MartinLogan Motion & Motion XT Home Theater Speaker Overview

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Our friends at MartinLogan have just released an incredible update to their line of Motion Series loudspeakers. Completely reimagined with a fresh attitude and sleek design, the series includes four new tower models, two bookshelf speaker pairs, two center channels, and a very cool new multipurpose speaker. These are broken down into two series within the Motion line - the Motion and Motion XT.
The Motion Series was introduced many years ago to deliver an effortless electrostatic sound without the cost associated with true electrostatic speakers. One big secret to their success was the MartinLogan Folded Motion Tweeter, which delivers the open sound people associate with electrostatics in a more conventional design.
These latest additions are the fourth generation of the Motion Series. Audio Advice is one of the largest MartinLogan dealers in the world, which gives us access to their engineers to get the inside scoop on some of the new tech, including some prototypes to test out for this video. Neat huh?
When MartinLogan said, all-new, they meant it - updated drivers, cabinets, and cosmetics. MartinLogan insiders told us the goal was to improve sensitivity, lower distortion, provide higher output, and get even closer to a flat frequency response. We love all of those characteristics at Audio Advice. In our opinion, they have certainly pulled it all off. They also succeeded in changing the look of the new models quite nicely.
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@chadfagin Жыл бұрын

This is exciting, Martin Logan did an amazing job bringing this to the next level. I can't wait to listen in store on Saturday!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We hope to see you there! Thanks for watching

@xsamitt Жыл бұрын

How did it sound chad?

@Novilicious Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Stunning and modern look for those large towers! 😮 10/10 would buy the XT200 in walnut finish 😍 stunning design with the black and gold! ❤

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yes, they are beautiful! Thanks for watching :)

@Ann-yn1pb Жыл бұрын

I love the new look of these. I think most people will show these with the grills off as it looks really cool. Great job on the video. You made it super easy to follow. I've gotten equipment from you all before and your customer service is terrific.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@heather4079 Жыл бұрын

LOVE the updated look - the walnut is beautiful! Can't wait to experience them at the event on Saturday!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yes, they look really great. The event is going to be a lot of fun too!

@edwinsantos827 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally someone has done a review of the newest speaker options available to consumers on the market for an entire set up. Now I want more reviews of other brands as well. Getting on your site to check pricing and evaluate which Martins I could use. Awesome job guys and than you for listening!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! And thanks for watching! 😊

@Breakinlife007 Жыл бұрын

By far the best in depth review of any speaker product line. Nice job.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@alcozar5905 Жыл бұрын

Great video, detailed Martin Logan has an exciting new line up.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it

@jessehayes3029 Жыл бұрын

I can't wait to hear these!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We are having a fun event this Saturday in our Raleigh store to show them off

@AudioElectronicsChicago Жыл бұрын

wow, totally different design, I love it

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@sirjared21 Жыл бұрын

Currently have a mix of first and second gen motions. This might be enough for me to do a full swap. They look amazing!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We are glad you like them!

@marisagbecerra Жыл бұрын

This looks so good !!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sethfm9773 Жыл бұрын

These look like a major upgrade. I love the new look.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Thanks for sharing

@javidtaghiyev8650 Жыл бұрын

Love the new look! nice video btw!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

@thepracticalaudiophile Жыл бұрын

These are my new dream speakers.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We will be ready to help you out when its time for you to move up! Thanks for watching

@kingtrance307 Жыл бұрын

They new line up looks very nice indeed and that makes the current blowout prices on the 60 XTi’s an even better value!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@chrisgargiulo304 Жыл бұрын

Those look great!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@brazillm10 Жыл бұрын

I love the new cosmetics!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

It is a big improvement and the sound is as well.

@bootneylee9802 Жыл бұрын

Those are beautiful speakers.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

They sure are! 😃

@johnfinnerty2336 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to hear these one day. I hope they update there in wall line next

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Us too! Thanks for watching!

@Hi-mn7cr Жыл бұрын

Is the dispersion of the tweeter pretty flat horizontally to cover fours theater seats in a row about 10 feet from the speaker?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

That is pretty close for 4 seats, if you had the speakers spread the same distance as the outer edges of the seats, yes.

