AZ loves ML
- Tuesday, January 5, 2016
What makes the Motion Series sound so amazing? MartinLogan's dedicated in-house engineering team started by utilizing and refining the most advanced, compact technologies and combining them with innovative engineering. The result is an emotionally engaging sound that rivals (and most times trounces) traditional loudspeakers of similar size and price.
Motion 30 combine high-excursion, black aluminum cone woofers and low-turbulence, rear-firing bass ports, and features 5.5-inch drivers paired with an advanced Folded Motion tweeter. Each model creates clear, highly dynamic, and precise sound. Premium, five-way binding posts assure a solid connection.
The signature Folded Motion tweeters utilize extremely low mass diaphragms that "squeeze" air, and require significantly less excursion than the typical 1-inch dome tweeter, which drastically minimizes distortion while providing a lightning fast response time. The increased surface area also provides a wide, yet controlled sound dispersion to create a realistic and carefully etched sound stage.
"The thing I love most about the Motion 40s and Motion 30 in my surround system...is how revealing they are, without being punishing... Amazingly, with even the most action-packed sequences, the Motion 30 never suffers due to its size, and in fact it holds its own with center channels way, way larger. Dialogue clarity is fantastic, integration with the rest of the system is simply superb, and dispersion is (almost) perfect... So needless to say, I love them, especially for the price."
"This system is so sublime and so thoroughly enthralling that it feels miserly to limit the description to super-premium. The MartinLogan Motion 40 system is one of those rare products that comes along in which every aspect construction, physical appearance, emotional appeal, etc. is so ideally matched in its expression to one another that the finished whole transcends the category that the parts would have normally put it in. This system has that special essence of completeness that’s extremely difficult to find at any price. Marvelous, MartinLogan. Absolutely marvelous."
Motion 30 for center channel
About 3 months ago, I invested in a pair ML Motion 40s and the Dynamo 1000. I knew the center channel would be the next purchase as I needed something that would properly pair with the 40s. Well, I got my new Christmas present to myself in the Motion 30 and I'm loving it. Dialogue is crisper than ever and I can actually hear the characters speaking much better than before. Also, when I'm listening to music in 7 channel surround, I am enveloped in a room of sound. The staging is just phenomenal and I couldn't be happier. Yes, $700 is a lot to spend on a speaker, but remember most of your sound actually goes through the center channel! It's the most important speaker in your system! Highly recommend.