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Wilson Sofia 2 vs marten dajango L

I have narrowed my selection to the two speakers Wilson Sofia 2 vs marten django.  I currently run all mcintosh mc 500 amps and I also need a speaker where I can match with a center speaker . I haven't heard any Martens speakers so how will they compare to the wilsons ? My room is 14 x 20 stereo/home theater room....I listen from acoustic rock to Pearl Jam mostly from my VPI turntable ....any input would help before I pull the trigger budget around 5k give or take .....thank you
jhjf123456
missioncoonery
1,223 posts
 

Shadorne...Your dismissal of Marten speakers /Accutron drivers is just silly at best.Some might call it ridiculous....and for your to write

 BTW - I can hear the difference. You are blessed if you cannot as a variety of materials and a much larger number of speaker designs will work equally well for you......

As the say..we cant argue with stupid!

stewart0722
184 posts
 
Missioncoonery,

Apparently, Shandorne's comments made their way to Marten.....
They've announced they are going out of business since there is
no way anyone is going to want to listen to a speaker that sounds
like the lid of a trashcan......

no.....you cannot argue with stupid.....

LOL


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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
shadorne

Easy. Stay well away from Marten ceramic drivers (accuton I believe). Get the Wilson. The sound of the Wilson Sophia 2 is extremely realistic - especially in the all important mid range.

Ceramic or rigid drivers suffer from the "ring like a bell" issue - lots of unrelated harmonics. Think about it - a drum set has cymbals - thin round rigid discs of hard metal - they sound great and have a long sustain with a multitude of vibrations after the initial hit - do you really think a cymbal would make a great speaker driver????
You've got the physics of that all wrong, what they're trying to do is get a pure pistonic  behaviour without any cone flex, this is the ideal for pushing air without any "ring like a bell issue" that you get from cones flexing. 

Cheers George 
samhar
1,048 posts
 
What about Sonus Faber Homage or Cremona they might match well sound wise with the McIntosh MC500's.

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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
The big'ish flagship ones I looked at have very hard to drive low bass similar to the Martins.
Just go into Stereophile and look at the impedance v phase graphs of all the speakers they have reviewed. And look for something like the 4 I posted 2 posts back. 

Cheers George 
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