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This is somewhat of an unofficial preliminary listening evaluation with these two sets of speakers. These will be part of our official evaluation event first of July, although we don't normal pit speakers against one another in our evaluations. In this case, I am seriously considering the Revels for my personal speakers, so I have no choice but to compare them.
I've had the 15A's in my room for a few months now and have been very pleased with them. I've owned the Montis and 13A's in the past and both were phenomenal speakers that I seriously missed having in my room after they left me. I've had other stats, but none like those, so I decided I would to all out and grab the 15A's. Thus far... no doubt the best sounding speakers I've had in my room.
The reason I selected the Revels for consideration was because I've heard so much about their speakers being extremely neutral. I started looking around, reading reviews and they ended up really getting my attention. Even though several reviews also expressed how the 15A's are also neutral, they are electrostats, and the Revels are dynamic, so they should be different, at least I would think. I started out wanting to order a pair of F208's, but could not find any, then decided to order the F228Be. After investigating, it was clearer to me that the F228Be model was an upgrade to the F208. After ordering and paying for them, Harman emailed me back that they were seriously back-ordered on the 228's but could ship me a pair of the 328's right away... why not, no reason to argue... and they are here. They've been sitting in my shop for a few weeks and I decided to unpack them and give them a listen this weekend.
To Revel's credit... I have never seen a speaker packed so well. Similar to the 15A's they are covered with a soft cloth material and have foam that slips down over and completely surrounds the speakers, with protection on top and bottom, and then placed inside their respective boxes. The key difference in the Revels is they are then placed inside of what appears to be a pro audio rack case, which are easy to roll around.
After unpacking the 328's, I placed them next to the 15A's... considerably smaller in comparison. I'm not sure why Revel used white coned drivers... as I'll have no choice but to use the grills if do decide to keep them, despite not being fond of grills on my speakers. The white coned drivers are not a pretty sight for me.
This is NOT how I will listen to them. I'll move the 15A's out of the way and and find the right position for the 328's... this is merely capturing the size comparison.
More to come!
I've had the 15A's in my room for a few months now and have been very pleased with them. I've owned the Montis and 13A's in the past and both were phenomenal speakers that I seriously missed having in my room after they left me. I've had other stats, but none like those, so I decided I would to all out and grab the 15A's. Thus far... no doubt the best sounding speakers I've had in my room.
The reason I selected the Revels for consideration was because I've heard so much about their speakers being extremely neutral. I started looking around, reading reviews and they ended up really getting my attention. Even though several reviews also expressed how the 15A's are also neutral, they are electrostats, and the Revels are dynamic, so they should be different, at least I would think. I started out wanting to order a pair of F208's, but could not find any, then decided to order the F228Be. After investigating, it was clearer to me that the F228Be model was an upgrade to the F208. After ordering and paying for them, Harman emailed me back that they were seriously back-ordered on the 228's but could ship me a pair of the 328's right away... why not, no reason to argue... and they are here. They've been sitting in my shop for a few weeks and I decided to unpack them and give them a listen this weekend.
To Revel's credit... I have never seen a speaker packed so well. Similar to the 15A's they are covered with a soft cloth material and have foam that slips down over and completely surrounds the speakers, with protection on top and bottom, and then placed inside their respective boxes. The key difference in the Revels is they are then placed inside of what appears to be a pro audio rack case, which are easy to roll around.
After unpacking the 328's, I placed them next to the 15A's... considerably smaller in comparison. I'm not sure why Revel used white coned drivers... as I'll have no choice but to use the grills if do decide to keep them, despite not being fond of grills on my speakers. The white coned drivers are not a pretty sight for me.
This is NOT how I will listen to them. I'll move the 15A's out of the way and and find the right position for the 328's... this is merely capturing the size comparison.
More to come!