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Revel vs the field

Long story short, I bought Focal Aria 906 bookshelves years ago because I got a great deal.  A few years later I added the Aria 926 towers and CC900 center (again bc of great deals)
 

Recently I’ve had more time to actually go and spend some time in listening rooms and I heard Revel for the first time  (f208, f226be and f228be)

I’m curious if anyone has made the switch between these two brands and why they did it.  While I loved the f228be, the f208s are a much more realistic price point ($4-5k) It seems like I prefer the neutrality of the Revels and would be open to demo-ing other, similarly neutral speakers 

 

i know it’s subjective and dependent on equipment, room, etc, but I’d welcome hearing about other’s experiences

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I have heard the Focal 906 and had the Focal towers in my room for about 2 weeks. I compared them against Fritz Heiler’s Carbon 7 Mk 2 SE and they were not nearly as musical, though the towers threw out a much wider sound stage (because they’re towers).

I cannot speak to Revel’s sound, but I did eventually settle (after hearing Martin Logan XT 60i and Dynaudio Evoke 30 towers) on the Ascend Acoustics Sierra Towers with RAAL tweeters. Really an amazing company (small, engineer founded and run, very effective customer service). That tower is now at TMR for about 2/3rds the price.

 

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