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(More customer reviews)I was incredibly fortunate a few months ago to get a pair of MartinLogan Motion 10 front right and left speakers. They were so much better than the other speakers I had in my 5.1 home stereo system that I knew I had to upgrade. Eventually I hope to add the Motion 2 speakers at the back, but for the meantime I added this extraordinary Motion 6 center channel speaker and the MartinLogan DYN500D subwoofer. The results have been amazing. The sound quality is as good as I could reasonably hope for. I've tried a wide variety of CDs - rock, folk, classical, classic country (and yeah, there is point to that distinction - while some contemporary country acts are great, like the Dixie Chicks, most are utterly miserable - but Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell and Jimmie Rodgers are among the greatest performers America has produced) - and mono, stereo, and surround sound DVDs and Blu-rays, and the results have been spectacular. I've cranked the sound on Barbirolli's outstanding version of Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis," louder, in fact than I ought as a good neighbor. The louder I play it, the better it sounds.
The difference these speakers make in enjoying my Blu-rays is enormous. They add a dimension that was previously completely lacking. It even makes a huge difference with PS3 games. In fact, I had no idea of just how good these speakers were until I was playing Fallout New Vegas. In one quest you have to go to the top of a mountain where it starts to thunder and lightning. Lion, a German Shepherd who lives with me, has ears better than humans and rarely is deceived by anything on regular speakers. But he never gets deceived. But when it starts to thunder and lightning on the mountain in my game, Lion, who is afraid of thunder, gets uneasy. I then remember to mute the sound, but seeing him respond to the thunder in the game tells you just how good he thinks this sounds.
The one significant change I have to make switching from movies to music is that I have to alter the bass settings on the subwoofer. I have to turn it way down for movies or the bass overwhelms all the rest of the sound, while if I don't turn it up for the music the sound is too thin. But apart from that minor issue, these are just just great speakers. They are versatile, sounding great with just about any kind of music or movie. It may be a while before I can get the Motion 2 speakers to complete the 5.1 speaker system, but having the rest has led to some great entertainment.
I passionately recommend these speakers for almost any kind of use. They are great for general and specialized use. I would not have gotten these had I not been lucky enough to get the Motion 10s as part of the Vine Program. But I'm profoundly grateful that I did. Now I have a wonderful stereo systems that gives me continued satisfaction.
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MartinLogan DYN500D Dynamo 500 Subwoofer (Black)No other subwoofer offers Dynamo 500;s bass extension, power, and detail at such an affordable price. Perfect for either home theater or stereo applications, the Dynamo 500 is solidly built with high-density materials to minimize cabinet resonance and provide a foundation for the high-output 10-inch woofer and high-current 120-watt RMS, 360-watt peak amplifier. Additionally, dual rear-mounted low-turbulence ports maximize bass output while minimizing port induced distortions. Whether you are looking for high performance bass to enhance your music experience or take your home theater system to the next level, a new Dynamo family subwoofer should be at the top of your list. 10-Inch Low-Distortion Woofer; Dynamo 500;s high-resolution driver combines a 10-inch polypropylene cone with a high-intensity magnet structure to achieve huge excursion and output capability without sacrificing detail. By eliminating cone flexure, even at long voice-coil excursions, Dynamo 500;s advanced-technology bass driver achieves the very low distortion necessary for proper blending with MartinLogan ATF (Advanced Thin Film) and electrostatic speakers. Dynamo 500;s amplifier belongs to a recently-developed class of switch-mode designs that incorporate a variety of innovative techniques to reduce noise, distortion, and heat to the lowest possible levels. In particular, the switching frequency is much higher than in typical subwoofer amplifiers of this type, providing a tremendous true 120 watts continuously with extremely low distortion.Dynamo 500;s connections and controls are designed to enable easy, seamless integration with any stereo music or multi-channel home theater system. Its main left and right line-level inputs feed into a precision low-pass filter with a cutoff frequency variable from 50 to 200 Hz. For systems in which a surround processor supplies the crossover, Dynamo 500 provides an LFE input low-pass filter switch that completely bypasses its internal filters.
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