Nico Evo - EgglestonWorks Loudspeakers

Acoustic scale far beyond their size

Egglestonworks Nico Evolution

Crafted for subtlety, tuned for scale

When the original Nico was developed, the world witnessed a revolution in performance, quality, and value. The Nico followed our company’s philosophical roadmap by providing music lovers with everything they have come to love about EgglestonWorks products.

As the entry point of the EgglestonWorks Artisan EVO series, the Nico EVO is the result of a comprehensive research and development program whose goal was to create a range of affordable loudspeakers, which maintain the sonic and aesthetic excellence for which EgglestonWorks has long been renowned.

The EVOlution embodied in the Nico first originated with the Viginti Limited Edition speaker and then in the Kiva. Both of these speakers feature a completely re-designed cabinet, internal bracing and porting systems, which were new to any previous EW product. In keeping with our tradition of trickle-down R&D, the Nico benefits from the exact same cabinet advancements as the much larger speakers in the line. Redesigned drivers and crossover networks round out the improvements to ensure the Nico EVO attains the highest quality sound delivery possible.

A true hallmark of EgglestonWorks’ design philosophy is to create the absolute best speaker at any given price point. This might sound logical–doesn’t every company want to make the best speaker possible? — But the imperative to produce a complete product range often raises concerns that a particular model might be “too good,” have “too much bass,” for its price point, thereby stealing sales from other models. EgglestonWorks doesn’t share this belief. Our goal is to make every speaker we produce the absolute best performer that it can POSSIBLY be for any given price level. Compared to many of our competitors, EgglestonWorks offers a small collection of models and each speaker within our product line is intended to deliver state-of-the-art sound quality within given parameters of room size, gear and budget. This approach guarantees that each EgglestonWorks model is an exceptional value as well as a superb performer.

Trickle Down Technology

Nico EVO leverages many of the innovations found in our larger models on a scale befitting the stand-mount architecture of this small model.

: Your big finish. Pick the perfect color, and we will lacquer it by hand and buff it to a perfect automotive shine.

: Cabinets are constructed to an extremely high standard of robustness. A strategic combination of MDF and HDF are formed and fastened to create walls up to 1.5″ thick.

: A wide-bandwidth midrange/bass driver and high-precision soft-dome tweeter are expertly crossed over to be both uncolored and organic.

: Nico EVO produces surprisingly deep and tight bass using a rear slot vent. The geometry and placement of the port minimize midrange coloration and turbulence found in traditional designs.

: Every pair of Nico EVO speakers comes with a pair of heavy steel stands. The bottom surface of the Nico is morticed to fit perfectly atop the stand for security and stability.

Reviews

Tone | 2020
Soundstage! | February 2020
HiFi+ | September 2022
VUMetre | November 2022

The resolving nature of these speakers is what makes them feel a lot more expensive than the price tag suggests. Whether tracking through heavily layered selections, either vocal or instrumental – they paint a big picture.

Jeff Dorgay

The Nico Evolution is a loudspeaker that, like EgglestonWorks itself, is chock-full of personality.

Hans Wetzel – Soundstage!

EgglestonWorks hasn’t gone for a niche in the market – a standmounter for places where their floorstanders won’t fit. It has instead taken the opportunity to deliver what a good standmounting loudspeaker does best, be that imaging, coherence, speed, or intimacy.