I have been feeding my 'Quests for over a year now, upgrading from a top line Onkyo Receiver to an Acurus 200x3 amp to an OCM 500, and believe me - these babies LOVE POWER, and good control of bass. Every step up in amplification produced better bass definition - a huge leap when going from receiver to Acurus, and much better controll and definition with the OCM.
I also upgraded the front end a bit, with DH Labs digital coax cables for my Pioneer Laserdisc and Toshiba DVD players, and purchased an ACT-3 for the original offering price, and the difference in sound was easy to hear - read my review of the ACT-3.

I love all kinds of music and given enough power, the 'Logans will do fine by rock and roll - you won't get the slam of cones but the loud is there, the detail is incredible and the space is huge.

Placement is everything - and well worth the effort and yes - the relatively small sweet spot.

I have listened to a lot of speakers and feel the 'Quest series is what I will keep for the rest of my life for music.

I have to say five stars.

The Martin Logan reQuests are the culmination of a pursuit for musical purity that I have been on for over five years. The speakers have to be heard to be believed. I would have to of paid much more for other speakers to have achieved this level of sound reproduction. One small note of caution: Plan on bi-wiring if you want to squeeze the last drop of sonic nirvana out of these electrostatics. A single run of speaker cable does as much harm as trying to drive these georgeous speakers without enough power.

I've owned ReQuests for approximately 9 months now. They replaced Apogee Stages. I'm extremly satisfied with them. They were a marvelous upgrade to my Stages. Everything improved, i.e., frequency response -- top to bottom, soundstage, imaging, clarity etc. Are they perfect? No, what audio product, especially a speaker, is? However, for my use, I give them "5-stars". Mids would be hard to improve (voices are uncanny) highs are smooth and the cone to electrostatic crossover is very seamless and transients are similar. My son and I recently attended a concert in a soncially superb hall featuring Evelyn Glennie (Percusionist) and after listening for awhile, I asked my high school percusionist son what he thought and he said, it sounds like your stereo system and indeed it was remarkably similar. Since that's what we audio hobbiests are after, I would say that speaks well for the ReQuests. As others have said, bi-wire and burn them in for 40-60 hours, feed with alot of power and enjoy listening to the performance of the musician, not just music. System:
Meridian DAC & Transport
MIT-2 Biwires
Aragon 4004MKII Amp
Aragon 18K PreAmp

I have owned the reQuests for about six months, and I find their chief benefits to be detail and transparency. Even in initial auditioning, I found them to have one major fault - a lack of deep powerful base. While unsupplemented they are adequate for most forms of music, such as most classical and jazz, they cannot give justice to more demanding low-end material on such excellent recordings as MFSL UDCD Steely Dan/Aja and all American Gramaphone Mannheim Steamroller/Fresh Aire series, just to name a few. I am driving the reQuests with a Soundcraftsmen amp (300/Channel), accompanied by dual powered Velodyne FSR-15's. Simply setting the subs to a low x-over level, 50 Hz, yields good results.
No speaker is perfect, and these are no exception, as they somewhat lack the midbass punch and crystalline highs which some speakers reproduce better on spirited rock and roll recordings. But on softer complex recordings, such as some of the Fresh Aire interludes, the detail of these babies is absolutely unsurpassed. Their greatest feat, however, is the ability to please my wife's sense of family room decor, given the imposing size.

This is an addendum to my review below. If your thinking of buying or upgrading your reQuest amplification to something that will make these speakers sing, try an Audio Research VT100MkII (tubed,100watts/ch). I just did, and all I can say is, WOW! While I'm currently using an Aragon 4004MkII to power these babies, I auditioned the VT100 with a pair of Bryston 500watt monoblocks -- the Audio Research won hands down. Yeah, I know it's a $5,000 amp (so were the Brystons), but if it's remotely in your budget, try one. For more details about this amp, see my review and others....mrmb

I've been listening to the ReQuests in my home for several months now. I never fail to be amazed by their ability to show me a portion of a familiar musical passage that I simply never heard before. Within something we've all heard like Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," one suddenly is aware of Art's not-previously-prominent harmonies. You can tell that two people are singing and can very precisely locate where they are on the sound stage. The bass is strong, thanks to the built-in woofer, allowing me to play contemporary music with deep bass (dare I mention Fiona Apple or Sarah McLachlan?) at high volume without missing out compared to those with standard speakers. Admittedly, though, these are power-hungry speakers. My initial plan was to power them and the Aerius i's that I have in the rear with a Krell KAV-500, but I quickly found that I needed to bridge the five channel Krell and add another stereo amplifier. This led to tremendous improvement and clarity at the low end. The high end and mid-range are unparalleled in my experience. It is simply crystal-clear. I have but one complaint...well, perhaps two:1) These are very large speakers and I've had to save the shipping cartons for an eventual move. I can only imagine trying to get them back into the container and the worry about "professional" movers taking appropriate care of them during the move.
2) While with sufficient power, these speakers can be quite loud in the listening area, I've noticed that I don't hear them elsewhere in the house as I did with my previous speakers (an old set of Seattle Sound speakers...anyone remember them?). The flipside of this is that I can be listening without disturbing others in the house.
Overall, I heartily recommend these speakers. While they represent a significant increase in expenditure over the Aerius', the expense is well worth it. The difference between the two is notable in terms of both imaging and bass reproduction.

