I've heard the MartinLogan CLX.... WOW

Gregadd, The amp i listened to all day with the CLXs was a Parasound Halo A21. I'm not a fan of Mac amps with Logans at all, but the A21 was nice. JC1s would've been nicer. :-)

Yeah, I guess I am somewhat biased because I've had Logans forever and like the ML "sound" and to be fair, I haven't heard alot of speakers in this price range, but with that being said, if I didn't like how they performed, I would've said so.

Are they worth $20K? That's up to you. I could never justify that kind of outlay for a pair of loudspeakers - I'm not into the hobby that deep and if I was, I'd certainly go listen to many other speakers at this price point before dumping 20 grand.

BTW, I could watch any of the Star Wars prequels at George Lucas' personal ranch while he served me popcorn and I'd still tell him they all sucked and that he's a hack! ha!

So take it for what it's worth... hear the CLXs for yourself and make your own conclusions. I'm very anxious to read some more feedback by other people who have heard them.

to the other poster... yes, the CLXs completely disappeared into the room.

Tom, I think we disagree on only one point.

"I'm not into the hobby that deep..." Having your own website dedicated to Martin Logan and having visited the Martin Logan factory at least twice you are in very deep my friend. You're president of the Martin Logan fan club

p.s. I thought it was Speilberg who did the story line and Lucas who handled the technical stuff. "My bad." I'm not a trekie

ROFL!! you're killin' me. :-)

I'm into music first and foremost. and I'm a computer geek.

I was not the originator of the ML club... because I have some computer knowledge, I was always just supposed to be the webmaster and looked at this opportunity to learn some stuff about website design, etc.

The guy who was the president dropped out of things and handed the reins to me. I own the domain and rights to the site and maintain it, but most people, including alot of the guys on the MLC site would scoff at my audio system:

Denon AVR4800 reciever as a preamp.
Pass Labs X250 amp driving ML reQuests (the only real nice equipment I own)
run of the mill Sony CD/DVD/SACD changer
Squeezebox

That's about it. Cables and ICs are pretty middle of the road.

so what I meant when I said, "I'm not into the hobby that deep" is that I don't constantly upgrade.. I'm not on that quest for perfect sound and I don't spend shitloads of money on equipment like a lot of guys do...

Anyway... great thread. I'm serious about being anxious to read other reviews of the CLX. Maybe I am just a ML fanboy... I just know what sounds good to me. :-)

Tom I see a CLX in both our futures. 25th anniversary issue with amp and source of our choosing. Invest in alternative energy sources.

Funny, you guys with all this subwoofer stuff, and gize!!!! First off I own and Original pair of the Cls's.......That said, it's been my experience, as well as the noted consensus that careful system matching is in order. Electronics that have good bottom end characterisics, and dynamic capability, are the general order of the day, and matched correctly with the right pre-amp, and associated ancillary euipment can expunge the need of a muddying, slow subwoofer, and maybe a CLX!!! It does not take a CLX to balance you're system! For the geeks, and tweeks that want to carry the hobby to Mt.Olympus and worship their equipment..,constantly debiting their bank accounts,....KUDOS.......A reasonable facsimile of the Musical Event suffices for me, when I can listen at home......Then Live music helps to keep things, ideas, (Ears), etc in balance........And things like that, and things like that!!!! OK, Enjoy the music....J.C.