or voices and deliver explosive sounds with equal ease. Although I anticipated Martin Logan’s famous capabilities in the upper frequency ranges, I was surprised at their competence handling bass with authority, and especially their very dynamic presentation. It was as if they had two personalities. They are subtle, beautifully delicate with detail layered on top of a rock’n roll’n raucous bad boy slam. The front stage they create is broad and it holds up well even seated off to one side of a room. They make voices easy to understand. My only internal debate concerns what room will they end up in: theater or my large family space? SETUP: From the heavy packaging to the accessory box with the gorgeous outrigger speaker supports, Martin Logan lets you know they think these speakers are special. Sliding the flawless black gloss speakers our of their fabric sock seals the deal. These are special speakers challenging the rest of the $3-5,000 competition. My largest room listening/viewing area is equipped with a Yamaha Aventage RXA860 acting as a pre-amp for a Parasound 5125 multi-channel amp, providing an honest 125w/channel into 8 Ohms, and 185w/channel into 4 Ohms, which is the load these Martin Logans most often present to an amp. Later on during my early listening tests I moved them to my smaller (14’ square) theater room where I use a Yamaha Aventage RXA2070. This less demanding space allows the 140w/ch available power to easily drive the F20s. These are demanding speakers which will over-stress AVRs that don’t have robust power supplies or aren’t stable with 4ohm speakers. [Such AVRs will have stickers advising you of problems with 4 ohm speakers.] With these two amplifiers, the Motion F20s will play loud, louder than the previous speakers that occupied these locations. Phono purists might be disappointed that I rely on Apple Music (up to 24-bit/192kHz) music streaming exclusively but that also means I can listen to Dolby Atmos-powered Spatial Audio. Movie sources include the highest quality audio streaming but more often I use the UHD or Blu-ray disk formats because I really do prefer best available audio/video quality. [Because I knew I would be listening to multi-channel music and movies, I added Martin Logan’s Motion 50XTi center channel speaker from their previous line-up. That deserves its own review, but, I can say it is equally impressive.]] LISTENING to MUSIC: I started with popular music from my youth, because it is so familiar to me. The Doors, “Spanish Caravan”, John Lennon’s voice on “Girl”, and the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young all have strong bass and drum accompaniment and very natural, recognizable male voices. Music was fun to listen to, but before I used room equalization on both of my AVRs, there were times when the upper bass stepped forward more than I remember. It didn’t keep me from increasing the volume on Van Morrison’s “In the Afternoon”. Here Morrison’s voice sounded like he was sitting on a stool in a club, very intimately sharing a memory. I also sampled selections from Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” because it features the orchestra’s a wide variety of instruments which all get are properly presented with the Motion F20s detailed and lightning fast transient response. I came forward in time and played a mix. Starting With Paramore’s “Big Man, Little Dignity:, Hayley Williams’s voice stays smooth and intimate. Miley Cyrus sounded raucous with her new recordings, especially the live recordings. Alicia Keyes “Butterflyz” and Alison Krauss “When you Say Nothing At All” were delivered with delicacy and proper attention to the variety of instruments and musicians on hand. Of course I had to invite song birds Arian Grande, Adele, Mariah and even Sam Smith to the audition. All of them easily filled the room with music that never fell short of realistic in quality, accuracy and volume. These speakers have no bad habits. Billie Eilish’s thundering bass accompaniment never sounded more present. LISTENING TO MOVIE SOUND-TRACKS: I have this internal debate about what I want in my speakers. I’ve typically put my money on speakers that are completely neutral, with a ruler flat frequency response. This too often has meant I must sacrifice dynamics, the widest range of the loudest to the quietest sounds. My very accurate speakers often sound strained when forced to cover a broad volume range. If dialog is fine, the explosive scenes must be limited. These Martin Logan F20s toss out that limitation. These F20s challenge you to play your most dynamic movie sound tracks and enjoy the entire range of sounds. Almost every Jurassic Park movie, Star Trek movies, the Mummy series, Star Wars all want to be played on a sound system that can soar to the extremes while staying loud but no harsh in any way. I sampled scenes from each of these and these movies haven’t sounded better. The newest Top Gun sequel could convince the neighborhood to run to their windows for a flyby. It demands to be be played at realistic volumes, and the F20s don’t disappoint. I also remembered to play my favorite streaming soundtrack, “The Politician”, and the wonderful “River” by Joni Mitchell sung by Ben Platt. I have never heard it sound better, more real, more “right there in the room” like the entire episode (and series) which was recorded wonderfully. QUIBBLES? You definitely want to use your AVR’s or pre-amp’s auto-equalization. Those systems in my two Yamaha’s nicely corrected what I interpreted as an over-active bass response that starts in the lowest frequency range and has the potential of muddying male voices. Well, I’m probably the only person trying to dial back the bass region of these wonderful speakers. Some owners will see this as an opportunity to delay buying subwoofers. Another fault, which you likely will NOT see as a problem, is these speakers really love to be played at volume. I find they come into best tonal balance at louder volumes in larger spaces. Don’t get me wrong, I usually listen at normal even softer volumes, but the Martin Logan’s create an urge to surge the volumes. SUMMARY: These Martin Logan’s fill my large family room better than any speakers I’ve ever owned, and with less sense of strain. I strongly urge that new owners match these with an AVR or Amp that has an equalizer, better yet, AUTO-equalizer feature to get the best performance. Many end users will want to ensure the bass equalization brings the Martin Logans into a balance for YOUR unique room size and layout. After doing this for my room, that upper bass sounded authoritative but balanced. The lower bass is outstanding. The treble always sounded natural, and I preferred a towed-in orientation of my speakers. Many buyers will wonder if they should have spent extra for the bigger Martin Logan Motion Series. I can’t imagine needing larger unless you have a massive living space. Highly Recommended.

