steve59
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| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Audiogod I played flesh on flesh. I don't usually do carnival music and that song put me off though not because my ported speakers couldn't handle it and actually the rest of the cd is Stanley Jordan Esq. Not a bad lead. I have a benefit disc, sta... | |
| Why so underwhelmed by Revel F208 audition??? Most modern speakers are well designed and meet the goals of the engineering team so to dismiss, focal or b&w or kef or revel is likely dependant on many variables. The f208 are neutral sounding full range and have excellent driver integration... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) I snapped up a pair of Vienna Acoustics Strauss locally the other day and considering the line came out in2002 I'm pleasantly surprised. I swap out the salon2's and am treated to a warmer less detailed sound, good for rock not something I would ha... | |
| Revel Performa 206, PSB T-2, Focal Aria 936: Which offers the best overall sound? The first thing you can do is drag your amp to each salon and listen odds are the retailer will know your serious and let you take the speakers home. None of your picks are turds so it really will come down to your room and personal preference. Th... | |
| Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range I love the grey oak finish | |
| Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range Excellent quality but at least one owner on another forum sold his because he didn't get the bass output he was looking for? I wouldn't blame the speakers for that. Esotar 2 tweeter is considered one of the best. worth a listen for sure. | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) what i'm noticing about the Salon2's is how neutral they are. I have a pair of VA Beethovens I would consider great bang for the buck, warm side of neutral, but very good sounding. The Revels can change their presentation if I move them 6"! At Axp... | |
| How many pair of speakers do you own? Revel Salon 2Vienna Acoustics BeethovenKef R107/2Epicure Model 3Revel voice1 The Salon 2 is really all one could ask for while proper setup is critical, the Beethovens are a steal for the money and I really like what they do. The speakers to touc... | |
| Revel Salon 1 vs Salon 2 A bit surprised there's been so little contribution on this. I bought my S'1 from a gent who was upgrading to the S'2 in a large difficult room and he was gracious enough to invite me over after he got the new system set up. The difference was big... | |
| Which integrated amp for better musicality - Parasound Hint vs Primaluna vs ??? Do yourself a favor and bring home a Hegel h360 to demo, I was using an anthem int then went to a parasound a21 with a krell class a pre and finally the hegel brought what I call the there factor to my speakers at the time the revel salon1 and si... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range buyers remorse? you buy a pair of $18,500 speakers and then ask for suggestions. sounds like. personally if I can't get expensive gear to try in my own home first i'm not buying it period We stand to lose $10k if the glorious speakers fall flat at... | |
| Paradigm Persona series I've only heard the 3f's from that line with an Anthem front end and I expected them to be bright, even had dealer play diana schuur and they were smooth, but regardless what people say about speaker break in he/dealer said they sounded pretty har... | |
| Hegel H590 Why not home demo the H190 ? odds are the 2 will sound nearly identical while the 590 has twice the power you will still get a feel for the sound. | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range I have to agree with above that you'll find quite often speakers will sound more like the room they're in than different. I also, for fun pulled the $22k speakers out and put the 1/3 size 1/5 price beethovens in with my h360 driving them and I was... | |
| Speaker Recommendation: 20K range @steve59 Sorry, but no, going off the Stereophile measurements, Vienna Acoustics are terrible for the money, way overpriced, just look at his listening window measurement for their Klimt the Kiss speaker, utterly atrocious, not even $100 speaker... |