The FormSeries represents a new concept of loudspeaker design from Leif Marten Olofsson, chief designer and founder of Swedish manufacturer Marten. After creating award-winning loudspeakers that have reached out to audiophiles around the world, he wanted a new challenge—to create a beautiful and simple geometrical form that would fit into the interior of any contemporary home, yet provide the high-end sound quality and cabinetry for which Marten loudspeakers have become so well known.
It goes without saying that the cabinets of the FormSeries loudspeakers are extremely well built, but why the unusual shape? The triangular configuration of the FormFloor and FormCentre models is acoustically optimized to allow the speakers to totally disappear within the soundstage. If you close your eyes, the only thing that’s left is the music.
The cabinet of a high-end loudspeaker is not only one of the most important contributions to its stellar performance, but one of the most obvious. There are other, less obvious things that are also very important. The FormFloor employs custom, pure ceramic midrange/bass drivers that give dynamic and powerful bass (from 36 Hz) and a transparent and musical midrange.
The ribbon tweeters, instead of the ceramic or diamond tweeters of the bigger brothers, provide sweet, seductive sound all the way up to 40 kHz. To my ears, the ribbon was a great choice and did, in some ways, create a more appealing every-day response than the stiff domes. Having heard the Marten Birds, Miles IIIs, Coltrane Supremes and Dukes, I think the new Form speakers are my favorite Martens far. Of course, I may just be in love with the looks, hard to say.
The bass response via the bottom-firing port was tremendous. The Form speakers, as the perfect design-conscious speakers they are, don't need a sub for satisfying high-performance, every-day listening.
All FormSeries loudspeakers are provided with magnetically-attached grilles that allow the user to decide if he wants to keep them on or off—the speakers look and sound great with or without them. The down-firing bass reflex ports make it easy to position the FormSeries loudspeakers in the listening environment.
FormFloor
Frequency range: 36-40,000 Hz +/-3dB
Power rating: 150W
Sensitivity: 87 dB/w/m
Impedance: 8 ohm (5.9 ohms minimum)
Type: Ported system, port resonance 34 Hz
Drive units: 7” ceramic mid/woofer, 2.2” ribbon tweeter
Crossover: Second order, 3000 Hz
Cabinet: 19mm MDF
Dimensions: 21 x 110 x 33 cm (W x H x D)
Weight: 37.7 lbs.
Finishes: High-gloss black, white, maple, cherry, walnut
Price: $6,500 / pair
Source: SONICFlare on Feb 04 '08, Hifi Unlimited on Nov 6, '09
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