Any experiences with Martion Einhorn speakers?

[matthias]

I came across these speakers which I find very interesting. I will listen to them at the upcoming HE Munich 2024. Martion is not exhibitor there but offers a venue nearby.

The Einhorns start playing at 1:32

 

[beaur]

I have heard these speakers at Munich for the last few years and also at a person's home in Germany. The short answer is that I love these speakers and would like to purchase a pair in the near future when finances allow.

Even when the digital DSP was the only option I found these speakers to be in my wheelhouse. The analog version just takes it to another level. Most definitely not everyone's cup of tea but these horns with the base cabinet are one of the better speaker systems I have listened to.

Beau

 

[Klonk]

I have a friend, who owns Martion Einhorn speakers.. He is very happy with it. Martion has been at Munich during the High-End the last couple of years. Go, check it out, it's well worth it.

 

[matthias]

From Stereophile last year:
"The moderately sized speaker in the room was the famous Einhorn, which consists of a spherical horn that covers frequencies above 200Hz, a powered bass horn that covers the rest, and an active digital DSP crossover that time-aligns the bass and midrange drivers. The cost is around €22,000 including custom-made solid state amplification. Martion told me that he still personally installs and tunes almost every Einhorn system he sells."

The analog version just takes it to another level.

Do you know the price of the analog version?
Thx

 

[beaur]

From Stereophile last year:
"The moderately sized speaker in the room was the famous Einhorn, which consists of a spherical horn that covers frequencies above 200Hz, a powered bass horn that covers the rest, and an active digital DSP crossover that time-aligns the bass and midrange drivers. The cost is around €22,000 including custom-made solid state amplification. Martion told me that he still personally installs and tunes almost every Einhorn system he sells."


Do you know the price of the analog version?
Thx

I do not. Would assume it is similar as the same number of amps and a crossover are are required. You might be able to eliminate the amps in the analog version if you have your own crossover. I think the DSP/crossover was built inside the amps in the original version.

 

[matthias]

Saw this post of @bonzo75 :

What are the Top Horn Speakers in the World Today? Vox Olympian vs Avantgarde Trio vs ???

Will - I spent the last 3 years being trained in this lost art form - my teacher is 90, which says a lot about the “lost” but boy does he know the art. I make a lot of conventional bowls, pens, platters, vases, hollow forms as well as horns. I was trained using original tools / chisels rather...

www.whatsbestforum.com

So it might be even possible to get the Einhorn also with an external passive crossover similar to that of the Bullfrog.

 

[beaur]

Saw this post of @bonzo75 :

What are the Top Horn Speakers in the World Today? Vox Olympian vs Avantgarde Trio vs ???

Will - I spent the last 3 years being trained in this lost art form - my teacher is 90, which says a lot about the “lost” but boy does he know the art. I make a lot of conventional bowls, pens, platters, vases, hollow forms as well as horns. I was trained using original tools / chisels rather...

www.whatsbestforum.com

So it might be even possible to get the Einhorn also with an external passive crossover similar to that of the Bullfrog.

Yeah, I am pretty sure that he has a separate crossover now. That also means you can supply your own amps.

 

[matthias]

IMO, even from the visual appearance they are looking much better than other horn speakers:

Einhorn variants : Martion

Audiosysteme

martion.de

 

[christoph]

I came across these speakers which I find very interesting. I will listen to them at the upcoming HE Munich 2024. Martion is not exhibitor there but offers a venue nearby.

The Einhorns start playing at 1:32

Thanks for the reminder.
I just hope this year I won't forget to go there. Again...

 

[matthias]

I have a friend, who owns Martion Einhorn speakers.. He is very happy with it.

I am curious which frontend for streaming from Qobuz works best with these speakers.
Do you know what your friend uses (just in the case he does listen to streaming services)?
Thx

 

[Klonk]

I am curious which frontend for streaming from Qobuz works best with these speakers.
Do you know what your friend uses (just in the case he does listen to streaming services)?
Thx

He uses the CAD Audio Transport mostly for streaming local files. I am not sure if he listens to Qobuz, it might well be. I will ask him next time I see him.