MM7's are here

[Mike Lavigne]

the main towers arrived today about 3pm in 6 large wooden crates, which were quickly moved into my garage. i started removing the screws from the bottoms of the crates and my friend Andrew arrived to help. we lifted the tops off the crates, then moved the 6 sections one by one onto a carpet covered piano dolly and rolled them down the hill to my barn and into my room.



then we decided to place the bottom section of each tower in place first, install the spikes and Wave Kinetics 2NS footers and then level them.....thinking this would be easier/better than attaching them all together and tilting them up.....which would make the leveling more difficult. we had a third person coming to assist us and figured with three we could lift the top section on. wrong; we ended up needing a forth helper since the main towers are so tall; 84 inches. with 4 it was quickly done.

 

[TheAudioAssociation]

Holy Moly! That is really exciting! Share more pics as you make progress.....

 

[Mike Lavigne]

my friend Andrew brought a trick laser alignment rig he put together that attached directly to the tweeter bracket with magnets and we did a down and dirty alignment. we listened for 30-40 minutes and went to dinner, came back and listened for awhile and Andrew had to leave. i cleaned up and straigtened up and then went back to listen. i've been listening while messing with these pictures and posting for an hour or so. listened to a few Lps earlier and been doing streaming dsd while typing.

i'll just say even with only the main towers it is pretty amazing, and seems to be changing by the minute so far.

more later....

 

[Bruce B]

Cool!! Can't wait to hear them!!

 

[audioarcher]

They sure look nice! Congrats.

 

[DaveyF]

They look waaay more beautiful in your room than on the brochures that I have seen. I'm sure they will sound "killer", Congrats.

 

[rockitman]

Sweet ! Congrats Mike. Looks and I bet sounds awesome....

 

[cjfrbw]

They look like they can go "woof woof" without the additional towers.

 

[nirodha]

Nic pics! Congrats man! Enjoy!!!
Wim

 

[c1ferrari]

Nice Mike!

Your pictures detail quite a story
Hope to hear them, sometime

 

[MasterChief]

Thank you for sharing! They look awesome and probably sounds even more awesome. :b

 

[DEV]

Nice Mike, congrats. That's going to be some real audio porn once your bass tower units arive and them the Dart mono's

I also see you have made changes to your room.

 

[MylesBAstor]

Nice Mike, congrats. That's going to be some real audio porn once your bass tower units arive and them the Dart mono's

I also see you have made changes to your room.

Thank you for allowing us to live vicariously through your audio journey

 

[microstrip]

Congrats Mike. They look much more elegant than the MM3. Can we assume that these sections are completely passive?

 

[RBFC]

Wonderful, Mike! I sincerely hope the bass towers get there soon!

Lee

 

[ack]

Very impressive. Curious though... no dealer setup for that kinda money? Just drop them off to garage. Doesn't sound too good.

 

[Steve williams]

Very impressive. Curious though... no dealer setup for that kinda money? Just drop them off to garage. Doesn't sound too good.

I wondered the same thing

Where is JT and Kevin for this install

 

[RBFC]

Perhaps they'll show with the bass towers and help dial things in....?

Lee

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Very impressive. Curious though... no dealer setup for that kinda money? Just drop them off to garage. Doesn't sound too good.

i'm sure what you meant to say is 'what sort of dealer/manufactuer support do you get?' you would not judge a situation without asking questions about it i'm sure.

the bass towers have not yet arrived. and as i owned MM3's from the same manufacturer, as does my helper/friend Andrew, we are both very familiar with the assembly proceedure and even set-up proceedure. some Evolution customers can and do get assistance from the manufacturer or dealer for assembly if needed.

in the case of the first set of MM7's delivered 5-6 months ago, the dealer did assemble them, and then the manufacturer traveled to the desitination to set them up.

one of the manufacturers, Jonathan Tinn, will travel here in early November.....after the MM7's are all arrived and do a set-up. and then after the MM7's have 1000 hours, the speaker designer, Kevin Malmgren, will travel here to do the final set-up.

 

[Steve williams]

Are the main towers in the same footprint as the MM3's