Hi Terry, thanks for your video and the interesting comparison between the two models from the same company. Very informative. I had the opportunity to listen to the Børresen 01 and the Børresen 01 Silver Supreme Edition once last year, but this is an even crazier story when you look at the prices.

Interesting review Terry. I've always wanted to hear Marten & if I were to return to standmounts I'll certainly consider these.

Great review. I would love to see you do a review on the ASR emitter one and two blue exclusive amplifiers.

Beautiful design….very visually pleasing! 👍🏼

Great and informative video, nice By the way, which REL´s is it you have there in the background?

Sometimes you don't need try gear to know that it is good. Marten is one of the best brands in the world.

if possible you should review the genelec 8341 or 8351 as ive heard many great things abiut them!

I lisnded the speaker and they are wery good.

Best point source loudspeakers money can buy, alongside Tidal and Gobel.

Hi Terry, Great review 👍, nice to see comparison with in the same brand , is there a possibility to review hi end stand mount speaker in the same price range as like "BEST AFFORDABLE HIFI SPEAKERS 2020" you did? In that way it gives good information on the stand mount speaker

@srinimohanbabu3539

2 жыл бұрын

I am looking to decide between Marten Parker Duo( ceramic) vs B&W 805 D5

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Thats 2 totally different speakers man, you need some serious demo time with them - the 805 D4 are not quite tuned the same as the other D4 speakers they are warmer sounding similar to the Marten so tough one that. Both great really

@srinimohanbabu3539

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate for your comment, is there a possibility that you can make a video on HI END stand mounts choosing 6 to 8 as like " Best HI END Stand mount speakers 2022" in future?

so do you have massive room modes at 30 and 50 Hz or that's the speaker?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Bass is mostly the room and I manage that with Dirac Live to get that more in line

Terry, wouldnt a downward sloped in room frequency response be more optimal rather than a flat one?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

I think it depends Mark on what you like, your rooms acoustics and probably a few other factors too

@ProfessorJohnSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem I have seen other reviewers do multiple measurements at multiple points. Dont you think it's unfair you are only doing one measurement as obviously we dont know how it would measure if you moved the microphone?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorJohnSmith that is a normalised average of multi points measured. This is not a mesurment of the speaker anechoic or faux anechoic it's the in my room measurement which is different. This is the truth of what happens when you put speakers in a room

@ProfessorJohnSmith

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem no but youre going to have reflections coming from the speaker off the walls and then back into your ears arent you so it does matter how the speaker measures at different points?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorJohnSmith yes as I said this is a normalised average of multiple points measured

Yes and yes

20k+ for a bookshelf. Are there components inside the speakers made of gold?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

no they are made of diamond :)

@lanx0003

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem These diamond tweeters are made of synthetic man-made diamond membrance, not real diamond, right?

@CountOfWoodlands

2 жыл бұрын

@@lanx0003 wouldn't be possible with natural diamond. It is pure artificial diamond.

@lanx0003

2 жыл бұрын

@@CountOfWoodlands Thx. I have been cynical on the high price tag.

@MsCorbacho

4 ай бұрын

Is a state of mind , that most part of us think ….so much money for bookshelf’s ? I tend to think , easier to accommodate , less interaction with the room, they image almost always way better then their bigger brothers , at least they disappear better , and with two good subwoofers I personally tend to prefer them to floorstand speakers , Don’t get me wrong if I was rich and had a huge space, it was another story , But I live in Europe , little to medium rooms = bookshelf’s

Copper foil is not used instead of polypropylene. The copper foil is the conductor and is probably used instead of an aluminum foil and it's likely still using polypropylene as the dielectric film. Can you get the correct specs please? This is very interesting.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Please check the website Steve it says copper foil capacitors for the diamond polypropylene for the ceramic

@stevesmith3033

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem Uh yeah I did. They're saying the ceramic uses a polypropylene capacitor. The polypropylene is the dielectric. They're not stating what the foil is in the ceramic version. They're saying the diamond has a copper foil. They're not saying what the dielectric is in the capacitor for the diamond. You said the copper foil is used instead of polypropylene. This is an impossible statement. Hopefully this helps you better understand and maybe get the correct information from the manufacturer as I asked earlier?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Steve if you look at where the Technical specification is they state Ceramic version polypropylene caps. Diamond version Copper Foil caps - I looked them up audio note make copper foil caps as one example but there is no mention of which ones Marten use. They dont really give out much info.

