Martin Logan speakers

I think MLs are great speakers. The Absolute Sound gave the ML Neolith their "Overall Product of the Year 2015". The Neolith is probabIy out of your price range, but it does say something about MLs.

I don’t know if the 130 would have enough power for MLs. A lot of people say they sound best with tubes, but I haven’t tried them. There was a post a few days ago from someone who had Summit Xs and loved PrimaLuna amps with them. I think they put out 75 or 80 wpc.

My experience is that they like a lot of power in a solid state amp that doubles watts as impedence halves. I’d like to try tubes with them but I’m really happy with the sound I have now.

With each generation of speakers ML is getting better at integrating the cone woofer with the panel. I don’t know how well they were doing that with the Vistas, but that is the main gripe people had about them in the past.

Since 15 years I have ML   model Sl3  ...odyssey  prodigy and now summit x with viola legacy I' m very happy 

The Vista looks like the upgraded version of the older Aerius i model that I have and they are decent sounding speakers. The ESL speakers have a different sound from the mainstream voice coil design and are also very directional with a very narrow sweetspot. They are bi-polar by design so you need at least 3 feet space behind them to get a good soundstage. As for the power requirements, it all depends on your listening room size, how loud is you listen to your music but I don’t think anything less than a 50wpc 4 ohm capable amplifier will make them sound any good, regardless of the room size. I don’t see a 4 ohm spec for the VT130 but my guess is it’ll have a hard time delivering a tight bass as well as a crisp high octave. The midrange will probably sound real good. By the way, I think the VT130 is one of the coolest looking ARC gears. A real classic. 

I probably should stay quiet, but here's my (limited, very limited) experience with ML's:  I loved the sound but found that the " sweet spot" was incredibly tiny, and that even a half-head's width off of that led to such a stunning drop in sound I could not consider them.  Maybe it was the pair I was auditioning, not sure.  Others may have had a different experience.

I have listened to the M-L Montis in a VERY large room with cathedral ceiling.  Because of the room size we sat farther from the speakers than in most installations and experienced a much wider sweet spot. As has been said here so many times, so much depends upon the space in which you listen.