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Round 5: HP Elitebook > Nuforce Icon HDP > Red Rose Music Model 2 > MMThree
Round 5: HP Elitebook > Nuforce Icon HDP > Red Rose Music Model 2 > Evolution Acoustics MMThree
[IMG2]http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MM3_blk.jpg[/IMG2]
Now that I was quite satisfied how the system was sounding, I became more interested in other Evolution Acoustics offerings. All this while when MicroOnes kept me surprised, MMThree kept me curious. I kept wondering just how magnificent they might sound.
Those speakers are giant-sized. They stand over 6 feet tall and feature 5-drivers in a modular configuration. Two 5-inch ceramic cone mid-range woofers and two 15-inch sub-subwoofer they deliver an earth shaking frequency response down to 10Hz. Their highs extend up to supersonic 40 KHz range. They offer the widest frequency response (+-3Hz) in the entire Evolution range. The speaker are designed to be "modular" and the system Three consists of 3 modules [SIZE="-1"](See the pictures)[/SIZE] including an active module. Needless to say these speakers are intimidating, to say the least. So, I went into the audition, a bit intimidated, a bit anxious as to what was I going to experience.
Chain remained the same as earlier, sans the cables. The cable used from the amp to the speaker this time was some boutique brand that I cant recall right now. The chain now was: HP Elitebook > Nuforce Icon HDP > Red Rose Music Model 2 > Evolution Acoustics MMThree
The playback started with minimum fuss. The sound was of course bigger and much more effortless, relaxed. However, it didnt take me over like I was anticipating. But, I have to blame myself for that; I went into auditioning it with very high expectations. It went loud, very loud, with remarkable ease. However, thats that. It didnt offer me any audible advantages over MMMicroOne at 14 times the price. But again, here I have to blame myself, for auditioning MMMicroOne first. In fact, not being impressed with the MMThree is to the credit of MMMicroOne. That speaker performed so well, it did so much, that even the bigger boys from the same house costing several folds over found it difficult to improve over it in a significant manner.
The characteristic of sound was BIG, effortless. However, the integration was missing. The sound didnt appear to emerge from one source. I could hear multiple speakers. Transition between the mid-range and woofers wasnt smooth; it just felt like two giant sub-woofers per channel, i.e. four sub-woofers had been brought from outside and added to the system. In my books, it was a failure of design. The designers of the MMThree should make a note of this.
[IMG2]http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MMThreeBackPanel.jpg[/IMG2]
HOWEVER, let me immediately step into defend the MMThree. Was I listening to it the way it was designed to? No, I wasnt! Was the listening room suitable for such gigantic speaker? No, it wasnt. This speaker is probably designed (or at least is suitable) for large spaces. And when I say large, I mean really LARGE, very LARGE; may be 800-2000 square feet, with high ceiling; 12-15 feet. It is essentially a BIG speaker for LARGE spaces. And sitting a few feet away from them trying to audition them was like putting them in a close near field situation. No wonder I was hearing distortion. Now here, again, I have to be very careful. When I say I was hearing distortion, I am dead sure I was hearing it. What caused it could be a subject of inspection. May be the speakers had been over driven (very highly unlikely, because Li Min Audio only had low powered tube amps in that demo room). Or maybe the woofers had become loose during transportation. May be there was a problem in the assembly (Im sure those giants dont come pre-assembled like that) that was causing external vibration. Any number of reasons is possible. But the fact remained that I was hearing distortion, much like you hear when you listen to any average speaker from a close-range. And here in this case, sitting a few feet apart from these monsters was indeed a close-range. Close enough to let me hear the distortion.
Like I pointed out earlier, at 10-40,000 Hz (-3 dB) these are among the widest FR speakers if not THE widest FR speaker. Only Magico 7 comes close. However, the quality of bass is something different. The bass was effortless but not immediate. And to be honest, I didnt expect to be auditioning this speaker so I didnt really have appropriate material with me that could actually test the quality of bass. But I felt, from the brief time I spent with them, that the bass could be tighter. Again, this is my personal subjective opinion. They could be just fine for others.
All in all, it was an amusing and anxious audition, that didnt leave me speechless. Given a chance I would surely like to put this speaker through its paces again, however, the market for such speakers is small. At least I am not a potential buyer, not until I win KBC. So, maybe I will just live with the fact that this speaker is not for consumers like me. I much prefer the MMMicroOne at 1/14th the cost. But buyers with bigger wallet, bigger spaces may be highly rewarded with acquisition of such a beauty.
