Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL X Floorstanding speakers £4995

Fancy something different? Martin Logan’s ESL X is a terrific option

View online review whf.cm/ElectroMotionESLX Well, these Martin Logans are a bit different, aren’t they? The ElectroMotion ESL X is just the latest in a long line of the company’s hybrid speaker designs that marry an electrostatic panel with moving-coil drivers to handle the bass. The 102 x 22cm electrostatic panel covers everything from 400Hz upwards, leaving the dual 20cm bass drivers – housed in the angled box enclosure – to handle the lows. This allows the electrostatic panel to be slim and keeps the speaker’s footprint manageable, while still covering the full frequency range properly. The electrostatic panel fires as much sound forwards as it does backwards, so the positioning of the ESL X in the room, relative to the back wall, has a huge impact on performance. In our…

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