Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne

With all the talk abou them, I had to give them a listen at RMAF this year. It was obvious that the electronics were doing a nice job, the noise floor was very low ... one of the lowest at the show. The MMMicroOne's did sound nice, but in my opinion appropriate with the price point. There are plenty of speakers in the $2000 range that the small Evolutions outperform, but also some that are equal or better for around the same price. They're certainly not ground breaking.

It is quite clever to make them so similar in appearance to their much more expensive speakers. People assume they're using more expensive drivers than they really are. I doubt Jtinn would post pics of the backsides of those drivers, but talking with a speaker builder friend of mine at the show, he said it's just a $50 Air Motion Transformer tweeter and some approx $20 each anodized aluminum cone woofers.

My real problem is the liberties taken with published specs. They are NOT flat to 35hz as printed, sorry but not even close. I know what that sounds like, and I'd guess they're flat to maybe 55hz.

I think MicroOne marketing is not one centered on pricing, but rather focusing more towards competing products, and is pre-dorminantly result oriented. In all fairness, they have to use at least equal caliber gears (ideally same) with which their competitors are using in order to equally shine at shows and show off their best, how else?

All that said, I as a consumer, would be more concern of how the MicroOnes actually sound in comparison to those said $25-35k competitors. If at all 'near', or as many people claim to even surpass, then at $2.5k, we got ourselves a true audio bargain, a joyous news, and a refreshing break in the high end world--regardless of how it was demo'ed.. imo.

Prairie wind blowing through my head...

Doc77, I have never heard the Evolution Acoustics speakers but everyone keeps raving about the sound....except for you. I typically read a poster's other threads to get an idea about their listening likes and dislikes.

I'm not saying you are not correct in your opinion HOWEVER you only have 4 posts in these forums and they are all touting Vapor speakers. Are you in any way affiliated with Vapor audio? I've never heard Vapor speakers either, I'm sure they are fine speakers. ALOT of ears....well trained ears repeatedly pick the Evolution Acoustics/JTinn rooms at shows among their best of show.....show in, show out. I'm just curious about your affiliation with Vapor.

Stereo Mojo.com says the MM Micro One sounds better than the Magico Q1 in their RMAF Show review. Having attended this show and hearing both speakers(different systems, but both very expensive) I`d agree the Evolution speaker was much better and certainly more involving and natural.

I would assume at a cost factor 10x higher the Magico used more expensive parts. So itemizing various parts/prices is`nt always an accurate way to judge the finished product. DOC77 what`s the point in focusing on the individual speaker part cost? Ultimately the ability to reproduce music well is the only meaningful objective.