Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL C
Martin Logan ElectroMotion ESL C Center Speaker
- Hybrid Electrostatic Design: Combines a 114-square-inch XStat™ CLS™ electrostatic panel with a Folded Motion® tweeter for detailed and transparent sound reproduction.
- Folded Motion® Tweeter: Features a 1" x 1.4" tweeter with a diaphragm area of 9.2 square inches, delivering precise high-frequency response with minimal distortion.
- CenterForce™ Bass System: Incorporates two custom-designed 5.25-inch aluminum cone woofers positioned centrally within the cabinet, providing deep and well-blended bass while maintaining a compact form factor.
- Frequency Response: 66Hz – 23kHz ±3dB, ensuring full-range performance suitable for various audio content.
- Sensitivity: 89 dB/2.83 volts/meter, allowing compatibility with a wide range of amplifiers.
- Impedance: 4 Ohms, compatible with 4, 6, or 8 Ohm rated amplifiers.
66–23,000 Hz ±3dB
20—300 watts per channel
30°
6.375" (16cm) line source
89 dB/2.83 volts/meter
4 Ohms Compatible with 4, 6, or 8 Ohm rated amplifiers.
600, 3400 Hz
One 1" x 1.4" (2.6cm x 3.6cm) Folded Motion Transducer with 5.25" x 1.75" (13.3cm x 4.4cm) diaphragm.
XStat™ CLS™ electrostaic transducer.
» Panel Dimensions: Two 6.375" x 9" (16.2 x 22.8cm)
» Radiating Area: 114 in² (740 cm²)
Two 5.25" (13.3 cm) high excursion, high-rigidity aluminum cone with extended throw driver assembly, non-resonance asymmetrical chamber format.
Custom-wound audio transformer, air core coils, low dcr steel laminate coils, polyester capacitors
Custom 5-way tool-less binding posts
32 lbs. (14.5 kg)
7.6" x 22.8" x 16.1 " (19.3cm x 57.9cm x 40.9cm)
Expanding the Dynamics of Center Channel Performance
By adding a compact electrostatic panel to a center channel speaker, MartinLogan engineers have succeeded in expanding the performance dynamics of the most important speaker in your home theater system. Your center channel speaker needs to be able to reproduce the finest high frequency details. The midrange must be expansive; to reproduce every whisper of dialogue. Deep bass adds impact to the front-stage effects that anchor the action to your screen. The EM-ESL C accomplishes all this, and more.
The EM-ESL C has a shallow height CLS (Curvilinear Line Source) XStat electrostatic panel wrapped around the front of the speaker enclosure. The gentle horizontal curve of the panel enhances the output of its deceptively compact 114-square-inch radiating area, extending mid-range dispersion patterns and blending the performance seamlessly with your front-stage ElectroMotion loudspeakers.
Just behind the electrostatic panel, in a specially designed housing, sits MartinLogan’s exclusive Folded Motion Tweeter. The low-mass diaphragm of the Folded Motion Tweeter minimizes distortion, and its short excursion length reinforces its lightning fast high frequency response. The 1 x 1.4-inch Folded Motion Tweeter in the EM-ESL C has a total diaphragm area of 9.2-inches, with the ability to reproduce precise details; one of the most important jobs of a center channel speaker.
The New CenterForce™ System
Designing a high performance electrostatic center channel speaker sized to fit into A/V furniture was no easy task. Adding a dual woofer system seemed impossible! But MartinLogan’s skilled audio engineers found a novel solution, and they call it CenterForce.
Instead of taking up space by positioning the woofers on each side of the electrostatic panel, they’ve designed a central slot inside the cabinet for the woofers. Now, the dual woofers reside in a well-braced enclosure located behind the tweeter and electrostatic panel.
This new CenterForce solution allows the speaker to be more compact, and encourages the woofers to produce a generous amount of well-blended deep bass. The CenterForce system in the EM-ESL C features two custom-designed 5.25-inch aluminum cone woofers. Rigid and yet lightweight, this material reduces flexure while minimizing response time. Their efficient construction optimizes suspension and magnetic flux field, further reducing potential sources of distortion. The EM-ESL C grounds its performance in accurate, musical bass response.
This is a center channel speaker that delivers a full-range performance, by combining an electrostatic panel with a Folded Motion Tweeter, bolstered by the CenterForce bass system. The compact EM-ESL C goes where you want it, and does what you need, for your high performance ElectroMotion home theater system.
