Finally heard the new Studios today. Front end was an Esoteric UX-01, Levinson 326S pre and Halcro amps with all Transparent Reference cabling and Shunyata PCs into a Transparent PowerIsolator 8. Bottom line, Revel nailed it. They sound like much, much better B&Ws with a better midrange and seemless integration. I still don't like the design with the base plate but it's actually kind of nice looking in person. In the end I went a different direction as the midrange isn't as transparent as I'm looking for (although it's clearly superior to my 803Ds). For home theater these are the speakers; for two channel they're good but not great.