@stevesmith3033

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem You're repeating exactly what I said. You're able to get a review pair but you can't ask them for more specific details? The dielectric can be any number of materials. There are plenty of manufacturers using copper foil instead of aluminum or tin. It's much more expensive and so they will usually use a more expensive dielectric than the cheap and common polypropylene dielectric.

@revo1336

2 жыл бұрын

The dielectric (insulation) separates the rolled up foil , whatever conductive material- copper or aluminum.

any chance of looking at something different than book shelf speakers terry..

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah sorry Dean its been all SM this year for some reason. I do have some floor standers lined up but I have also got some special stand mounts too haha

@milkman100001

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem any chance you can take a look at a pair of pmc fact 12 signatures. im in talks about purchasing a set? or have you heard them at all? where i live we dont have any shows near us or shops to look in for that matter cheers

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

@@milkman100001 Sorry Dean I haven't and its not likely I can get them that quick with everything else going on sorry mate. They are big money you should get a home demo

The speakers look fantastic and I'm sure they sound equally as good I have listened to many of the Martin offerings but £19k (inc stands) for a set of stand mount speakers may be a bridge too far as you say the competition is huge at this price point and I'm sure a full range floor standing speaker will out perform the Duo's? You could buy a new pair of Cube Audio Nenufar floor standers for just shy of £14k and put the remaining £5k in the Bank or by more HiFi :-)

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

There is massive competition totally Matthew and this is stepping into a different price bracket for sure but its important to remember not everyone can have massive speakers, if your in a smaller room its possible this would be more than enough speaker and bigger speakers might be too much. That is a factor

@hom2fu

2 жыл бұрын

frequency response look impressive. @ $24,000 usd there are a lot of competition. a tower might have more natural bass.

Good review but that price.

These stand mounts face some extremely tough competition in their price bracket. I can think of at least half a dozen full range floor stand speakers that will definitely blow the Marten out of the water in dynamics and soundstage. The Duo Diamond most probably suit older audioohiles that preffer to listen at 70 decibels or below, at near or mid field listening distance. They likely are into bebop 50's-60's jazz. Not for me. This 61 year-old is addicted to large full range dynamic speakers. Thanks Terry.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

I only listen between 85-95 db Dave and def not to 50s Jazz :)

@andrewbrazier9664

2 жыл бұрын

Either way they are a serious considered purchase !

@davidrivera2165

2 жыл бұрын

I love what you do Terry. You are a much valued resource, and just a great guy. I know you like these speakers, but I doubt that if it was your 17k you would be choosing these over say ATC SCM 50s (even passive version).

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Of course at this price especially yes.

@themack276

2 жыл бұрын

I home demoed the standard ceramic Marten Parker Duo and went with the very similar configuration Vimberg Amea; the Amea won on added detail and musicality. I listen to a lot of jazz not bebop jazz-funk and living in London was able pre-Covid to listen to alot of live music up close and personal. What the Marten Parker Duo and Amea have is musicality; they sound like real music not Hi-Fi and I listen to a lot of music today 10hrs straight working through Billy Cobham's back catalogue. Augmented with a quality subwoofer; I have the REL Acoustics Carbon Special I am definitely full range and to my ears getting the best sound in my 4m x 7m lounge, tight, musical and dynamic. I couldn't see a floor stander giving better performance in my narrow lounge and the Parker Due and Amea weigh in at nearly 20kg each, that's more than a few floorstanders, your paying the Accuton divers, quality crossover components and rock solid build, obviously a premium ; however as they are my retirement speakers after my 20yr old Sonus Faber Electa Amator 2s; worth it in musical enjoyment.

Never in my life have I seen a picture of a marten speaker crossover. What are they hiding ?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

Жыл бұрын

I might be visiting the factory at some point this year, if so I will ask them about this for you.

The diamond version maybe good but not that good to be 8,000 GBP more than the other. 8,000 GBP buy's you a lot of hifi. At 17,500 GBP for a standmount is ludicrous. One would need to spend accordingly on the rest of the system, hate to think what the end $ result would be. At the end its only catering for 2% of people that can afford them. Want great value and top end performance look no further than Open Baffle and have heaps left for the rest of the system...Just thinking!

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

You can buy a Diamond tweeter on Ebay, they are about 5 grand its not cheap tech but yeah its a lot for a stand mount, but these sound like floorstanders so in a smallish room these sound pretty special and full range enough kzread.info/dash/bejne/lqea2KqxfJrMcpc.html

You must be joking! 17500£ without stands! I hope they keep up with the market demand…

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

That is a more affordable speaker for Marten, they sell every pair they make by all accounts.