MartinLogan - Motion Foundation F1 3-Way Floorstanding Speaker with 5.5” Midrange and Triple 5.5” Bass Drivers (Each) - Walnut
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Customers appreciate the Motion Foundation F1 speakers for their excellent sound quality. Many users find the audio output to be awesome. Some customers also note the decent bass performance of these speakers. With no reported drawbacks, the overall reception appears highly positive.
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Regardless of the environment, MartinLogan speakers achieve high levels of articulation, detail, and realism. Utilizing exotic thin film technologies and Controlled Dispersion, MartinLogan provides unique and special listening experiences not commonly found in the industry.
Gen2 Obsidian Folded Motion Tweeter S
The Gen2 FMT S offers effortless performance, unmatched by conventional technologies. By folding thin film material, MartinLogan can pack more surface area into a small space providing incredible detail and clarity sure to bring your favorite content to life.
Folded Motion Waveguide
Enhances the Controlled Dispersion of the Gen2 Folded Motion Tweeter S, blanketing the listening area with incredible detail and precision. Avoids performance robbing room reflections and provides a more consistent sound across a wider seating area.
Controlled Dispersion
Room acoustics are vital, as everything in the listening room has an impact on speaker performance. MartinLogan minimizes these harmful effects by focusing the sound into the listening area, increasing flexibility, clarity, and placement options, regardless of the room’s design.
Aluminium Midrange and Bass Drivers
Using trickle down technology from MartinLogan’s own Motion XT and Motion Series, the Motion Foundation Series uses Aluminum cone woofers to maximize clarity, detail, and output.
McCracken-Vojtko Crossovers
The culmination of combining extensive anechoic, in-room measurements, and multiple blind listening tests with the low distortion philosophy of MartinLogan’s signature Vojtko Crossover. Through this process each speaker was refined to achieve peak performance.
Secure Lock Grilles
Stealth mounting tabs securely hold the grilles in place allowing the listener to customize the appearance of each speaker. Creating a unique look; leaving the grilles on, off, or even rotating them to change the grain of the fabric providing maximum aesthetic control.
Floor Bounce Compensation
Bringing studio reference sound to reality with precision woofer placement and crossover tuning, MartinLogan engineers have designed their tower models to produce a more natural and full sound by taking advantage of a constant found in all listening rooms; the floor!
- Speaker TypeFloorstandingRMS Power100 watts
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Rating 5 out of 5 stars with 43 reviews
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| Pros for MartinLogan - Motion Foundation F1 3-Way Floorstanding Speaker with 5.5” Midrange and Triple 5.5” Bass Drivers (Each) - Walnut | |||
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| Sound Quality, Bass, Design | Sound Quality, Bass | Sound Quality, Bass, Design, Appearance, Highs | Sound Quality, Bass, Tweeter |
| Cons for MartinLogan - Motion Foundation F1 3-Way Floorstanding Speaker with 5.5” Midrange and Triple 5.5” Bass Drivers (Each) - Walnut | |||
| There were no cons for this product— | There were no cons for this product— | Size, Weight | There were no cons for this product— |

























