@NickkaDUB Жыл бұрын

Why are they as expensive as a used car? At what point do these prices get out of hand? In this day and age where our floorstanding speakers are almost a thing of the past, you’d think with an exceptional product they’d lower the co💲t and try to get more business in quantity while trying to save the hobby. Even after showing this younger generation how amazing stereo and home theater can be, they’d rather go with a soundbar or earbuds. I mean my headphones have 12 drivers and haptics. My surround sound is 6 Klipsch floorstanding speakers and each have 2 10’s, a center with 4 6’s and a 10 (upfiring), 4 pioneer Atmos and 2 velodyne 12 subs. Maybe Martin Logan feel they get enough business from rich people, but I feel like there’s no rhyme or reason to a lot of the prices we have today. Their price points keep getting higher where the performance isn’t justifying it. I can’t knock the products as a whole, just the price. I sold, designed and built home theaters for 20 years with Circuit City, HH Gregg and our own construction company. People like these speakers, but most can’t afford them.

@miked91101 11 ай бұрын

I know what ya mean about the prices, i would like to upgrade my 25-year-old floor standing Paradigm Reference Studio/100 Loudspeakers... but they still sound great to my ears, and back then only cost 1800.00 a pair...

@NickkaDUB 11 ай бұрын

@@miked91101 And you never get your money back out of them. Last month I bought a pair of Def Tech BP-8080ST’s for $500. This weekend I’m picking up two Def Tech Mythos ST and 4 Mythos Gem XL for $500 total. The 8080’s and the Mythos towers both cost $4,000 a pair. I almost feel bad for the guys I bought them from. Oh, and the center channel was $1500 which he threw in for $100. That was the CS-8080. These are awesome speakers. I unhooked my subs to see how these did with bass. I never felt the need to hook the subs back up and the bass will be even better when I add the Mythos ST which also have built in subs. I used to have car stereos that hit over 137db, but I’m still fine with these speakers. I don’t even have power amps. I just use a really nice receiver. If your speakers still sound good, keep them. My other Klipsch system have speakers that are about 20 years old. I haven’t even had to upgrade the capacitors or baffles. You could see if there’s a kit to upgrade yours. If you’re set on getting different speakers, watch eBay or FB Marketplace. You will save so much money. Just make sure you can return them if there’s any issues. I even got the $2000 Pioneer Elite 505 new for $800.

@jstoli996c4s Жыл бұрын

These Logans look impressive.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

They really are! Thanks for watching

@kevinfestner6126 Жыл бұрын

Great review! Just subscribed. I am building two home theater systems, and a legacy listening room. The first is the great room and I'm doing these with a hybrid of RSL legacy speakers and their new line of home theater speakers. The L & R fronts are the old RSL 3800s, 3 way 12 inch woofer. The remainder is from their current line of home theater speakers. I have a certain loyalty to the RSL family, and I believe they are up there with other speaker manufacturers, such as JBL (historically) and currently, with Martin Logan. RSL currently uses Kevlar drivers in their new lines. I don't have the perfect listening conditions. The legacy listening room consists of my Marantz 2270, the Pioneer CT-F1250 cassette deck, the Dual CS 607 turntable, and the ESS Heil Air Motion two way legacy AMT speakers. Now comes the question, this for my master bedroom home theater system. I have some legacy Martin Logan Motion 40, with I believe is a Motion 8 center speaker, if I recall. I wonder if there old Motion 20s would be a good fit for the rear speakers. And, I wonder what a good Martin Logan sub would be without breaking the bank.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome setups! Yes, it looks like the Motion 20 would work good for surrounds depending on how your room is set up. Or you could look at the Motion 15 bookshelf speakers and stands if you need to place them in a tighter location. A good ML subwoofer would be here: www.audioadvice.com/martin-logan-dynamo-400d We'd recommend chatting or calling one of our home theater experts if you need more help! Thanks for sharing!

@suhasvaitla7086 11 ай бұрын

it is great review which made me to think to take the speakers for my home theater . i have a ceiling height of only 8 feet . Can i use this for right and left and use in wall speaker from matin logan for center. want to avoid keeping center channal (XTW6-LCR) very given the ceiling height of 8 feet and 123 inch screen(16:9)?

@AudioAdvice 11 ай бұрын

Best to give our team at call at www.audioadvice.com so they can review your exact situation and give you the best advice possible.

