This Home Theater Setup Rocks! MartinLogan Motion XT Review

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MartinLogan Hit a HOME RUN! - Motion XT Series Review
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@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

MartinLogan Hit a HOME RUN! - Motion XT Series Review Martin Logan Speakers - bit.ly/Shop_MartinLogan MartinLogan F200 Floorstanding - bit.ly/MartinLogan_F200 MartinLogan C100 Center - bit.ly/MartinLogan_C100 MartinLogan B100 Bookshelf - bit.ly/MartinLogan_B100 MartinLogan Dynamo 1600X Subwoofer - bit.ly/MartinLogan_Dynamo_1600X MartinLogan Stand 25 - bit.ly/MartinLogan_Stand25 Anthem ARC Kit - tinyurl.com/Anthem-ARC-Kit Join Us for MWAVE 2024 (June 21-23, 2024) - midwestavexperience.com/ Use the affiliate links below and help support the channel with no cost to you. TV's (98" and larger) - shop.howl.me/youthman/collections/5383 Audio Advice - bit.ly/Audio_Advice Best Buy - howl.me/clwC9rCV7qx Amazon - www.amazon.com/shop/youthman MWAVE 2023 Videos - midwestavexperience.com/mwave-2023-videos/ The AV Experience Podcast: KZfaq - bit.ly/The_AV_Experience_Podcast_KZfaq Spotify - bit.ly/The_AV_Experience_Podcast_Spotify Apple (Coming Soon) Upgrade Your Home Theater - bit.ly/MWAVE_Sales Weekly and monthly Zooms on Patreon - www.patreon.com/youthman The AV Experience Podcast - bit.ly/The_AV_Experience_Podcast MWAVE 2023 Tickets and Info - midwestavexperience.com/ FREE Home Theater Design Tool - bit.ly/Home-Theater-Design-Tool Recommended Home Theater Gear - www.amazon.com/shop/youthman Submit your Home Theater - hometheatertours.com. Ways You Can Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/youthman Youthman Courses - www.youthmancourses.com/ Youthman Merch - teespring.com/stores/youthman/ Donation via Venmo @Youthman Follow Us: KZfaq: Subscribe to this Channel: goo.gl/YEJ23p Youthman Crew Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/youthmancrew Instagram: instagram.com/youthmanreviews/ Twitter: twitter.com/youthmanreviews/ Website: youthmanreviews.com/ ____ Disclosure: Affiliate Links are used in the description of this video. I earn from qualifying purchases. Valencia Bespoke Series Theater Seats: Monza Carbon Fiber (NEW) - bit.ly/Valencia_Monza Tuscany Ultimate Luxury - bit.ly/valencia-tuscany-ultimate-luxury Oslo Ultimate Luxury - bit.ly/valencia-oslo-ultimate-luxury Naples - bit.ly/Valencia_Naples Valencia Cinema Series Theater Seats: Venice - bit.ly/valencia_venice Budapest - bit.ly/valencia_budapest Piacenza - bit.ly/valencia_piacenza Piacenza Powered Headrest - bit.ly/valencia_piacenza_powered_headrest Verona - bit.ly/valencia_verona Verona - Powered Headrest - bit.ly/valencia_verona Valencia Premier Series Theater Seats: Oslo - bit.ly/valenciaoslo Oslo XL - bit.ly/valenciaosloxl Zurich - bit.ly/valenciazurich Tuscany - bit.ly/valencia_tuscany Bern - bit.ly/valencia_bern All Valencia Seating - bit.ly/valencia_all

@_Clean_Slate_ 5 ай бұрын

I purchased all Motion XT series speakers in a 7.2.4 configuration from Ryan. Couldn't be happier.

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

That’s fantastic! Glad you are enjoying them.

@rickywatsonjr.1930 3 ай бұрын

Love my MartinLogan F100s and Center Channel. Perfect sound and punch in my space and couldn't be happier! Really glad they came out when they did, because I had just completed my build and wanted to make the right choice in my space! Currently pairing it with the Sony ES7000 AVR and really loving it all!

@garysmith8455 5 ай бұрын

Hello Michael, thank you for the positive review! I have had my Dynamo 1600X for sometime now, which was paired by my dealer with a pair of the Classic 9 electrostats in a 2.1 music system (not theater). I ran the ARC with a laptop AND the perfect bass mic kit system. The stand is of professional quality and I used 5 listening positions. Cool thing is, you get complete data (graphs) on the laptop as it communicates directly with the sub via the USB connector on its rear panel. The graphic display shows what you started with both before and AFTER ARC, and whats nice is, you can switch it in and out ON THE FLY and hear the differences. After ARC calibration, now, you can fine tune to your tastes with the filters and levels and all that usual tools. Again, ARC is the real star with this sub, and as you showed, the fact that it is 'convertible' is a nice and thoughtful touch, ALSO, an optional wireless capability too. To conclude, ARC in my 24x18' space re-tuned the sub to 16Hz and took out a huge bump I had at 25 Hz. What a difference!, I used a tablet as remote during setup fine tuning, but once that was done, I never fuss with it. Many thanks for the Martin Logan 'nod' 👍

@BG-bd5ye 5 ай бұрын

I’ve had these as soon as they were available. I’ve got the AVM90 with the Classe Delta 2 channel for the front stage. These ML F200’s really come alive with a dedicated 2 channel amplifier.

@sonngo4269 5 ай бұрын

Nice review and setup, Mike. Thank you. I am enjoying the B100 as rear and side surrounds in a 7.4.4 setup. They sounds fabulous for HT. For critical two channel listening, I found them to be a little hot in the treble. Not as refine as other speakers in my systems (a little grainy and a little smearing in the mid range), but they are amazingly fun with very low distortion drivers! As a side note, the B100 are really not 93 dB speakers from my experience....sound much closer to 87 dB. 😀😀😀

@squared80 4 ай бұрын

Michael, I have the Klipsch RF-7 III's for my LCR. After watching this video, I went to Abt Electronics and put the F200's through the ringer with some music. I have to tell you, I was just as impressed as you were. Although I prefer my RF-7 III's for our HT sound, I am thinking about grabbing a pair of these for our living room, which is where we mainly listen to music. Thanks for the review! Now to reach out to Ryan...

@Youthman 4 ай бұрын

I agree! The RF7 III are fantastic speakers. But as you have stated, for 2ch listening, being a 3-way design with a dedicated midrange driver plus the folded motion tweeter, I feel the F200’s are superior.

@blaze2051 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Super Thanks Blaze! Appreciate the support.

@keepingupwiththejones2933 5 ай бұрын

Always nice to see and hear Michael's joy over some amazing speakers

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

You can always tell by the size of my smile 😀

@snowinokinawa 4 ай бұрын

Hello Youthman… brilliant review as usual! May I ask about how one would go about combining ARC on the subs with Dirac Live on my RZ70 for example? Is it better in this case to avoid the ARC on the subs altogether relying solely on Dirac?… or do they complement each other with great benefits seen running ARC on subs just prior to running Dirac on the whole 5.1.4 system? Thanks very much Youthman… I’m VERY curious about this question. :)

@dinodinosaur2930 5 ай бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Another excellent review Youthman ... You always bring the important details too know ... Thank you

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly. I do my best to be as thorough as I can be and share the info I’m looking for from a review.

@bigdogaxis 5 ай бұрын

My experience with these subs and the app is that the app limits the customization to the SW settings and EQ. Having an Anthem mic and the ARC Genesis, one gains full control of SW customization prior to using the receiver's room correction.

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Yes the app is “down and dirty”. Super quick and handy for those that do not want to dive deep into measurements.

@garryhammond3117 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Michael for the awesome and very detailed review! - Cheers!

@bonscott3291 5 ай бұрын

How do the F200/100 compare to the previous series 60XTi?

@MrMichaelEsser 3 ай бұрын

How is the sound compared to JTR? You said you were calpping when you heard Hans Zimmer on the JTRs! So are they cleaner and better and just do not look as good as the Martin Logans?

@Youthman 3 ай бұрын

F200’s do not compare to JTR on many different levels.

@MrMichaelEsser 3 ай бұрын

@@Youthman Thx a lot man! It is a hard way, but in near future i will buy a complete 5.1 JTR setup for my Home (also using as stereo for music). In germany you also have to pay taxes -.- But it would be worth!

@brianlewis7632 5 ай бұрын

Blessings 🙌🏿 KANSAS CITY IS WATCHING 👀

@STIFFRIDES 5 ай бұрын

This is why I love home theater!!!!!

@DrawTheLine35 5 ай бұрын

I don't think I've seen a sub that can change if it's downward or front facing before, and still having the grill fit! Very cool!

@ivanfilatov7913 5 ай бұрын

Great review! Glad you upgraded to these speakers and got rid of Klipsch speakers. Can you please consider doing new Focal speakers? I think you'll be surprised by them!

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

I’ve never understood why someone is happy that someone else went with a different brand. No brand will be a good fit for everyone. Whether that’s MartinLogan, Klipsch, Focal, B&W or any other brand. You have to find the sound your ears prefer.

@ivanfilatov7913 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman I agree with you!

