Revel Studios for half price?


Hi,
The title is a little mis-leading.
What I'm looking for is a speaker that sounds as good, or nearly as good, as the Revel Studio, which sounds pretty amazing to me, but cost half the Studio price.

I'm about to set out to audition speakers until I find one that cost in the $3-3.5k range and can hang with the Studios.

Is there such a speaker?
Any audition recommendations?

Best Regards,

geoh
geoh
My advise is go for the real thing first time. if you like the Revel, then save yourself time, effort, and money and buy it. otherwise you will always think about it no mattar what you end up buying. I just got a pair of Salons and said to myself, I should've bought them long time ago and saved myself time and money buying all the other speakers that I bought and sold. Mark my word. Revel are great speakers, good luck.
I have the Studios and your pursut will be a tough one. I can only say that before I decided on the Studios I also auditioned many lines. I came down to JM Lab's ( Mezzo ) or the Revel Studio. I do remember auditioning the JM Electra 926 and found them to be an amazing speaker in the price range you are looking in. Can they be compared to the Studio's, I don't think so. I can only suggest if you have not heard them they should be put on your want to audition list. I don't think you would be disappointed.
That's my 2 cents worth.
Dave
I've never listened to the Studios but the consensus is that they are supposed to be a pretty good speaker.

You might consider Aerial Acoustic Model 10T's or the Von Schweikert VR-4 Gen III SE's.

-IMO