@ubacow7109 Жыл бұрын

Glad that they finally have some more attractive looking speakers

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, yes these look really great in person

@hectorvargas6742 10 ай бұрын

Hola muy buenos dias.....estoy por comprar 4 bocinas de techo...que por el espacio ya hecho 10 1/8 del hueco y estoy entre Matin Logan MC6 HT ....XTC-8 ó las GoldenEar 7000.....cual me recomiendas o existe alguna que suene mejor ?

@AudioAdvice 10 ай бұрын

Reach out to our team of experts at audioadvice.com and they can help you out! Thanks!

@ionutserban4253 Жыл бұрын

Hello. I want to set up a two-channel stereo system as simply as possible, without a subwoofer, and if it's ok with an all-in-one amplifier, 20 mp listening room. Do these speakers have enough bass? And what can I associate them with? Please help me? Thank you in advance !

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yes these speakers should work great! We recommend you chat with our experts at audioadvice.com and they can help you get the perfect system for you!

@ionutserban4253 Жыл бұрын

@@AudioAdvice Thanks for the reply. I appreciate !

@sammessenheimer8947 Жыл бұрын

They are finally here; Huzzah!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yes they are, thanks for watching

@maaudiosubs Жыл бұрын

How do these compare to the out going motion models? Are they an upgrade?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yes, where we noticed the most improvement is in the midrange, which was pretty big, especially on the XT models. The tweeter sounds more open as well, but the midrange difference is substantial. Thanks for watching

@Adrian-jh5cr Жыл бұрын

I have a pair of ML motion 40is and they sound amazing do you think there's enough of a difference to upgrade?

@Audfile Жыл бұрын

They are clearly stating that there is? Not to be a jerk.

@Adrian-jh5cr Жыл бұрын

@@Audfile did you understand he compared them to a different model than the ones I stated

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

If you are in the market for an upgrade, these are well worth it over any of the older Motion series. They seemed to have really hit it out of the park with these models.

@JosephTongret Жыл бұрын

Can anyone explain how the bookshelf and both tower models all have the same 92db sensitivity? It seems unlikely that a 2 way monitor with a 5" mid-woofer could be that efficient. Regardless, I think this new design is gorgeous! Nice Job Martin Logan!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We had the exact same thought and they told us it is true. They did seem very dynamic. Thanks for watching and sharing.

@JosephTongret Жыл бұрын

@@AudioAdvice thank you for at least confirming that with them and passing it on. It'd be nice if they had provided a detailed explanation on how the engineers accomplished that? I'm genuinely curious. I haven't designed or built any speakers myself, so I can't imagine how it's accomplished?

@nyrep1 Жыл бұрын

Are these on display at the Charlotte store yet?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

The XT F200's are in display in Charlotte currently.

@RobertSpiller 11 ай бұрын

Question...how do they compare to Perlisten or Arendals?

@AudioAdvice 11 ай бұрын

Please reach out to our team at www.audioadvice.com to discuss these. Thanks for watching

@sshlyk Жыл бұрын

hopefully they look better in person.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

They look really slick in person. A lot of people who joined us at our live event said they loved the look. But of course, not every look for for everyone. Thanks for watching!

@jimthestargazer Жыл бұрын

How do you sign up for the giveaway on 3/9? I subscribed here it says that's one way to sign up but I doubt they are just enrolling all of their subscribers

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

just go to www.audioadvice.com and in about 1 minute you should see a pop up to register.

@steverogers7611 Жыл бұрын

Front or rear port ?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Bottom on the towers. Rear on the others.

@steverogers7611 Жыл бұрын

@@AudioAdvice front or bottom port is preferable, it’s the reason I didn’t buy the last version, back ports just limit your space

@thomasward00 Жыл бұрын

Hopefully the price drops on the older models.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

They are all on sale now www.audioadvice.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=motion

@vtkz Жыл бұрын

They look pretty clean and have an overall great Design, i like it. But sadly another passive concept so a no for me. There are many Active out there with AMTs. I get why Brands pushing out new Models nearly every few Years but be serious, they dont do it because they developed new Technologys or the older Series are bad, its to be stay relevant on the market. With nowadays DSP Control you can nearly tune your speaker how you want it and also the crossover & measurement / correction for the subwoofer is so easy, that a floorstanding model isnt necessary in most cases

