Best Loudspeakers for Rich Timbre?


I realise that the music industry seems to care less and less about timbre, see
https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwII

But for me, without timbre music reproduction can be compared to food which lacks flavour or a modern movie with washed out colours. Occasionally interesting, but rarely engaging.

So my question is, what are your loudspeaker candidates if you are looking for a 'Technicolor' sound?

I know many use tube amps solely for this aim, but perhaps they are a subject deserving an entirely separate discussion.
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Showing 9 responses by chrissain

I have to say, if you mean truth of timbre, or closer to real sounding in the mids, the new Revel f 228 be is outstanding. Check out the technology and measured response of these speakers,  truly impressive. The best I have had in my home, and will put far more expensive speakers to shame. They are something special when set up properly. 
Well I don't know what is in the water at Revel but the new 228be has aluminum/ceramic drivers and they are resolving and musical,  and they have ported bass and it is very articulate with zero port noise or hump. Very impressive. 
I know that with everything, details matter. A neutral low distortion speaker can sound amazing or awful,  depending on set up in the room and the gear behind it. I can't tell you how many times I have seen audiophiles try to spend their way out of a problem that can't be fixed just because of the room, or they are too lazy to experiment with speaker placement and the like. 
revel is its own company who's parent company is Harmon, not to difficult to understand, and so what? And the don't rig their  tests lol, what in the hell would be the point in that? Why even spend the money on blind tests and a moving double blind floor? Yes Tool can be just that sometimes, but he has also published more papers on speaker design than any other living person, so I would trust what he has to say over yours any day. So fine, for whatever reason you don't like the company, what is it you don't like about the sound since you obviously have extensive  experience listening to them?   
Do you think it has to do with what they are being partnered with when you addition them? I don't really care for the levinson house sound and that is what they usually are paired with at shows. I will tell you most of of my friends that don't have FU money I know and are in this hobby have one thing in common, revels. And they can make them sound spectacular, and by that that I mean engaging and down right fun to listen to. I used to sell hi end gear at the two best stores in Minneapolis. I have had extensive experience listening to some of the most esoteric the industry offered, too many to list,  and most of the time they only disappointed me. Revel on the other had has constantly surprised me with their performance verse their price. They used to be made in California and wish they still were, and that's my only nicpic. As for sound I personally haven't heard a speaker that sounds more real for the price. Serious question, what do you like better?  
Invicus005 with comment I will bet money you have never heard them since you clearly don't know what you are talking about, Revel makes one of the best performing best engineered speaker on the planet regardless of cost. And they are not built by Samsung lol.  
Revel has their own factories dude, everything is built in house. Cabinets are made in Indonesia. Revel has Floyd tool and Kevin Vocks, arguably the best speaker designers on the planet, who have an embarrassment    of resources availible to them for speaker design, resources that most other speaker manufactures could only dream of. That’s why their new 10k speaker sounds better than most regardless of cost, and puts much more expensive speakers to shame. It’s called science, sorry if they are not esoteric or expensive enough for you. If you actually knew the company well you would know all about how much emphasis they put on truth of Timbre and how to achieve it.   
I also have an SME Model 10 with Clearaudio Maestro V2, a Bel Canto Dac 3.7  and a Bel Canto Ref phono stage with vbs power supply, rogue audio M 180 mono blocks and Rel sub. It sounds fantastic. 

Where did you hear the F228 Be? If you don't like their house sound sound why have you listened to "every speaker they have made since the early 2000s"  ?