Round 5: HP Elitebook > Nuforce Icon HDP > Red Rose Music Model 2 > Evolution Acoustics MMThree
[IMG2]http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MM3_blk.jpg[/IMG2]
Now that I was quite satisfied how the system was sounding, I became more interested in other Evolution Acoustics offerings. All this while when MicroOnes kept me surprised, MMThree kept me curious. I kept wondering just how magnificent they might sound.
Those speakers are giant-sized. They stand over 6 feet tall and feature 5-drivers in a modular configuration. Two 5-inch ceramic cone mid-range woofers and two 15-inch sub-subwoofer they deliver an earth shaking frequency response down to 10Hz. Their highs extend up to supersonic 40 KHz range. They offer the widest frequency response (+-3Hz) in the entire Evolution range. The speaker are designed to be "modular" and the system Three consists of 3 modules [SIZE="-1"](See the pictures)[/SIZE] including an active module. Needless to say these speakers are intimidating, to say the least. So, I went into the audition, a bit intimidated, a bit anxious as to what was I going to experience.
Chain remained the same as earlier, sans the cables. The cable used from the amp to the speaker this time was some boutique brand that I cant recall right now. The chain now was: HP Elitebook > Nuforce Icon HDP > Red Rose Music Model 2 > Evolution Acoustics MMThree
The playback started with minimum fuss. The sound was of course bigger and much more effortless, relaxed. However, it didnt take me over like I was anticipating. But, I have to blame myself for that; I went into auditioning it with very high expectations. It went loud, very loud, with remarkable ease. However, thats that. It didnt offer me any audible advantages over MMMicroOne at 14 times the price. But again, here I have to blame myself, for auditioning MMMicroOne first. In fact, not being impressed with the MMThree is to the credit of MMMicroOne. That speaker performed so well, it did so much, that even the bigger boys from the same house costing several folds over found it difficult to improve over it in a significant manner.
The characteristic of sound was BIG, effortless. However, the integration was missing. The sound didnt appear to emerge from one source. I could hear multiple speakers. Transition between the mid-range and woofers wasnt smooth; it just felt like two giant sub-woofers per channel, i.e. four sub-woofers had been brought from outside and added to the system. In my books, it was a failure of design. The designers of the MMThree should make a note of this.
[IMG2]http://www.evolutionacoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MMThreeBackPanel.jpg[/IMG2]
HOWEVER, let me immediately step into defend the MMThree. Was I listening to it the way it was designed to? No, I wasnt! Was the listening room suitable for such gigantic speaker? No, it wasnt. This speaker is probably designed (or at least is suitable) for large spaces. And when I say large, I mean really LARGE, very LARGE; may be 800-2000 square feet, with high ceiling; 12-15 feet. It is essentially a BIG speaker for LARGE spaces. And sitting a few feet away from them trying to audition them was like putting them in a close near field situation. No wonder I was hearing distortion. Now here, again, I have to be very careful. When I say I was hearing distortion, I am dead sure I was hearing it. What caused it could be a subject of inspection. May be the speakers had been over driven (very highly unlikely, because Li Min Audio only had low powered tube amps in that demo room). Or maybe the woofers had become loose during transportation. May be there was a problem in the assembly (Im sure those giants dont come pre-assembled like that) that was causing external vibration. Any number of reasons is possible. But the fact remained that I was hearing distortion, much like you hear when you listen to any average speaker from a close-range. And here in this case, sitting a few feet apart from these monsters was indeed a close-range. Close enough to let me hear the distortion.
Like I pointed out earlier, at 10-40,000 Hz (-3 dB) these are among the widest FR speakers if not THE widest FR speaker. Only Magico 7 comes close. However, the quality of bass is something different. The bass was effortless but not immediate. And to be honest, I didnt expect to be auditioning this speaker so I didnt really have appropriate material with me that could actually test the quality of bass. But I felt, from the brief time I spent with them, that the bass could be tighter. Again, this is my personal subjective opinion. They could be just fine for others.
All in all, it was an amusing and anxious audition, that didnt leave me speechless. Given a chance I would surely like to put this speaker through its paces again, however, the market for such speakers is small. At least I am not a potential buyer, not until I win KBC. So, maybe I will just live with the fact that this speaker is not for consumers like me. I much prefer the MMMicroOne at 1/14th the cost. But buyers with bigger wallet, bigger spaces may be highly rewarded with acquisition of such a beauty.
