Revel Performa 3


My last thread on this topic ended up under music somehow, but anyway has anyone actually heard these ? The promotional video on Revels web page looks very promising. They are coming out next month, Thanks, Christopher
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I own Revel f32s and can say they are not that tube friendly, Irun them with Rogue m180 monos, what info do you have that the performa 3s are more tube friendly ? It would be great if they were !
In an interview with the head of product development,
he said that the top performa 3 tower out performed a 28,000$ speaker in blind tests. I have no reason to not believe him, so these new speakers could be giant killers.
The video on Revels web sight is very interesting, seems like some real effort was put into the design and execution of the new line, not just marketing hype and sales propaganda.
Revel now has more information on their web sight on the Performa 3 speakers including owner manuals, the 208 is bigger than it looks, I bet it can move some air.
Audioman, Have you heard/owned other revel speakers ? how do they compare? Did you compare them to other speakers in the same price range? You are the first person I know of that has heard these speakers outside of show conditions, and I am very interested in them because I own Revel f32s, thanks, Christopher
on Avs forum someone did listen at a dealer side by side the new f208 vrs the studio, and his opinion was the f208 was about 90 percent of a studio 2 for a lot less dough.
I have read a thread on Audiokarma where someone compared the f52 to the new 208 and found the f52 more refined sounding with better soundstage depth. This is worrying to me as own the f32s and the new 208s should be better in every way or whats the point ? Most of what I have read seems very positive, and I know I will have to listen for myself, but is there anyone else that have had actual side by side comparisons between the older and newer models ?
I have also read that the f208 is by far the best under 10,000 dollar speaker Revel has ever made, and I hope this is the case.
I have now heard the f208. To say there are much better speakers out there is laughable. I would put the new Revel up against any speaker under 15,000. I think they are giant killers.