@twisterbret 5 ай бұрын

I love my XT100. I just bought the Blu ray on your recommendation

@gaurd3 5 ай бұрын

The way I saw you throwing that subwoofer around showing the feet I knew it would be a let down. For 2,0000. there are a lot of really really good subs. For less than double you can get some real experience altering subs from JTR. I would get the speakers but skip these ML subs.

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Although they sound good, they certainly are nowhere near the caliber of say a JTR subwoofer. But many people do not have the budget for a $4,500 subwoofer. You are correct. There is a lot of competitive subs in the $2,000 range that could outperform them.

@gaurd3 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman I know, you just don’t have to pay twice as much. And if you paying that much for speakers, I think you can make it to an RS1

@-onemoretry 5 ай бұрын

Great review. I have the f200 but have been interested in the JTR 212htr would that be an upgrade or more of a horizontal move. I understand it’s not Apples to apples comparison and only asking for your opinion. These would be 90% movie 10% music if that helps. Thanks Youthman.

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

JTR speakers and subs are on an entirely different level. Really no comparison. JTR is my end game speakers and subs. And I have heard a LOT of systems over the years.

@-onemoretry 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Youthman

@hifihometheater 5 ай бұрын

I also have the F200's and have heard several JTR setups. For 90% movie use, I would objectively recommend the JTR's all day. For more of mixed use is when personal preference would come into play.

@-onemoretry 5 ай бұрын

@@hifihometheater Thank you for the response. I really appreciate it.

@pauldoyle8986 5 ай бұрын

For 2 channel music, would you recommend the XTF 200 Towers, or the Arendal 1723 Towers?

@LifeofBliss 5 ай бұрын

That app is pretty nice too. Wish more companies had something like this to fine tune the woofer and find room vibrations!

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Yes sir!

@paulupton7698 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video, straightforward, easy to understand. The speakers look, and I have no doubt , sound, as good if not better, than they look. Well done 👏

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Paul.

@vettesweetnos 5 ай бұрын

Martin Logans sister to these, the Paradigm Founder are amazing as well. With a better center (90c) and finishes imo. I auditioned towers from both lines, and both sound amazing and pretty close in price.

@PedrotheOscalecollector 5 ай бұрын

I have two home theater sets. They both have dolby atmos and vison and dts-x the one down stairs has 22 speakers and 8 subwoofer and two center channel and in my room I got 9.2

@michaelwyckoff7593 5 ай бұрын

Yo Michael😊

@LifeofBliss 5 ай бұрын

Living rooms are always hard to get the best acoustics... those are great lookin speakers bud!

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

I agree.

@calvincurry8496 5 ай бұрын

Mike why didn't you try them t( F 200s and center in your HT room and the rest of your system?

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

I explained it in the first 30 seconds of the video. If they sound great in my living room, they will sound even better in an acoustically treated dedicated theater room.

@pauldoyle8986 5 ай бұрын

For music only, do you recommend these over the Arendal 1723 Towers?

@Yiannis2112 5 ай бұрын

There's a post above, about these and JTR speakers. Check out the answers. Someone asks exactly about this.

@jamiesmith8307 3 ай бұрын

Why pick them over the paradigm founder series?

@bankruptfilly Ай бұрын

because he is sponsored by Martin logan to advertise their products

@Youthman Ай бұрын

I always find it humorous at people’s assumptions. I wish I was sponsored by MartinLogan. I have not heard the Founder series in my own space to see how they compare to the F200 series.

@Youthman Ай бұрын

MartinLogan sent me the F200’s to review and I preferred them over my Klipsch RF7 III’s.

@jamiesmith8307 Ай бұрын

@@Youthman have you heard them at all? Of so whats your thoughts?

@Youthman Ай бұрын

@jamiesmith8307 they had them on display (not connected) at their booth at CEDIA 2023. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMhihLKFyMm3d30.htmlsi=wNzzWP5jU-SeSWF3 I heard them last year at Audio Advice Live in a 2ch setup. They sounded great.

@lbraga565 5 ай бұрын

Liked the review as always but wish I could hear a demo with the review

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately audio demos do not provide any valuable info. Not to mention copyright issues.

@joeydelmarsjr.646 5 ай бұрын

im in the same boat, my klipsch are a party speaker not a articulated listening speaker, so im selling all my klipsch speakers i might keep the center speaker tho

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

If you end up going with a different brand, there’s no reason to keep your Center channel. It’s not going to be even remotely close to the same sound characteristics as another brand.

