Evolution Acoustics MMMicroOne

Hi, Iknev: If it were me I would just repackage the speaker since it is not that massive and send it back to be fixed under warranty. No doubt it will be painful not listening to your new speakers, but the last thing you want to do is compound the problem if you are not entirely sure how to replace drivers and crossover components, especially if you were to take out an amp channel or such. I have a pair of these speakers and have been lucky so far with no problems. Good luck with Jonathan--I am sure he will take care of you.

Personally, I would not consider replacing drivers.....work with Jonathan. Did you swap the 2 speakers to see if the reduced sound moved with the speaker? If it didn't, it's not the speaker. Do you use an AVR? If so, could you have set it up to raise/lower dbs in the left or right channel. Did you remove the grill and listen closely to each of the 3 speakers to see if it was a problem with all 3 or just one?

I just received my long-awaited center channel....happiness! I now have a matched set L/R/C. It replaces a very fine Vienna Accoustics center i've user for several years. The change in sound was noticeable out of the box, even to my wife who never focuses on audio like I do. I would say the blend across the sound stage is now noticeably uniform; when watching the playoffs, the sense of "surround sound" was better. Dialog seems to be a little easier to understand. It comes with a cradle since it lays on its side which is convex. Nothing to attach or assemble. The "tweeter" is rotated 90 degrees. We'll see how things change as it breaks in. Thanks JT.

I just heard them again at CES. I'm still struck by how loud they play and small they are.

I listened to this amazing speaker again last week at T.H.E. Las Vegas and it didn't disappoint. The amazing sound value this speaker offers is ground breaking. While there Jonathan Tinn shared a story of installing two pairs of these in a customer's home theater and while unpacking one pair he asked the customer if he would humor him by putting this out of the box pair in the customer's top of the line Dartzeel system with the top pre amp and the top of the line Dartzeel mono block amps that by the way, were driving the Magico Q7's. The story goes on that they hooked them up, went out for dinner for a couple hours and came back to give the MicroMM1's a listen compared to the Q7's. Well, long story short, I believe the Q7's are for sale on this site and the customer ordered the new MM7's. If that isn't a confirmation of the sound of this speaker, I don't know what is. The second day I returned to the room in Vegas to say "good-bye" and Jonathan sat me down to listen to the new Playback design integrated amp/DAC that had just arrived. This piece from Playback Designs is killer. The size is great for small quarters but the sound is anything but. The DAC has the same killer sound as the Playback design SACD and all this is for $13k. This one will have reviewers drooling. You must put this on your short list if you are looking for something compact but highest quality; a true bargain at the price mentioned. It sounded fantastic and I am not sure if it was even fully broken in.