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| Revel F208 Review by Earl Theo, the leanness in the sound is mostly relative to the PMC speakers that I am referencing these against. Different electronics will have some bearing on the sound, of course, but it's not going to make these a completly different speaker. It ki... | |
| Revel F208 Review by Earl Theo, I have not listened to the F32 so I can not comment on them. One statement I made I need to back off on was saying that these are not a great rock speaker. Last night my neighbor was gone so I played some of my harder rock and gave them some... | |
| Revel F208 Review by Earl Sorry, my paste function was so slow I thought it was not working:( wish I could edit it... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? I have the F208's running at listening levels, except for at night when when I feed them low level choral music so I can sleep. The Stereophile reviewer says they need 500 hours to reach their optimal sound quality, which is around 3 weeks. I also... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? I now have my new F208 speakers facing each other in a closet with blankets over them breaking in. Of course I only feed them the highest quality music such as Saleh, Academey of ancent music, Carrie Underwood and let's not forget the god of rock,... | |
| What sub under a grand? I didn't read whe whole thread but I also can not speak highly enough about Rythmik subs as an audiophile sub for music. They integrate with my Bryston SST2/ PMC 22 system perfectly. I use dual subs and they are both physically and tonally hidden.... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? The_rang: what electronics did you feed them with at home? | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? OK, I just took a FLYING LEAP OF FAITH and bought a new (warranty replacement) pair of F208 speakers for the price of the F206. If buying speakers without listening to them is a cardinal sin, what do you call buying speakers that you listened to a... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Erikminer: if I would have loved them, then break in time would not have mattered. Since I didn't, I started hunting for reasons. Kr4: I once bought my mother a pair of Yamaha powered monitors for her Yamaha P250 keyboard. Overall I liked the soun... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Bombaywalla: I did not say the sensitivity to electronics was a good thing or a bad thing... I was making the point that electronics can have a significant affect on the sound of a very revealing speaker, which even you concure with by your respon... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Mmeysarosh: The settings on the speaker where all set to normal during the demo. | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Thank you for your responses!!!I do still believe that these are a good speaker...I've simply read too much posative stuff about them to just give up on them. Once my dealer has broken them in I will go back with my electronics and try them...and ... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Kr4, The point I was really trying to make is that Revels and Bryston speakers are often compared to each other and they seem very close in comparison based on what I have read. Yet to my ears, the Bryston speaker audition trumped the Revels in ev... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Kr4: maybe I misquoted that as the reviewer said that his friend really loved the F208 speakers, but he had not heard them. I assumed that this was relative to the Brystons but may have been inncorrect in that assessment. | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? BTW, I found out that the dealer did no burn in on these speakers whatsoever. He just pulled them out of the box and had me come over to hear them. Definitely part of the problem!!! |