I was really prepared to hear some good music from these after all the good reviews. However, I must admit a little skepticism based on the simple reality that these are dipoles, which have been known to be problematic, especially in small rooms. Well, I WAS disappointed. NO BASS, No Dynamics, VERY touchy positioning, and a treble that was lacking something. They DO image very well. but that's about it. Take a look at the spectral decay plots for one of these babies, and you'll know why dynamics are poor. They ring all over the place! Unless all you care about is imaging due to the large radiating area, Have a HUGE room, have a really stable amp, and don't mind chasing down two more power outlets, don't buy them.

Oh, I've tried so hard not to review because of all the overly glowing reviews on these pages, but sometimes something happens that makes you write up. It's always important to note that when listening to music through so many electronic components, that when it doesn't sound right it could be anything in the chain. Points:
1. No bass, oh please how is that possible? A 12 inch woofer in a sealed box. How did we cancel out the bass? We don't even have a port to deal with. Given the speakers current requirements it's quite possible somebody used the wrong amp. Since Martin Logan has a switch on the back of the speaker to turn down the bass by 3 dB that should tell you something. What is missing from the bass on this speaker is the tons of subsonic garbage that comes out of ported woofer designs. Say what you will, ported bass is rarely correct or any good. You know, quality is tough when you live in a Cerwin Vega world. :-) There's bass when it's presented in the source and only then.

2. Highs, oh something is missing all right, grain. And speaking of not sounding correct I never could get the VTA right on my tonearm. I played with it for months and either the highs were rolled off or too brightly etched. I ended up replacing my preamp with a Joule. Set the VTA perfect after just 2 attempts. There never was anything wrong with my phono setup, it was the tizzy highs from my old preamp. God bless the transistor, which allowed me to discover NOS tubes. And initially the Joule seemed to have the bass rolled off. I then replaced the AC cord that came with my old preamp with the cord that came with the Joule. The bass showed up according. Gee what the right equipment can do for a system. The Requests are so resolving VTA setup became easier.

3. Listening to Sounds of Wood and Steel Volume 1 track 10, which has guitar playing that is incredible. I loved it with my Aerius's. I always heard the sound of the guitar, or so I thought. When I replaced them with ReQuests I played the same cut, and I discovered now only the sounds of the strings, but of the entire wood body of the guitar itself. Every instrument all of a sudden was much more complete, more fleshed out.

4. I've heard these speakers in 3 setups, 2 all solid state, 1 all tube. Both solid state setups (1 Audio Research and Rowland, the other all Plinius) had tighter bass, and more apparent detail. Both solid setups were in NYC with no power filtering, both were a tad harsh and not natural. I played track 5 from Songs from Alley McBeal. It left me disappointed. Brought the Plinius owner over to my house to hear my tube setup (Joule and CJ Premier 11A). He works in a hi-end store and has owned ReQuests for about a year. Played track 5 from Alley McBeal again, watched his eyes bulge out of his head. This from somebody who knew the speaker. The CD is amazing by the way, a plain old commercial CD with Alley's smiling face on the cover. Played Big Love from Fleetwood Mac's live CD. Oh God, was that fun. Holley Cole singing "So and so", finally a use for the repeat function on the remote.

5. No dynamics. Well I've heard wonderful dynamics from the Aerius, with the right equipment(Cary 805's). Try the soundtrack from "Aliens". And the right equipment. Make plans first though, on how to peal the cat off the ceiling. I suppose if your listening to music and the quiet passages are 105 dB you may not get the dynamics, but that's hardly the speakers fault.

Ok, how would you rate the reQuest against the Magnepan 3.3 or 3.6? Most high end audio stores, including Magnepan (inventor of the first marketed planner), state that it is almost impossible to match a sub-woofer (the round thing made of paper & big magnet) to a planner speaker. The reason, phase differential & delay characteristics. Planners responds to musical change much more quickly than a sub. i.e. the bass will always lag the high & mid frequencies in a mixed integrated speaker.
I wont blow the rating here of the reQuest. Just something to consider.

After two years of ownership, I'm still amazed every time I listen to them. They provide depth, detail and presence that can't be found in any other speaker. I've listened to many other speakers in this price range and higher without finding a product that provides the "show in your living room sound" that the reQuest does. As other's have mentioned, adding a sub to pick up the last octave is a good idea, which I have done.
A good reference recording is DeeDee Brigewater's, "A tribute to Horace Silver". Listing to it on a pair of Martin Logans' are the reason I moved from the Magnapan's I had before. Electrostatics are noticably quicker. An outstanding loudspeaker.

My equipment
Krell 300CD w/ Nordost Quattro Fil Interconnects.
Pass Aleph P w/ Nordost SPM interconnects.
Krell FPB 200 w/Magnan Signature Speaker cables.
HSU TN1220 Sub w/ 250 watt amp