Hi Guys,
As usual, I've gotten myself into trouble as I've been scowering stereonet looking for a bargain again. I recently came across of a pair of Evoke Eddie Speakers for sale and the seller kept dropping their price until they were $1000usd. They were bought from the Australian dealer in October 2021 and only had a minor defect with the veneer on one of the speakers. Not a deal breaker! Including shipping they have cost me $1200usd which imo is an excellent price to pay for them.
https://www.stereonet.com/forums/topic/532942-fs-evoke-eddie-standmount-loudspeakers-further-price-drop-150000-not-including-shipping-at-this-price/I haven't heard this speaker before except I had some good knowledge about their design and consulted with a person on Audiocircle who had heard them previously. Sometimes you just have to take a punt in life...
I've had a couple of hours to have a listen to them and to also compare them with my Salk Sound HT3's. Purely, from a cabinet finish perspective my Salk Sound HT3's are far superior finished and construction and also the Salks pass the knuckle test as they are quite dense.
Nonetheless, the Evoke Eddie speakers are nicely built and constructed. During shipping one of the bass ports came loose so I took the opportunity to have a peak inside the speaker which revealed good quality components in the crossover (solen) and internal bracing of the cabinet.
My listening area is pretty bad as the Salk Sound Speakers are too close to the side and rear walls. As a result the speakers have excessive bass and lack back to front depth imo. I really love the HT3's its just my crappy room
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One of the reasons I decided to purchase the Evoke Eddie speakers are they are standmount and I thought it would help with the spacial clues, and provide a bit more front to depth performance. I hope I am making sense to you all.
Anyway, whilst the cabinetry of the speaker is not in the same league as the Salk Sound speakers (I've also had a pair of song 3's as well) I can happily tell you that they really are an excellent sounding speaker. Bass performance is well catered for by providing deep bass with excellent definition (no one not bass here), the all important midrange is well catered for being as it is very transparent and the top end seamlessly integrates with the midrange. I haven't heard a planar midrange before and I was also quite impressed in how smooth the speaker sounded without giving up tansparency (I also previously had a pair of Nuforce s9 speakers which were smooth but lacked ultimate transparency) I can also happily report that spatial clues and the soundstage width and depth is good as well. The speakers are a better match in this small area in my lounge room.
I also have a pair of solid tech speaker stands which I am having reduced by 10cm so the Evoke Eddie speakers which will mean the tweeter will be at approximately ear height.
All in all I"m pretty happy with my buy!
Cheers Rod
