![]() I think that is a great way, likely the best way to design a speaker. I later asked AVID owner Conrad Mas about this he told me the EVO Four were designed technically and aesthetically, with a computer modelled the crossover but then through extensive listening and adjustment the team settled on a sound they thought was best. ![]() I assumed AVID wanted to create a very high resolution small speaker that would image like a panel speaker but have much more bite and attack at both extreme ends of the frequency spectrum, because that was my initial take on them. The whole point of discussing this is to create a context for the voicing of the EVO Four because there are not many stand mount speakers voiced like they are. Yet a lot hifi and especially stand mount speakers soften the treble to make them sound more pleasing speakers to listen to and yet its claimed they still sound accurate and authentic but do they and do we really want that kind of level of authenticity for home listening? Think about the size of a cymbal and someone whacking it with a stick, the sound it produces is going to be loud and probably hard and have real presence. Then we also have to consider as get older we may start to lose the higher frequencies so a speaker that delivers high frequencies with more energy could be a good thing for some audiophiles.īut I think it’s a fine line getting treble right because realistic treble, real sounding high frequencies would be loud and attacking. So much so I have been considering looking into super tweeters to give me some more control over this. I do like this type of speaker voicing or a specific variation of it so there is merit in it but I do often find the treble can be a little soft. But clearly its not going to be for everyone otherwise all manufacturers would only make this type of speaker and we would all own speakers like this and they don’t and we don’t. There are other reasons for doing this too, some are technical and its even been studied by Harman and proven that this type of speaker voicing is very popular. It helps to reduce the nasties that is in a lot of modern or compressed music and it can help make a smaller speaker sound larger. By rolling off the treble and raising the bass some it makes a speaker sound warmer and subjectively more pleasing. There is a very common stand mount speaker voicing where a designer will roll off the treble some and raise the bass some and I have looked at lots of speakers voiced like this at many different price points. ![]() ![]() They are very obviously different and also very obviously premium with a retail price of £8000. The speakers are really very deep at 17 half inches so its very likely they will require custom stands and they have legs supporting the speaker body because they are bottom ported. To me the EVO Four are an unusual design, yes they have a typical 1 and a bit inch soft dome tweeter and a 6 inch mid bass driver but the shape of the speaker is small fronted, there are obvious benefits to this. I love the rear panel design featuring the Union Jack and the custom speaker cable terminals, I love those touches of quality like that and it’s a shame they are hidden. I think the EVO Four look really nice, the front thick solid aluminium baffle design is very cool but the rear also has a thick solid aluminium panel that is even cooler. I first heard prototypes of the AVID HiFi EVO Four speakers at a hifi show a few years ago but its taken them several years to get the speakers fully ready for prime time. ![]()
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