I recently decided it is time to upgrade my good old Infinity Beta 50 floor standing loudspeakers in a quest for fresher sound. I have been admiring my brother in law’s B&W speakers but aside from being way outside of my price range, they are also a much older model that was discontinued years ago. I’ve listened to a few other brands at the local BestBuy and finally narrowed it down to these MartinLogan Motion F20s based on their performance, price and build quality. Received them well wrapped and packed on a pallet. These speakers are heavy, despite being smaller than my previous Beta 50s. Make sure you open the boxes from the bottom as clearly printed on the box. There is a reason for that - the box of accessories, that includes the feet is packed at the bottom of the box. So you can install them first and then get the speakers upright. I am impressed with the level of detail and care Martin Logan put into the build and packing of these speakers, even though they are manufactured in China. They also include a very nice fitted fabric cover with the Motion by Martin Logan printed on the front. Moving on from the esthetics to the more technical aspects. They are rated at 4 Ohms with a very good sensitivity of 92db which is usually found in much more expensive speakers. The frequency response is equally impressive ranging from a low 35 Hz for great bass reproduction to 25 KHz for even greater trebles coming from the updated folded motion tweeters. For now I have these connected to the equally stylish dual-amp capable binding posts to a Yamaha RX-A820 that can handle them fine at moderate volume without overheating, but it may be a different story when it gets hot in the summer. Most of the time on this setup is spent watching movies and sports, and they sound sharp and clear vocals with very tight bass and a wide field of sound that’s suitable for multiple listening positions. Even at a lower volume they articulate all sounds beautifully, including plenty of mid-range frequencies despite the slightly smaller single mid-range driver. I actually prefer the bass reflex down-firing ported box that makes it less relevant where to place these speakers in relation to the surrounding walls. Stereo music listening is phenomenal, especially in higher definition from either an HD streaming service or in my case from the good-old DVD-Audio DTS format that is more of a collectible item now. I have a few excellent classical collections as well as some great classics like Fleetwood Mac, Peter Gabriel and several Eagles albums. These ML F20’s have renewed my interest in listening to music out loud instead of the more popular, always on the run earbuds. All in all if you have a decent budget, a quality AV Receiver or Amp and of course a larger room and space for floorstanding speakers, I would highly recommend these.

Replacing my ML Motion 40's with these. Im running them a 5.1 system with a Marantz receiver and Emotiva amp, and they sound simply amazing, just hit so perfectly. I will say you must amp these speakers if you want the true quality of sound they are capable of, running them directly off the receiver is not something I would recommend and quite simply a waste.

Great power full speakers. Feels like you are taking into a concert. Movies and music are will now take you into 4th dimension as you are immersed. Worth the money for these twin towers.

These speakers are just amazing and they perform well for home theater setup.

