Revel Salon 2 speakers
Over the past 20 years or so, I've owned a number of very high-end, full-range, floor standing speakers, including a pair of Salon 1 speakers (which were phenomenal as well). But the Salon 2s are, overall, the best I've ever owned. I've also owned Magnepan, Acoustat, Avantgarde, PBN Audio Montana, PBN Audio Montana/Quintessence Audio, B&W, Von Schweikert, Analysis Audio ribbon speakers, Infinity, Silverline and Martin Logan. Still, after all these years, you simply cannot beat the Salon 2s, from top-to-bottom, for anywhere near it's asking price or for tens of thousands of dollars more. The Salon 2s are an absolute game-changer, reference level, world-class caliber speaker!!! I just laugh at the astronomically high prices that current speakers cost compared to what I paid for the Salon 2s, when it comes to price-to-performance. I see all the new speakers at Audio shows and also at my local dealers, and, yes, they do sound fabulous. But 50k for a stand mount bookshelf?????? Unreal. Even for it's retail price, I believe that the Salon 2 speakers are still one of the very best values on the market. It was the Salon 2 speakers that finally quenched my speaker thirst and took me off the speaker "Merry-Go-Round." That goodness!!!
Kennymacc, Social media is a great marketing tool that Revel is using to stay relevant while they design the next ground breaking product. I agree with you the be line is inferior, but if you get enough people chanting revel is best folk will buy anything they put out. doesn't make them bad it makes them smart. |
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Thanks, I do try and i'm glad you noticed. |
I have small Revel Performa M22 and I have not heard a better midrange. The tweeters are not best, so I change them out for Morel CAT328. Few tweeters can replace the M22 original as they are 8 ohms and most tweeters are 6 or 4 ohms. The Morel are almost identical impedance wise and are superior sounding.so not crossover redesigning required, |
My first revel speakers were the F52 and while I wasn't impressed with the overall tone the way they imaged and soundstaged made them quite engaging. I think if i'd of upgraded my integrated amp when I had them I would have kept em. That narrow, deep waveguide provided a much more intimate soundstage with front to back imaging none of revels new designs deliver. |
My Revel Salon 2 speakers are in a smaller room but, because they work so well in smaller rooms, and I have them dialed-in so beautifully in the smaller room, they are producing some of the best bass imaginable. The Salon 2s are capable of producing that next-level kind of bass that audiophiles always dream of. The Salon 2s produce bone-chilling, gut-wrenching bass, slam and dynamic to die for. And the Salons let all the detail, transparency and bass come through even at low to moderate volume levels for those nice quiet midnight hour listening sessions. The Salon 2s really are quite amazing!!! |