@blaze2051 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman ya i figured that much, but getting a matching center speaker from overseas is easier said than done, and working on a budget is more changeling

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

@blaze2051 that certainly does make it more challenging for sure

@blaze2051 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman wish i had a bigger budget $$$$ but i dont, mostly im sticking for a low budget, sound is more important to me than looks, but sometimes you get get a little of both without spending big bucks, because they do make good speakers on a budget over seas but most of the times its hard to get over here because they don't usually ship internationally or there not well known brands

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

I completely understand. It’s a process and a journey. Check out my journey here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdKgZNJ5sZyxqnk.htmlsi=PU47V158Zs0FsWtW

@waltkuiland9341 5 ай бұрын

I can relate!

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

😆

@realisticcombatsystem443 5 ай бұрын

Pls my Samsung tv anynet+ changes my Onkyo receiver's setting BD/DVD to Tv whenever I turn the TV on....what should I do to stop this

@yournightmare9999 5 ай бұрын

Throw TV out the window and buy a better one

@mattjones7547 5 ай бұрын

@@yournightmare9999 exceedingly helpful

@mattjones7547 5 ай бұрын

The only way I got my rz50 to stop this was to run all sources through the receiver and not use the smart functions on my lg c2. Hope this helps.

@realisticcombatsystem443 5 ай бұрын

@@mattjones7547 thanks am gonna try that

@Muskyfishn84 5 ай бұрын

I had to turn off cec in my Marantz and use the ARC port on the tv to get sound out. This stopped the issue with my Marantz doing the same thing. I also have a Samsung tv.

@dadevastator24_77 5 ай бұрын

Great video, but where is the Anthem AVM70 review?

@JCOTV 5 ай бұрын

Which Martin Logan speakers competes against the Klipsch Rp M2?

@sawyerramos3113 2 ай бұрын

Nah, I thought I was sold with klipsch and was ready to pull the triger, till i heard Martin Logans.

@blaze2051 2 ай бұрын

really, what exactly made you reconsider?

@sawyerramos3113 2 ай бұрын

@@blaze2051 klipsch sound is very scratchy and loud. Then u hear Martin Logan and WOW night and day. Clear, balanced. You dont have to force yourself to understand what is playing. I am so glad I didnt buy klipsch without researching!

@Youthman 2 ай бұрын

If you have Klipsch that sounds scratchy, you have a broken speaker. I have owned over 50 pair of Klipsch speakers over the years and not a single speaker I have ever heard anything close to being described as scratchy. They offer clarity, detail and dynamics. What they lack is refined midrange that the MartinLogan F200’s provide.

@blaze2051 2 ай бұрын

@@Youthman yes midrange is so important to me, i had to go with a 3-way tower 'this is the way'

@sawyerramos3113 2 ай бұрын

@@Youthman I think thats the best way I can describe the difference between the two, ML is refined while Klipsch is not.

@charlesking678 5 ай бұрын

If the price weren't so high I'd have a set of the towers. Those and the kef r11 are beautiful sounding speakers. Martin logan/paradigm in my opinion is one of the few speaker companies that take subwoofers seriously. The dynamo 1100x and 1600x while pricey are fantastic sealed subs.

@Mjaybird 5 ай бұрын

I know what you mean. My wife and I live in a townhouse and she let me get speakers for the living room.

@danehlers9989 5 ай бұрын

Dying inside..... 🙈

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Why is that?

@intenttoinjure 5 ай бұрын

Would anybody else like to see an Andrew Jones designed Klipsch speaker ?

@ford1546 5 ай бұрын

If you think Martin Logan is a good loudspeaker factory, designer, then you have to think again. Martin Logan LX16 is not a good speaker in terms of sound. The speaker has problems in the frequency and other problems. And goes down to below 3 ohms at the lowest, something that not all amplifiers like, especially not cinema amplifiers

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

They seem to have a good review here - www.audioholics.com/bookshelf-speaker-reviews/motion-lx16/#toc-h2-3

@ford1546 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman Unfortunately, popular does not mean the same as good sound without problems! There are many people who do not know what good sound is. (gr research) had a video 2 years ago about 3 speakers, one of which was the Martin Logan LX16. If you look at it, you'll know what I'm talking about.

@Youthman 5 ай бұрын

Has there been a speaker that he looked at that didn’t have a problem? he sells the solution. It’s what keeps him in business.

@ford1546 5 ай бұрын

@@Youthman That is the problem with many cheap and mid-range speakers. I've been dealing with speakers long enough, so I know how a speaker should and shouldn't measure up. I know what is CHEAP or good quality components. If you look at the speaker crossover filter on many speakers, there are often CHEAP components and the terminal uses magnetic steel. This is the reality. Too many speakers have a maximum price the factory can use. And in order to hang on to enough money, the quality is often compromised?

@sonngo4269 5 ай бұрын

These speakers have amazing drivers and cabinets. A little tinkering will bring these up to objectively stellar levels; unfortunately, most speakers are design with "house sound" in mind. I think all the issues we see are purposely design into the speakers.