Cheap thrills.

I've heard Martin Logan's many countless times. Some very good, others so-so. All times, not in my room.

While I'd love to have the $25K Renaissance ESL 15A, my beer budget just isn't going to cut it.

Just for some new audio kicks, I got a pair of purportedly former showroom Theos(not too old, based on ML the born on date was August 2015) priced right.

Out of the box, these originally $5K speakers are BIG and spacious sounding. Theos doesn't have the active woofers, but still  hear decent bass. An old REL B3 fills in with no concerns. Haven't done any critical positioning-they are just out in the room where my previous speakers were(6 feet out). I'm thinking positioning for the last word in bass will give up this great overall  presence I'm hearing.

My question for owners is-did you find a location that gives ultimate low end performance WITHOUT losing  the magic that pushing speakers out into the room create? I'm aware EVERY room is different, especially if you don't have a dedicated space.

While these are lovely sounding speakers and nice to look at-just not a gloss black fan. They are immaculate, with that "wet look". I'm more of a furniture grade wood finish guy. Gonna give these a few weeks to find out if they grow on me.
Anyone curious about the Martin Logan sound, give me a PM for a future reach out-just in case.

I'm now putting my sights further up the ML food chain. Meantime, new Martin Logan fan.