CES 2007

Flying High—The Märten Bird

Jason Victor Serinus  |  Jan 14, 2007

Having waxed ecstatic over the big Märten full-range loudspeaker on display at last October's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I was delighted to discover the somewhat smaller $30,000/pair The Bird on display in two virtually square, air-walled conference rooms at the Sands/Venetian Convention Center. The three-way speaker, with a 6 ohm impedance, boasts a frequency range of 28Hz–45kHz, and is 89dB sensitive at 2.83V.

Heard without benefit of room treatment, first with a complement of EAR electronics ($6895 865 preamp, $7295 890 Acute power amp, and $5495 CD player in aluminum finish), then with all-Swedish electronics from several different companies (Bladelius $13,995 Gondul Mk.II M multi-format player and Bladelius $15,000 Ymer stereo amplifier, Jorma Design cables, and Solid Tech rack), the Märten speaker's custom-made, 26mm, diamond tweeter and ceramic drivers contributed to a wonderful, vibrant presentation of great width and depth. Lows were muddled, but that was the case with many speakers encountered in the Sands' near-impossible-to-control conference room acoustics. I look forward to further opportunities to hear the speaker, which is distributed in the US by EAR's Dan Meinwald.

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Submitted by Audionerdusa (not verified) on April 2, 2009 - 11:54am

This should have read.......After pissing myself over the big Märten full-range loudspeaker on display at last October's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, I was delighted to discover the somewhat smaller $30,000/pair, that eventually began the drying out process my trousers so dearly needed. The Bird on display in two virtually square, air-walled conference rooms at the Sands/Venetian Convention Center. The three-way speaker, with a 6 ohm impedance, boasts a frequency range of 28Hz–45kHz, and is 89dB sensitive at 2.83V. Good thing they didn't get a picture of my back side after that.

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