Revel by a large margin. I would actually take the Revel's over the vandersteen 7's, that's how good I think the revel's are. You might need bigger more powerful amps for the revel's, not sure. I just got back from RMAF and listened to the salon 2's in a small room and they were still one of the best sounding rooms of the show, and the best for its price range. The only other speaker that I liked as good or better than the Revel's were the Raidho's that were $110,000.
Just my opinion
Just my opinion