Von Schweikert VR-5 vs Revel Salon2

hi, if you really want other advise i will give you mine. unfortunatly you will have to find a way to listen to these speakers for yourself, it is the only way to know which speaker you will like better !! I personally like the revels much better. but it is just my opinion. a friend of mine has the vr4 jr . a good, fun sounding speaker, however he use to have the revel f30s . and to my ear was a much better speaker ! in NO way less full sounding than the VS. in fact the revels were fuller , with much better bass , and less strain at louder sound pressure than the vs speakers. the salons are in a different league than f30s , it is the best speaker I have ever heard regardless of cost. it has amazing full range sound, and breathtaking detail, the best tweeter I have heard , ect you get the picture. find a way to listen to them for yourself , you will not be disapointed, good luck and happy listening, chris

if you listen to the revels or any speaker for the matter, make shure you listen to a wide selection of gear. the better speakers these days often sound like what they are attached to. the poster who said they had a mid hall perspective just happened to discribe the sound of bAT AND ML GEAR ! both having a more distant or laid back sound. I have heard the salons sound forward and bright, and full and warm depending on what they are hooked up to. as for soundstage I have not heard better, in fact in one demo it was in a dedicated home theater [ custom room ,all revel ]
and during on song the soundstage was so big I thought for shure the dealer was cheating and it was in 5.1 stereo surround , so I got up and put my ear up to the gems on the side walls, and to my astonishment , they were not on ! I had been listening in just stereo the whole song !!
the sound was just huge, with layer after layer of detail ,this was by far the best sound staging I have heard anywhere.. good luck, chrissain