neither all martins nor all eastmans sound alike. that being said, one of the nicest guitars i played last year was an eastman AC822, which is an om. sounded incredible, great finish and look, nice build quality, too.
if a major reason you're buying a martin is the name, there are some nice guitars out there in other brands for reasonable prices. seagull's all solid guitars, blueridge solid guitars, larrivees, all-solid yamahas are just the first few brands that come to mind - there are more.
perhaps you could get out there and try all the guitars you can get your hands on for a while.
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