{"product_id":"martinlogan-expression-esl-13a-floorstanding-speaker-rjvaqd-1","title":"MartinLogan Expression ESL 13A Floorstanding Speaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEXPRESSION ESL 13A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Audio is both real, and imagined. There is the fact of the sound. And there is the feeling that the sound arouses within us.\u003cbr\u003e This feeling is the inspiration behind the new Expression ESL 13A. Like the Expressionist masterpieces, this artful presentation of audio is focused solely on intensifying your emotional experience. It’s a virtually transparent audio performance that transports you to a new landscape of the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of Emotion in Audio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Expression ESL 13A is part of the Masterpiece Series. It features a dual 10-inch woofer system with ARC-honed performance, for perfectly blended low-frequency response. The groundbreaking integration of this woofer array with MartinLogan’s signature 13-inch wide XStat CLS Transducer, coupled with a powerful dual amplifier section, delivers an expressive and dynamic audio experience, with less coloration. It reveals the pure emotional impact of your audio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Look at the familiar elements of the classic MartinLogan electrostatic loudspeaker: Advanced MicroPerf stator technology, which allows for almost twice the exposed electrostatic diaphragm surface as a traditional electrostatic panel of the same size. The panel is reinforced with rigid ClearSpar™ spacers, keeping an exact level of tension on the vacuum-bonded diaphragm without obscuring the beautiful see-through design. Add the slender, pointed-arrow design of the new AirFrame™ Blade construction; a powerfully evocative composition creating a harmonious connection between the panel and its woofer cabinet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAchieving the Laboratory Standard in Your Own Room\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the lab, MartinLogan engineers strive for transparency. Outside the lab, there’s one wildcard our engineers can never account for: Your listening room. The unique size and shape of your listening space (and the size and shape of its contents) can make bass waves do unpredictable things, greatly affecting a speaker’s overall performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Expression ESL 13A integrates exclusive Anthem Room Correction (ARC) technology. By engaging ARC to control the low-frequency curve in relation to the output of the ESL panel (as seen in this graph), you will experience performance on par with MartinLogan’s audio test lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ARC measures low-frequency sound output in your room and compares it to optimal response curves that account for spatial anomalies. The advanced algorithms of ARC then effectively remove the anomalies, leaving only the ideal standard: realistically blended, natural-sounding bass performance in your listening space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By minimizing room interactions with PoweredForce Forward bass technology and the advanced room correction capabilities of ARC, along with its unique synthesis of the ESL and bass sections, the Expression ESL 13A produces perfectly-etched imaging and focus; optimum natural reproduction of sound at lifelike listening levels; and agile, full-range operation in open air.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Clearly, it is this level of ultimate performance that separates the merely excellent from a true masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNew Ultra-Rigid AirFrame Blade Design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Expression ESL 13A XStat panels are joined to their speaker cabinets using MartinLogan’s redesigned AirFrame Blade construction, precision manufactured from an aerospace-grade extruded aluminum alloy. This material, and this exclusive manufacturing process, makes the panels extremely rigid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The bold, forward-moving styling of this AirFrame Blade rail system, narrow and strong in front, broad and forceful from the side, is a modern design statement. It never obstructs playable surface area or interferes with the panel’s dipole sound radiation pattern. It also provides electrical and acoustical isolation, minimizing intermodulation distortion caused by vibration and resonance. The flowing lines emphasize the groundbreaking integration of the panel itself with the compact woofer and amplifier section. The breathtaking AirFrame Blade design enhances imaging, low-level sonic detail, accuracy, and speaker efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Controlled Dispersion Sound Radiation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The sound we hear from a loudspeaker is a combination of direct radiation from it to our ears, and reflections off of room surfaces—walls, floor, and ceiling. How our brains integrate this information is far from simple. Depending on the angle of incidence to the ears and the arrival-time difference between direct and reflected sound, reflections can either blur detail and stereo imaging, or enhance the natural impression of depth and openness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Electrostatic panels, which are true dipole speakers, produce a nearly-ideal controlled dispersion radiation pattern. They send very little sound to the sides, thereby minimizing side-wall reflections, whose short arrival times tend to interfere with the perception of the direct sound. Their strong rear radiation, however, produces a generous amount of natural, ambience-enriching later-arriving mid- and upper register information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNew PoweredForce Forward™ Bass Technology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PoweredForce Forward bass technology combines two MartinLogan audio innovations: PoweredForce, which allows small enclosures to accurately produce massive amounts of bass, and ForceForward, which significantly reduces performance-robbing front-wall bass reflections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PoweredForce Forward bass technology uses an advanced crossover topology with phase-timed woofers to minimize destructive reflected energy. By virtually eliminating front-wall bass reflections and working in tandem with the panel, PoweredForce Forward Bass Technology gives you more placement flexibility, and enhances the true audio realism of your sound source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eTurning Unused Space Into Better Bass\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Masterpiece Series Cabinet Cut-away\u003cbr\u003e The depth of Masterpiece Series speaker cabinets was carefully chosen to maximize benefits of both PoweredForce and ForceForward technologies, providing powerful bass with extreme detail. Combined with Anthem Room Correction (ARC™), these advanced bass technologies provide a level of low-frequency precision that is truly unique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Masterpiece Series speaker cabinet dimensions create an ideal relationship between the woofers, cabinet volume, and amplifiers in their PoweredForce woofer systems. By providing ample internal volume for the woofers (two sealed enclosures—one per woofer) along with powerful amplification, Masterpiece Series speakers with powered woofer systems are capable of reaching the lowest registers with authority while preserving bass detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With ForceForward bass technology, the farther apart the woofers are from each other the lower in frequency its beneficial effects extend. MartinLogan’s ForceForward technology has solved a problem (found in nearly all speakers) where low bass frequency soundwaves reflect off the wall behind the speakers and interact with the waves traveling towards the listener. These interactions create non-linearity in those frequencies as they arrive at your ears and bass information suffers from both cancelations and excessiveness that is not accurate to the original sound. By selectively adjusting phasing of output from their opposing woofers, powered Masterpiece Series speakers eliminate problematic bass energy from behind the speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Additionally, due to their dipole nature, electrostatic panels perform best when placed at least 2.5-feet or more from the wall—a distance that is ideal for the front of nearly any high-end speaker, regardless of driver technology. The depth of Masterpiece Series cabinets lends itself to providing electrostatic panels with adequate distance from the wall, guaranteeing a richly detailed, three-dimensional soundstage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNew More Performance, Versatility, and Safety, with WBT Binding Posts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnect your electronics safely and securely using 5-Way audiophile WBT Binding Posts. Their pure copper connection plate is highly conductive and free from “eddy current” effects. 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Complete control of the signal, along with instant response, huge amounts of clean power, and efficient, integrated performance, paints an original picture of lifelike audio performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Precision-Built Advanced-Topology Vojtko Crossover\u003cbr\u003e Vojtko Voiced, the advanced crossover and electronics in Expression ESL 13A add enhanced mid-range clarity to this artful composition. Carefully hand-built using only the finest polypropylene capacitors and air-core coils, the crossover employs MartinLogan’s proprietary Vojtko topology for vanishingly low distortion and seamless driver\/ESL integration. 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