Martin Logan ESL C - ELECTROMOTION SERIES - Center Speakers

The powerful EM-ESL C is a high-performance electrostatic center channel speaker. With the exceptional midrange dynamics of an electrostatic panel, the remarkable detail provided by a Folding Motion Tweeter, and the addition of a new DualForce CenterForce system, the most impressive thing about the EM-ESL C isn't its superior performance. It's that the EM-ESL C is compact enough to fit easily into today's most popular A/V cabinets. With the EM-ESL C electrostatic center channel speaker, you can match the acoustic signature of ElectroMotion Series speakers and create a truly stunning home theater system.

Expanding the dynamics of center channel performance

By adding a compact electrostatic panel to a center channel speaker, MartinLogan engineers have expanded the performance dynamics of a home theater's most important speaker. A center channel speaker must be able to reproduce the finest high-frequency detail. The midrange must be expansive, capable of reproducing every whisper of dialogue. Deep bass adds impact to onstage effects that anchor the action to the screen. The EM-ESL C achieves all this and more.

The EM-ESL C features a low-profile CLS (Curved Line) electrostatic panel wrapped around the front of the speaker. The panel's gentle horizontal curvature enhances the output of its seemingly compact 114-square-inch radiating area, extending mid-range dispersion patterns and blending the performance seamlessly with the ElectroMotion speakers on stage.

Directly behind the electrostatic panel, in a specially designed enclosure, is MartinLogan's exclusive Folding Motion Tweeter. The Folding Motion Tweeter's low-mass diaphragm minimizes distortion, and its short excursion length strengthens its high-frequency response at high velocity. The EM-ESL C's 1 x 1.4-inch Folding Motion tweeter has a total diaphragm area of ​​9.2 inches, allowing it to reproduce fine detail; one of the most important jobs of a single-channel speaker.

The new CenterForce ^™ system

Designing a high-performance electrostatic channel speaker sized to fit in AV cabinets was no easy task. Adding a dual woofer system seemed impossible! But MartinLogan's skilled audio engineers came up with an innovative solution they call CenterForce.

Instead of taking up space by placing the woofers on either side of the electrostatic panel, they designed a central slot within 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 deep, well-blended bass. The EM- ESL C 's CenterForce system features two custom-designed 5.25-inch aluminum cone woofers. Rigid yet lightweight, this material reduces flexure, minimizing response time. Their efficient construction optimizes the suspension and magnetic flux field, further reducing potential sources of distortion. The EM- ESL C bases its performance on accurate, musical bass response.

This is a center channel speaker that delivers full-range performance, combining an electrostatic panel with a Folding Motion Tweeter, supported by the CenterForce bass system. The compact EM -ESL C goes where you want it, and does what you need it to, for your high-performance ElectroMotion home theater system.