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Pro: -Clear detailed sound -Bi-Wire connection optional -Include cover sheet Con: -Bass news subwoofer to supplement -Need to be in a big space Packaging and setup These speakers are heavy and may need some help moving them in place. Following the instructions on the box, and opening the box from the bottom, attach the feet and flip it over. You can either connect it with a standard single wire connection using the top poles or, if your receiver has the option, use a bi-wire connection. These are big speakers and sound best when set about 10’ away from the listener. Audio Quality I have these hooked up to an average home AVR, the Sony STR-DN 1080. Overall the sound clarity is just amazing. They have clear and detailed mids and highs, filling the space as if you’re center stage. It’s lacking on the bass and needs a subwoofer to add more punch to the sound. Sound stage, to be cliche, really does sound as if you’re right there on center stage. You can clearly hear sounds entering at different positions of the stage, from the subtle taps to the impactful beats. Midrange is fantastic. Vocals are distinct and all the subtle detailed sounds of the mouth, from the clicking of the tongue to quick gasps of breath, can clearly be heard. The singer sounds as if they’re right next to you. Low Range is a bit weaker. The presence is there and still audible but it lacks impact. It’s good enough to hear the percussions or rumbling sound effects, but it really needs a subwoofer to fill in the sound. These speakers have great dynamic range as well. From the quiet build out of the cymbals to the sudden burst of drums, these speakers can easily handle them. As a part of a surround sound set up for movies, these make my living room sound more like being in a small theater. Even with my underpowered receiver, it fills my room with the range and impactful punch of an action movie and all the quiet details during calmer scenes. With the size of my room, keeping the volume at 20% was more than enough. If you’re looking for a higher end audio, then these speakers will serve you well. It’s best to pair them with a beefy receiver to really get the best out of these speakers, but they will still work with most standard 6-8 ohm AVR. Even by themselves, they sound amazing, but adding a subwoofer will fill in the gap for the bass. I now want to upgrade all my other speakers to match these.

So we just received our new Martin Logan Motion Series F20 3-Way Tower Speakers a few days ago and have been putting these bad boys through their paces. First off, get someone to help with setting these up because although they are extremely nice, they are pretty heavy as well. They come in 3 different colors: Gloss Black, Satin White, and Walnut. We chose to go with the Gloss Black, which is very sleek, and matches the rest of our aesthetic décor in our main living room. We love the mirror like finish on these speakers. Opening the speakers up are pretty straightforward, though I opened .up the wrong end on the first speaker. But if you follow instructions and actually “read” the writing on box you should be good. Opening up the boxes on the bottom allows you to attach the feet before flipping it right side up to where they are ready to be connected. Just looking at the speakers before connecting them, we were just in awe of the strong build quality and craftsmanship of the speakers. Once we got the feet attached and the speakers upright we simply popped on the banana plugs onto the back of the speakers at the bottom and into the corresponding terminals on the back of our Sony STR-DH790. These speakers are replacing an old set of non-tower speakers from an old bookshelf style CD player that we had about 10 years ago. Man oh man, when we finally got the chance to power up our receiver with the newly installed MartinLogan Motion F20 speakers, we were blown away. The of bass and clarity and all around surround sound was truly epic. Nothing sounded muffled at all, just crisp, clean, and clear sound. It felt as though we were actually finally getting true surround sound. We loaded up one of our favorite action movies and it was as if we were in the middle of all the action on-screen. To hear the different sounds was amazing. Next we switched them over from movies to music and was just as impressed. Like, we could hear the different instruments and sounds in songs we hadn't heard before (not to mention the lyrics were a lot clearer as well). We've had people ask if we were at the movies a couple of times when they called us. That's how awesome these speakers sound. In addition to the accessories box, which housed the feet and attachment screws, MartinLogan also included a dust cover for each speaker. You can tell just how much MartinLogan believes in their products and want their consumers to help protect and take care of their products for a long time. I highly recommend these speakers if you're in the market for some new speakers to add-on or replace other speakers in your setup. I promise you wont be disappointed. So far, there's nothing we can say about these speakers that we don't like. They're just amazing.

A-MAZ-ING. I’ve had these for a day now and I am impressed! These speakers replaced my ML ESL electrostats and although the sound is a bit different I like it much better. I am running these with a Marantz SR5010 which provides 100w per channel, ML Motion FX for surrounds, ML Motion 8 center channel, and an SVS PB2000 for my subwoofer. The power from my amp is clearly enough to power these at higher power, I haven’t broken the in yet so I’m sure they will sound better over time. I had my ESLs for 8 years now and was very accustomed to the electrostatic sound however these speakers give a deeper spacial sound with a better midrange which balances out the sound. What I like better is that I have a big sectional couch and with electrostats your “sweet spot” is much narrower and with these it is much broader which is what I need. I can say whether it’s movies or music I prefer these traditional type speakers. I don’t think they look as impressive as the electrostats but they are very well designed. The black gloss is very well done and I love the grills over each cone vs. a grill over the whole front. The feet are very well crafted and look beautiful. The one thing I would change, not that it’s a dealbreaker, is the whole speaker is piano gloss black minus the front. I wish they had carried it to the front as well. I think the ML logo is perfectly placed on the front. The packaging is exactly what I would expect from ML. Even if the worst shipper beat these up the package protects them. Just for extras, the speakers come with high quality dust covers and 2 large ML stickers per speaker to show off your brand. Overall, these are great. The ESLs are great but I believe these are better. Midrange is tighter, bass is tighter, and the 2nd gen folded tweeter sounds as good as electrostats.