Thread: Future Shop Selling Martin Logan

I think we've gone full circle with the analogy anyway: the salespeople at "enthusiast" dealerships (auto/audio) have been IME quite knowledgable about their products. These are expensive products, compared to $6k speakers, VERY expensive. But if you want to talk very technical intimate details, they are not engineers etc. and you're still pretty much on your own.

Quote: You are unfairly maligning Walmart for audio gear. Walmart is a large step up for the budding audiophile who may have got their first audio gear at Canadian Tire. I'm wiping the tears from my eyes. OMG. My guts hurt. I suddenly had a vision of the "Missil" speakers they sell at XS Cargo.

Quote: Are your local Infiniti/Acura showrooms not nice? Damn, I answered it wrong again! Yes, the showrooms are nice, but when I replied to post #32 I was referring to the comment that "many of us expect a certain sales environment" and, to me, the environment includes salesmen who are informed and who are not jerks. I'll shut up now...

Quote: Am I right to be thinking that these speakers will NOT be at all locations? So people in smaller towns won't have access to these without doing ISPU anyway, which is almost no different than buying from a good hi-fi shop and mailed to your house. The only difference is the return policy. No they will not be on demo at all locations but they are available at all locations, and yes the return policy will be the same for these as...

Quote: ^ You are unfairly maligning Walmart for audio gear. Walmart is a large step up for the budding audiophile who may have got their first audio gear at Canadian Tire. Really? I guess you must realize I don't think too highly of Walmart (not highly of FS either but at least a slight notch higher) Personally, given the choice I'd buy from CDN Tire before Walmart and this in a heartbeat Quote: I think part of the problem is many...

Martin Logan speakers use electrostatics for the higher frequencies and regular drivers for the woofer - a hybrid design since electrostatics would need to be the size of your wall (and many used to be) to even get a little bass. I heard my first electrostatics in the early 1970s and have been hooked ever since. The early models I auditioned were from Quad, Dayton Wright (huge) and Janszen (hybrid and huge). They were always a bit out of my...

True eljay, but that's based on what they are selling today and who they hire to sell those products. And actually, there are some experienced people working there (higher levels) that do know their product as well as any person here or in a hifi shop. But you gotta start somewhere,right? The good,knowledgable sales people won't go to F/S until the product is there, and you gotta start somewhere. I think it's great - whether it...

cfraser, FS sells a $1999 receiver by Denon, a $1399 HK, a $1999 Pioneer and a $2999 Yamaha. If you think these are low end, what do you consider to be high-end?

I noticed that and I was considering an Energy ESW 10 (see previous thread) but now I'm thinking that the Martin Logan Dynamo 700 would be a better sub. I've never had a chance to listen to this brand, anyone with personal experience have any opinions?

Those electrostats will sound like crap if not properly explained and set up- They are very particular and you need to be in the sweet spot even moreso than most other speakers. It's a nice line, but seems better suited for a smaller dealer with knowledgable staff. We had a set in the small store I worked in quite a few years ago.