Any Thoughts On These?

Does Magnolia have any free standing stores anymore?

knighttodd - OK, I'm jealous as hell!!!

luxmancl38 - there is a Magnolia inside the Best Buy in Bellevue WA that carries a decent array of speakers but not much in the way of amps, McIntosh seems to be their forte.
With a handle that includes luxman maybe you could give me the pros and cons of their amps? Definitely would need an A/B to drive the KEF's. I think their biggest class A only puts out 30 watts and is over $9K, outta my range.

Had a long listen to the 60xti at Bestbuy, comparing them to the more expensive B&Ws. In short, they are excellent; certainly better value for money than many other options in my view. If given a choice between the KEF LS50 powered and the 60XTi - I would take the latter without hesitation. I owned the LS50 for a while and missed that fundamental bass foundation, which the 60XTi will deliver with ease. The B&Ws were over 2k more and with careful listening one could here a tad more resolution / extension up top. I felt the 60XTi were more impressive in the lower registers. They are well built and of high quality. They do not sound bright at all if set up correctly - my friends are driven beautifully by a Parasound amp. That Air motion transformer tweeter is very good indeed. Bass is warm and full. The 60XTi will pressurize a good-size room with no problem. It doesn’t hurt that they are nice to look at. No point saying WAF because as we all know by now, even a 1ft x 1ft speaker is unacceptable to most wiiieeevvves arrgh!

@knighttodd
Hooked my ML 60xti to my PL EVO 400 amplifier today. Listening to some Pink Floyd Division Bell. These things are fantastic. RME ADI2 Dac Fs. Can’t be better.

By chance were you running EL34 output tubes in your PL EVO 400 amp at the time of our test of the Martin Logan Motion 60xti speakers? If so I could see how that particular matchup could sound nice.

Forgot to mention earlier - while I have all Motion speakers in my other home theater system setup, they sound quite different now after some run-in time, drivers and surrounds loosened up, x-overs and all settled in. More transparent and no longer tubby sounding like they can be brand new. Using a 200 wpc x 5 class AB mosfet solid state amp to power them. They truly benefit when used with a capable amplifier.