Eventus Audio Metis: Interested In Your Experience

Thanks Adam. This manufacturer is relatively well known in Europe/Asia but they haven't quite received much attention in the states. I'm glad i took the leap of faith so far...will return with additional listening notes as time goes by.

Congrats on the new speakers. How can you hear guitarists moving around the stage on older live rock albums?

It's the channel separation, you can hear when they move left, right, fore, and aft...the separation and movement in relation to the soundstage is fantastic.

Hi Jcote.
I hesitated in writing this, as my impressions were not altogether positive and my experience brief. Here goes...I listened to these at the local Sydney high end dealer, Audio Connection. They were expensive here - around $7000 including stands. In store I compared them directly with small second hand MBLs (311Es), both with Jadis equipment (DA50 signature amp). To be honest, I preferred the MBLs - smoother, fuller, less etched. This store has an amazing range and I also listened to Wilson Duettes and Sonus Faber Guarneri Mementos, albeit with different electronics (Jadis JA30 & ARC Ref110 amps, ARC pre and CD; ) - these speakers likewise suited my tastes more than the Metis - I'm not a huge fan of the Sonus Faber's house sound, but the Mementos, for better or worse, are voiced closer to "ordinary" speakers - silky highs, but some nice punch in the bass and reasonable midrange clarity (the Wilsons took clarity to another level, at the cost of some sweetness).

I've since purchased Usher Be718s, initially guided by the rave reviews, aesthetics, and realistic price - these are incredibly smooth, and offer a generous sound stage that impersonates a larger speaker; they benefit immensely from the matching Usher stands (to which they bolt), and from detailed powerful amplification and ancillaries - I wouldn't readily swap them for one of the more expensive alternatives: given the store demos I'm not convinced that the extra money buys sound that I appreciate - of the speakers mentioned the Mementos sounded closest to the Ushers. The Metis look great, but I felt they were overpriced and presented a smaller, slightly drier, view onto the music.

So overall re the Metis = beautiful speakers, but not ideal for my tastes.

All the best,
Rob

Hi Rob,

Appreciate your views. I have no personal comparison to those speakers you mention but in the usual good spirited response:

I'm sure the SF's and Wilson's would cost a good penny more compared to these so comparison there might be out of scope. I'm not sure how much a used set of MBL 311e's go for but they appear to be a 3-way design (w/ Ribbon tweeter) vs. the Metis's 2-way although both are still monitors. The Usher is probably the only real competitor here and as you mention much more realistically priced for most folks. I've also heard good things about them and considered them at the time I was looking for a new set of monitors. Had the opportunity for the Metis not presented itself I may have gone forward with the Usher plans.

I definitely agree that more money doesn't necessarily buy better sound (or sound I'm looking for) although I seem to be acting inversely to that with the purchase of my next system "upgrade" (Devialet DPremier).

I still stand by my original observations and I'm sure we can agree that everyone's tastes are different. Are these the best speakers in the world...definitely not...have I heard better...definitely...are these the last speakers I'll ever have...not likely...

Value-wise for what I obtained them for I think my decision was well worth it and I'd do it again if I had the opportunity. How likely am I to get different speakers within the next year or so...well time will tell but I think we're all looking for that next best thing.