Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne

Hi everyone. I'm still breaking my MMMicroOne's in, so no substantive comments yet. But two quick questions for those of you who have them:

(1) If your amp has multiple taps, are you running the speakers on the 4ohm taps or the 8ohm taps? I have a little Jolida 202BRC and it has both 4 and 8 ohm taps.

(2) If your speakers are fully broken in and in the best position for your room, did you spike them to the floor? My listening room is in the basement, with hardwood floors over concrete, so stability/footfalls isn't really a problem. I'm just wondering how much benefit there would be from installing them with spikes rather than not doing so (once they're broken in and positioned, of course).

am the new owner of a pair of MMMicroOnes. Hadn't read any reviews or even heard of them when I went to audition them. The first time I wasn't able to understand how they sounded so good for that price. Went back a second time with my test CDs, since it didn't work the first time. Still can't understand how they sound so good, but had to buy them. Now I'm looking for the rest of the system. Had to sell the old one in Brazil and had been looking for speakers since relocating to the US (used to have KEF Reference 201.2). That part of the search is done.
Next step: amplification. I feel that these speakers need high current to get the best of them. Will probably spend about 3x their price and they will still deserve it... that is, if I don't find an absolute bargain amp similar to these.

Wow!! Maybe Revolution Acoustics would be a better name!

Conventional wisdom holds that you should spend ~40% of your budget on speakers to have a "balanced" system. But with these little guys you can spend 10, or even 20, times the speaker cost on upstream components and these speakers would still not be outclassed. I have heard them as demonstrated at the shows (Playback Designs DAC + darTZeel amps) and the sound is absolutely luscious. That $2.5k speakers can be perfectly paired with ~$40k in electronics is just completely amazing. This is revolutionary!

The bass extension is unbelievable for something so small - absolutely no need for a passive crossover & subwoofer (in small-medium rooms). Even on the lowest notes of an upright bass, the pitch is well defined: no one-note boomy bass here!

Female vocals in the midrange are eerily real - I never thought I'd be in the same room as Joni Mitchell. Do note that these speakers sound a bit bright when new, so don't pass judgement too soon with regard to the high end / tonal balance.

There seems to be a lot of noise about a possible price increase. If the price doubled to $5k, the same as the B&W 805's, the microOnes would still be a huge bargain.

Most highly recommended!

Hi Chip:

1. Try the 4 ohm taps.
2. I would still recommend using the spikes. It will clean up the bass and should tighten things up.

Hi Jdec: It was my pleasure. Feel free to call me anytime.

Aoliviero: Thank you for the support!

Best Regards,

Jonathan Tinn
Evolution Acoustics

it looks like I'll be mating the MMMicroOnes with Gryphon. Very curious about how that will work out. My last amp was a Gryphon, but an old entry-level model (which was still great). Will update once it arrives.
Best regards
André