EVOLUTION Acoustics/BOULDER System

[prerich]

Sitting with my mouth on the floor......gasp!!!!! Some of the systems here are unbelievable - yours is one of them!

 

[gfroman]

New System Changes -

OPPO 105 Universal Transport/Streamer with Marigo Labs RHX Feet
ESOTERIC D-02 - DA/Preamp with Marigo Labs RHX Feet
PASS Labs XA160.5 mono amps
Evolution Acoustics MM3 - Speakers
Purist Audio Design - 25th ANNIVERSARY XLR Interconnects
Purist Audio Design - 25th ANNIVERSARY Digital XLR Interconnect
Purist Audio Design - CANORUS power cords (amps)
AudioQuest - EVEREST speaker cables
Synergistic Research Tesla Copper Tungsten, Tesla Hologram D & Hologram A, T3-SE - power cords
Billy Baggs PRO Rack & Amp Stands
Synergistic Research Tesla PowerCell 10SE MkIII + (4) Galileo MPC Power Supplies
Tuning and Tweaks
GIK Acoustic Panels. Tube Traps, Marigo Labs RHX Mystery Feet.
4 Dedicated Lines with 10ga. Cryo-treated Romex, Synergistic Research Tesla-Plex Cryoed Outlets.
Pioneer ELITE Kuro PFD151 60" plasma with Premier Articulating Arm

 

[PeterA]

Nice looking system. How would you compare the sound of the Pass amps to that of your former Boulder amps?

 

[gfroman]

Actually the Pass amps sound similar to the Boulder 1060.
These new amps do seem to flesh out more subtleties in the music.
Still have a nice solid bottom end too!
Thanks

 

[gfroman]

Added -
Berkeley Alpha Ref II DA/Preamp + Alpha USB
Ayre MXR Twenty mono amps
High Fidelity PRO speaker cables + Pro power cord + Hemisphere Power Conditioner

 

[NorthStar]

Keep a lid on things ...

 

[gfroman]

Awaiting my MBL101E II speakers!

 

[Alpinist]

Awaiting my MBL101E II speakers!


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Wow, congrats! One of my favorite speakers.

Ken

 

[Lagonda]

Awaiting my MBL101E II speakers!


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Try no absorbers or just diffusers on the front wall. My MBL’s always end up somewhere between 43-59 inches into the room measured from the center of the tweeter for best mid bass response. Don’t over damp the first third of the room, it will rob the speakers of the dynamics they are so capable of. They are not easy speakers to set up, but can sound amazing when they are. Have fun !

 

[Ron Resnick]

Awaiting my MBL101E II speakers!


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WOW! That is very exciting!

 

[howiebrou]

Awaiting my MBL101E II speakers!


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Very cool. Love those speakers

 

[analyzer]

As a owner of a pair of EA MM3's I would be shocked to hear that someone would change and leave these great giants; nevertheless I'm not.. since... a few years ago - when I was looking for a definitive speaker for my room - my first look was just to the wonderful MBL 101. Actually MBL's were my first option. Great timbre, superbly balanced, and with an unparalled cinemascope-panoramic stage. They are very difficult to drive with the necessary control; the superb scaling in dynamics is at expense of efficiency and my old power amp was not capable enough.
Final word was sentenced by my girlfriend who find these beauties too much similar to something like cemetery urn.
I pleased her to take a look to my old Kharma Grand Ceramique and their coffin's style but she was adamant...
fortunatly a few weeks later I found a used pair of EA MM3'S at a reasonable price and the story goes in a different route...
Good luck and let us know - if you want - your impressions.
my best
Marco

 

[gfroman]

Gonna take a while to get these guys up to my 3rd floor A/V Room....

 

[LL21]

Exciting!

 

[megamosk]

Holy moly, it's stunning!

 

[jeff1225]

Gonna take a while to get these guys up to my 3rd floor A/V Room....

We need to see an update!

 

[gfroman]

Here are a few updated pics of my system.
Still trying to get the speakers positioned properly.
I removed the corner tube traps, per MBL's suggestion.
Added the Symposium Ultra platforms. Audioquest William Tell Zero/Bass BiWire cables.

 

[dan31]

MBL’s are sweet speakers. Enjoy!!

 

[marty]

System looks beautiful. Enjoy
I know it's old fashioned but do you have a frequency response of the system you can show? Pretty easy to do these days with an iPhone, a $15 app like Spectrum Analyzer from onyx3, and any pink noise track (of which there are many that can be streamed i.e, Stereophile Test CD). Seems that it would be helpful positioning the speakers (you don't necessarily know what you want unless you know what you have!).

 

[jeff1225]

I have to say that the Rowland/MBL combo must be a match made in heaven.