Marin Logan's

[DonBattles]

Opinions on Martin Logan Aerius, these would likely be used in a small room. Any pro's or con's? This is a second option for an AV room as I was first looking at some Polk towers. The Polk's are my first pic and my friend says go Logan.

 

[Seth=L]

are these for background music or for dedicated music listening? Those speakers dig low in impedance (about 2 ohms), so you won't be able to drive those with any ordinary receiver or amplifier. Electrostatic speakers have horrible off axis response, this means when you aren't in the "sweet spot" the linearity (which is great on axis with most Martin Logans) will be lost. This may be desirable for background music because high and mid frequencies will be signifantly reduced (so it would be less distracting). It's also notable that the sweetspot on most Electrostats is very narrow, so placement is crucial.

Nothing Polk produces is going to compare to Martin Logan electrostats in anything but price, they're a little easier on the check book.

 

[bandphan]

Just a note: the low impedence swings are in the upper frequencies and not amp taxing and will work with mid level avrs. Ive heard some of the full range panels with 50wpc tube amps. Setup is critical with these as is the room as seth mentioned.

 

[jostenmeat]

Opinions on Martin Logan Aerius, these would likely be used in a small room. Any pro's or con's? This is a second option for an AV room as I was first looking at some Polk towers. The Polk's are my first pic and my friend says go Logan.

What ^those^ guys said. You don't pick a finicky speaker like that just because someone told you to. You deal with hassles and/or compromises cuz they're the greatest thing you ever heard. If they're not, don't do it.

These dipoles have a MUCH better chance of doing well, IMO, in a larger room. Small rooms are TOUGH with this type of speaker, in my experience. Whatever sized room you go with, you would like to have several feet between the panel and front wall, and that can be pretty overbearing visually to some rooms. Then again, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose.