Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne

My speakers just keep getting better and better the more I play them.
My wife thinks that I am losing it! "You are playing music ten to twelve hours a day" Yes? And.......

I was on vacation for a week (out of phone, cell, pager, computer, carrier pigeon, and smoke signal range) which was glorious, but now returned to find my MMMicroOnes and hooked them up yesterday. Yes, they were fantastically packaged and flawless, but the real treat is the sound. I agree that they sound great out of the box, a little constipated but there will certainly be no gritting of teeth waiting for break-in. All of the fullness of sound along with speed is there. BTW, these are replacing my Ridge Street Audio Sasons and I use Essence solid-state (amp) and tube (preamp) gear along with SME/Graham/Lyra/Manley Steelhead analog front end.

One word on pricing. I am a small business owner and I have had numerous instances where I, in the best of intentions, severely underestimated pricing prior to full production. I am going to give EA the benefit of the doubt that they had no intention of doing the bait-and-switch on pricing after they initially drummed up interest on their products.

Congratulations to all who have these and are already enjoying them. When they were first introduced at shows about a year ago, people said they sound better than the Magico Q1 for 1/20 the price. I own a pair of Magico Mini 2s so of course I am curious to know if those early reports are true.

Have any of the new owners had a chance to compare them to the Magico two-ways, either the Mini or the Q1? Thanks.

It may be difficult to find someone who`s heard these speakers in the same system for direct comparison. Most people likely heard them seperately under show conditions. I had a good listen to both of them in their respective rooms at RMAF 2011. How much each speaker contributed to the overall sound is hard to determine as you`re listening to an entire system.

The Evolution room did sound much better, the music reproduction was very natural,fluid,involving and quite realistic. The Magico room in contrast struck me as mechanical,artificial and less believable, It was`nt organic and lacked a musical flow,it came across as hifi rather than natural.

Could it be show enviroment? The Evolution was good under the same conditions.Could it be The Magico sound does`nt appeal to me? Really can`t say(it`s possible I could like other Magico models if I heard them). What I heard from the Micro one last year is similar to what new owners are begining to post now on this thread. For a small speaker it made an impression on me.a very good one.I wonder if show conditions are as limiting as some believe.At that same RMAF I listened to the Concert Fidelity-Kaiser Kawero system and it was an absolute realistic sonic joy, there was just beautiful music in that room.Just one humble opinion.
Regards,

My pair of Micros Ones arrived this week. In over 30 years of being in the high-end, these little jewels are with the possible exception of the Maggie's the best value in high end audio today. IMO, if they sold for double what they are today you would still have to spend more than $10k to approach their performance.

My wife came into my listening room yesterday and her first remark was "wow those little speakers look great"! Since my wife is an interior designer who hates "man speakers" that is high praise indeed. To finally have a small speaker that rivals my love of great dipoles ala Maggie's, Sanders Sound Systems, and Quads is a dream come true. As always go have a listen and trust your ears:-)

I am a dealer for Evolution speakers so please accept the above comments with the usual "grain of salt".