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MartinLogan Spire Speakers— $8,500 of Electrostatic Sound

These new electrostatic speakers from MartinLogan have some fancy-sounding tech built in, and are hand built too. There's the ultra-rigid "AirFrame™" Curvilinear Line Source XStat audio transducer, and a selectable 35Hz equalization option— to better suit your room acoustics. The cabinets come in a variety of woods including maple, wenge, and rotary-cut bubinga. It's a shame I'll never get to hear what the sound quality is like, though: they are $8,500 a pair. For that you do get 200W of sound with apparently "flawless precision." And a pair of very good looking floor-standing speakers. Available soon. [MartinLogan via Ecoustics]

5:57 AM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Kit Eaton
5,464 views, 36 comments

Latest by greggar73: I've been an audio enthusiast for 20 years and Martin Logans are the best speakers that I've heard so far. From more »

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Configure Your Own High-End MartinLogan Speakers, Then Digitally Fondle Them

We've been pretty tough on audiophiles lately with our harping on ripoff speaker cables, but there are some areas where spending more money on audio components can actually make an audible difference. Case in point are MartinLogan electrostatic speakers, decidedly high-end at a cool $11K a pair and up. Just released yesterday is the ability to configure your own MartinLogans on the company's website, choosing colors and finishes for every area of these mysterious-looking, gorgeous speakers. If they sound half as good as they look, this is going to be truly danceable. Too bad the site requires you to download the Viewpoint Media Player to see the manipulatable 3D models, but it's worth it just to virtually manhandle all that sumptuous speaker-flesh. [MartinLogan]

3:15 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Charlie White
3,432 views, 13 comments

Latest by sleepysurf: Granted, electrostatics are NOT for EVERYONE, nor will they sound good in ANY room. However, for those who are serious more »