Magico M7 2023

[Mike Lavigne]

All Evolution Acoustics loudspeakers are designed, engineered, handcrafted, and assembled in the USA. All aspects of our loudspeakers are painstakingly researched and analyzed to produce incredible micro and macro dynamic performance as well as the highest level of clarity in the industry. Only the finest parts are used throughout including reference grade copper foil and paper in oil capacitors, high purity copper foil inductors, copper-nickel bifilar resistors, and foamed dielectric solid core copper wiring. All of these parts are hand matched and soldered point to point in our EXACT constant voltage crossover circuits without the use of thin PCB traces, which restricts current flow.

Clarity and dynamics are achieved through the use of ultra-high quality silk diaphragm " Air Motion Transformer " tweeters,

Kevin's new 'System' design does use an Air Motion Transformer tweeter.

my 'legacy' MM7's use a ribbon, an Aurum Cantus ribbon.

i did spend time a couple years ago listening to the new design and it's very very good; i like it at least as much as mine....if slightly different. and that was not the all the way finished production product.

 

[bonzo75]

here is a little sample although not finished yet with set up or the room

A Starker Bach under 10k speaker with an integrated 6k amp playing a reissue.

 

[bonzo75]

Nothing wrong with the HF of the big Kromas ( AMT)
Underrated big speaker

I have posted many Scheherazade videos over the last 5 years, each one sounds better than this one.

 

[Audiohertz2]

Let me help you out, but only once as I know better; AMTs, being a line source, have a sound level reduction of 3 dB per doubling of distance vs. 6 dB of a point source, and a completely different dispersion characteristic could never properly match a point source. That is why they stick out like a sore thumb in a hybrid design.

Who has an AMT linesource ..?

 

[Audiohertz2]

A Starker Bach under 10k speaker with an integrated 6k amp playing a reissue.

Not as wooody colored as u like …. !

 

[bonzo75]

Not as wooody colored as u like …. !

You thought classical music was amplified, ‘nuff said.

The intellectual dishonesty of posting real live videos in a compare of two systems…

 

[PeterA]

The intellectual dishonesty of posting real videos in a compare of two systems…

This seems to be a growing common response from those who don’t post videos of their own systems. Over on my system thread, there’s a whole discussion about how reproduced music on our systems has nothing to do with the sound of real instruments.

I think that Altec Bach cello video you posted is quite good.

 

[bonzo75]

I think that Altec Bach cello video you posted is quite good.

And I am playing easy, I did not post Leifs TAD 4003 dual FLh playing tape. This is a system with amp and single woofer Altec costing 15k, no expert mods, plus Garrard led analog.

 

[PeterA]

And I am playing easy, I did not post Leifs TAD 4003 dual FLh playing tape. This is a system with any and single woofer Altec costing 15k, plus Garrard led analog.

It would be nice to hear a video of Starker play Bach on the M7.

 

[LL21]

And I am playing easy, I did not post Leifs TAD 4003 dual FLh playing tape. This is a system with amp and single woofer Altec costing 15k, no expert mods, plus Garrard led analog.

I think the Ypsilon in the photo is pretty expensive if that is a phono stage - $25K? Perhaps not or it was not in use during your video? In any event even there were 3 Ypsilons in the photo, the whole system would still cost a lot less than many systems on WBF.

 

[bonzo75]

I think the Ypsilon in the photo is pretty expensive if that is a phono stage - $25K? Perhaps not or it was not in use during your video? In any event even there were 3 Ypsilons in the photo, the whole system would still cost a lot less than many systems on WBF.

We actually compared Ear 834p at used price of under 1.5k to Ypsilon in that system, and preferred it. It was preferred to Kondo M1000 in another system by the owner as well, who also owns the Ear, and two Kondo M7 users also swapped theirs for the Ear.

So thanks for doubling down on my point

There are not 3 Ypsilon. One is a phono, and there is a phasemation SUT. It is possible someone else had a photo of Ypsilon phono, preamp, and SUT

 

[LL21]

We actually compared Ear 834p at used price of under 1.5k to Ypsilon in that system, and preferred it. It was preferred to Kondo M1000 in another system by the owner as well, who also owns the Ear, and two Kondo M7 users also swapped theirs for the Ear.

So thanks for doubling down on my point

There are not 3 Ypsilon. One is a phono, and there is a phasemation SUT. It is possible someone else had a photo of Ypsilon phono, preamp, and SUT

Thanks. On the 3 Ypsilon thing, I was simply pointing out that the system would still cost a less than many on WBF even if it had 3 (not just 1) Ypsilon pieces.

I do like the little experience I have of EAR. Bought their headphone amp 2nd hand and had it brought back to new by the factory for all-in a small fraction of the retail. I think Tim de P did very very good work.