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@HVH-HVH Жыл бұрын

true and floorstanders in a hometheatre, nope. Unneccessary

@guiltynessness8926 Жыл бұрын

@SIQM If your reasoning for this is that you are crossing over to the subs at 80hz, that is still a lot of information going to the speakers. If you ever A/B the bookshelf to towers (with the crossover set to 80hz), you should hear a significant difference as 80hz is still low and is rolling off below that to the sub. A fun thing we do to demo is even disconnecting the sub while keeping the bass management to 80hz. This helps show even more the difference between the two. Granted models and brands will differ but a majority of cases, it's still very much worth it. That is all based on the end user, though, and if it's worth it to them. I'm just saying it's not unnecessary

@mattgiunt Жыл бұрын

Too bad you don't offer that beautiful high gloss red from the older Martin Logans

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Those were nice, but demand was very limited. Thanks for watching

@JonMoralesLA Жыл бұрын

All of mine are the high gloss walnut and they look great but it is a dated design. I would prefer the white speakers today and so would my wife.

@pdg1877 Жыл бұрын

Sonus Faber also celebrates its 40th birthday.

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Yep! There are lots of great speaker companies getting up in the years. Thanks for sharing

@gokhanersan8561 Жыл бұрын

Finally, “un-ugly” Martin Logan speakers:)

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Haha, these ones look beautiful!

@marks7646 Жыл бұрын

This or the Arendal 1723?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We have not heard the Arendal. Thanks for watching

@johndaddabbo9383 Жыл бұрын

So is it the usual fake (in room / half space) MartinLogan inflated sensitivity ratings -OR- are these new Motion speakers actually 92/93 (free space) sensitive? Thank you. Ps. Yes FAKE, because they failed to indicate which it was with all of their prior speakers and of course it was the +3 dB inflated Half-Space rating :(

@rafacq 3 ай бұрын

Regarding the new look, definitely nowhere near as beautiful as the Red Walnut Martin Logan Motion 60XTi! I’m keeping mine.

@AudioAdvice 3 ай бұрын

Those are really pretty. Thanks for watching

@rushgush Жыл бұрын

looks like the new paradigms. 😂

@albertdenton Жыл бұрын

I agree a marriage between the two brands, love my 60xtis and the matching centre, Martin Logan hasn’t failed me yet

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

Well they do share the same parent company, but they sounded a lot different to us. Thanks for watching

@rushgush Жыл бұрын

yeah, paradigm rocking the dome tweeter and martin the folded ribbon.

@JonHunter80 8 ай бұрын

I'm considering ordering the XT F200, XT F100, and XT C100 center. my main concern is where these are assembled. anyone happen to know? before I pay $11,500. I dont care if some parts come from china as much as I dont want anything made in china. I was going to spend $30,000 on Arendal speakers for my theater room, 6 bedrooms & office. but then I found out that all their speakers are made in china. I have multiple valid reasons that I wont go into in-order to keep this short. I could very well spend $25,000+ on two towers but in all honesty, I'm cheap. just wont allow myself to ever give my $$$ to the evil CCP. Thanks

@AudioAdvice 8 ай бұрын

Hi there, we understand your concerns. We'd recommend you reach out to our team of experts to have them look into this for you and find the best possible option for you! You can call, chat or email us at audioadvice.com

@gb3496 Жыл бұрын

Ugly, ugly, ugly... Circular grill covers...seriously...? And then flat/matte black front baffles (that can't be covered up because of the circular grill covers) to make them look cheap...? Epic fail as far as looks.

@xsamitt Жыл бұрын

The old version did look more expensive!

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

We've found that these tend to draw one of two perspective. Some people react as you did preferring a more traditional look and others are loving the new look. What we can tell you is that they sound great and are continuing to win exceptional reviews from those hearing them.

@xsamitt Жыл бұрын

@@AudioAdvice i Have a feeling that these are better!!! Except for the logo....one would never know they are ML Speakers. But I do find them refreshing.

@davidcottle7346 Жыл бұрын

Prices ?

@AudioAdvice Жыл бұрын

With prices being in such a constant state of change, we stopped putting them in our videos. You can check them out here www.audioadvice.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=motion Thanks for watching

@davidcottle7346 Жыл бұрын

@@AudioAdvice ok I can understand that 👍🏼