The new fourth generation MartinLogan Motion 10 Tower speakers bring a high level of clarity and detail in a compact, stylish package! The folded tweeter provides crisp, accurate highs that pair excellently with the woven fiber mid and dual bass drivers (all three 5.5” diameter drivers). The “wave guide” over the tweeter and the down-firing bass port disperses pressure to the floor, using it as a means to deliver a very wide listening stage for the pair that requires almost no adjusting the speakers throughout the room to fill the space and create a precise image between the left and right speakers. This is incredibly useful for those, like myself, who do not have a perfectly squared off living/great room that can assist most speakers with filling the room. These speakers fill the entire room with ease! I have them paired with the matching C10 center channel and MP10 bookshelf speakers as surrounds. The set works phenomenally together to create a truly cinematic experience without having to worry about sticky theater floors, $15 popcorn, and uncomfortable seats! The crossover works great at targeting which frequencies to send to which drivers, but they truly sound best when bi-amplified (made easy by removing the keyed metal plates, which also make re-installing the plates easy).
The look of the speakers is a very nice piano black, except the front which is a matte black. This does present the challenge of keeping them clean, they don’t really attract fingerprints (not a huge worry after they’re installed) but they are magnets for dust! They do come with covers that offer an acoustically clear means of keeping dust off the cabinets, but it’s not a look for everyone, even if they do easily come off to show the speakers off when guests come over (which you will want to do).
All around, the speakers are absolutely stunningly beautiful, crisp, accurate, and easily to set up. The dial adjusting feet make it so easy to level the speakers, you’ll wonder why anyone (myself included) would ever fight with small tools or lifting speakers to get a tower balanced! I would recommend them with the only caveat being the dust, but the real winner is the sound quality. These speakers will draw your attention so deeply into what you’re listening to, music or movies, that you might not remember notice the beautifully designed cabinets or some dust/dust covers.

MartinLogan’s latest series of Motion speakers are an absolute juggernaut, with the F10 being the new anchors to my home theater providing a stellar mixture of sound and build quality that I’ve not previously seen on a set of speakers. This is a complete winner, and those willing to spend the money will be rewarded with speakers that feel truly upscale well beyond their price point, provided you have an amplifier or receiver capable of driving these at 4 ohms to reach optimal performance.
Like the C10, unboxing the F10 speakers was an experience. While not being particularly large floor standers in dimension, they have an immense heft, build quality, and style that make these feel ultra premium. I have the piano black finish, and it’s a stunningly luxurious looking finish that makes these feel like they should be more expensive than they are. As with the others in this series, MartinLogan ditched the monolothic style speaker grill cover in favor of covers that only cover the drivers, allowing you to show off your speakers in all their glory. One other thing to note here is the feet they’ve bundled in with the F10s. The feet attach to the bottom and give you some isolation and allow you to level the speakers. These feet are incredibly well designed, and make leveling painless. I’ve seen this style done before, but this is far and away the best implementation I’ve seen.
Onto the sound… Wow, what a sound it is. I’ve had various other speakers around this price range over the past 10 years in my home theater, but these absolutely blew me away. Their balance and definition are truly captivating, giving new life to all types of content that I’ve previously watched. Everything from dialog heavy Tarantino movies to action packed James Cameron blockbusters absolutely jumped out of the F10s in a way that makes these feel like a long term home theater fixture. The response from the highs to the lows was always composed, not once feeling fatiguing or strained over a week of listening so far. What amazes me most about these is that the entire spectrum of sound is accounted for and evenly reproduced until you get into the lower frequencies. The the folded tweeter design shines, throwing out an unexpectedly balanced high end with an equally unexpected dispersion that exceeds any of the various dome tweeters I’ve had. Mids are present and highly intelligible, and blend seamlessly between the highs of the tweeter and the lows of the two subs. If there’s a downside or complaint to be had, it’s probably with the lows. My best description of the bass response of the F10s is that it’s adequate. It’s plenty punchy and present for the most part, but to be honest, you’re doing yourself a disservice if you don’t pair these with a subwoofer. This is especially evident compared to the frequency response up the range where the tweeter and mid driver effortlessly handle everything. That being said, a subwoofer isn’t absolutely necessary, as the F10s do a decent job of low end extension, likely in part do the down firing bass port. This gives you added flexibility to place these closer (or further) from your walls than others with rear firing ports. The immense sound stage thrown out by the F10s is not only evident with movies, but also with music. Whether you’re running these in stereo or as part of a surround setup, you will not be disappointed. I put these through the paces of various genres from folk to hip hop to metal, and they never once flinched. Listening to Steven Wilson’s Hand.Cannot.Erase made evident just how great these things are. The album has a wide range of sonic sound scapes, and the F10 nailed every one of them, breathing a new life into the songs that I hadn’t really experienced before. These honestly sound so good that I question whether MartinLogan has properly priced these. I can only guess just how absolutely incredible their new XT range of speakers are given how amazing the F10s are.
As with my C10 review, I’ve run out of compliments to levy at the F10s. They so far exceeded my expectations that I can’t help but feel that even at their relatively steep asking price, you’re getting a bargain. If you’re in the market for a set of stereo or home theater speakers in this price range, you will not be disappointed with these. Just plan to budget for a subwoofer if you’re the type of person that loves to be engulfed with bass as that’s the singular area that these didn’t blow me away.

Representing the floorstanding portion of the Motion Series is the F10. From top to bottom you get a 1″ x 1/4″ tweeter, 5.5″ mid, and 2 x 5.5″ for the lows.
And while the F10 does have a small footprint, it is quite heavy at ~50lbs. Quality parts mean heft, and that is a good thing when it comes to longevity and better sound quality.
The packaging is top-notch, very well thought out (simple but effective) and not a chance of anything getting damaged short of the box itself getting ripped in half.
I let the speakers play at a subtle volume for a day to get some time on them before doing any critical listening. But once that was out of the way it was well worth the wait. Everything is right where it should be in the soundstage. Nothing is overpowering or interfering with any other elements, allowing you to get lost in sound that is full, robust, and accurate.
Aesthetics are simple across all speakers in the Motion Series, so some might find the looks of the F10 underwhelming. Personally, I like how they blend into whatever room you place them and don’t command your attention. This only adds to the forgetting they’re there in the room with you element previously mentioned.
The C10 (center) and MP10 (multi-purpose) follow suit providing great sound for their respective duties. Easy recommendation for all as MartinLogan continues a long history of amazing quality products for reasonable (albeit, not cheap) prices. A textbook example of “you get what you pay for.”

Love the look and the clear sound from these speakers. Great purchase.