Hi Guys,
First time post on MLF and looking for my first ML's (well I have the Encore center). I was fortunate to stop by a Best Buy this afternoon, about an hour from my house.
I asked the Magnolia guy if he had the new Electromotions. He said yes they had come in the day before. I asked if I could hear them and he said they were still in the box in the back, but...if I would like to hear them he would go get them. Well...
I helped him unbox them and set them up which was fun in itself. They were very nice looking, kinda like little Vantages. We disconnected and pulled out a pair of Motion 12's, put the Electromotions in their place and connected the EM's. There was also a pair of Sources there for comparison purposes.
He used a Pioneer Elite to drive them. The sound from the new EM's was sounding sort of "straight" being right out of the box. Switching over to the Sources, the sound was more full but then switching back to the EM's, there was more "airyness" (if that is a word) to them than was coming from the Sources. But even brand new the sound was very nice. After about 45 minutes (loved this guy...he said take as much time as I wanted), switching between the Sources and the EM's and several CD's later, the sound was beginning to open up more (there go the hairs on the back of my neck). He said when he set up the Sources a couple years earlier, they were similar sounding, meaning "straight" sounding and the Sources took a couple weeks to really open up. He said he was going to run the new EM's for a few nights, all night to help break them in.
I plan to be back that way next Friday (hopefully) but definitely on April 2. I am eager to hear the newly broken in EM's then and will post again. I figure I have waited this long for the EM's, that a couple more weeks is not too much to wait. I am also hoping when I post again, I will also have a new set of L/R ML's breaking in in my living room.
Best,
Jim
