I have been listening to the Revel F328Be as my main stereo system for the last 10 months. They are amazing. Recently I had the opportunity to try them side by side with the BMR Towers and thought a comparison might be fun.
Specification/Price differences:
1. The BMR Tower and the Revel F328Be are closer in size than I imagined. The BMR is almost 7" shorter with a flat top while the F328Be has a curved top. The depth and width on the BMR Tower is just a little smaller than the F328Be. But when placed side by side they look very close with both having a pear shaped design with the rear of the box being narrower than the front and each having rounded corners. Next to each other they look like cousins with both in black.
F328BE - 50.9" H x 13.5" W x 17.6" D, BMR Tower - 44" H x 12" W x 15-1/2" D.
2. BMR is rated at 6 ohms with a sensitivity of 86 dB (2.83v/1M).
3. F328Be is rated at 8 ohms with a sensitivity of 91 dB (2.83v/1M).
(With REW pink noise a minimum of 6 dB extra gain is required of RME ADI-2 for the BMR Tower to level match with F328Be.)
4. Drivers
F328Be - Three 8" Ceramic Composite aluminum cones, Midrange 5-1/4" Ceramic Composite aluminum cone, Tweeter - 1" Beryllium dome, with acoustic lens waveguide.
BMR Tower - One ScanSpeak 22W/8851T-00 Revelator 8" cone, Midrange two Tectonic Balanced Mode Radiator 2.5", RAAL 64-10X tweeter.
5. Ports - F328Be - Dual Rear Facing 2.75" Bass-reflex Flared Ports.
BMR Tower - Front facing 3" flared Mass Loaded Transmission Line Port.
6. Crossover - BMR Towers
Linkwitz-Riley 2nd Order Acoustic at 850 Hz,
Linkwitz-Riley 4th Order Acoustic at 3,800 Hz
Crossover - Revel F328Be
240Hz; 2.1kHz High-order 24 dB/octave Crossovers with Film Capacitors and Air Core Inductors
7. Binding Posts - F328BE - Two pair of gold plated binding posts with conductive bar linking two posts together. Top set recommended for non-biamp use. BMR Tower - single set of binding posts mounted vertically.
8. Weight - F328BE - 112 lbs, BMR Tower - 72 lbs
9. Price - F328Be - $17,600, BMR Tower $3700 plus shipping.
10. BMR bass range 5Hz lower to 23Hz vs 28Hz with these in room measurements.
11. Slower roll-off above 8k with BMR Tower RAAL tweeter.
12. Too early for subjective comments as my ears have been trained to love the sound of F328Be. Will take an extended period of time comparing both before commenting subjectively.
REW in Room Measurements Without EQ F328Be (Green) vs BMR Tower (Red)
Specification/Price differences:
1. The BMR Tower and the Revel F328Be are closer in size than I imagined. The BMR is almost 7" shorter with a flat top while the F328Be has a curved top. The depth and width on the BMR Tower is just a little smaller than the F328Be. But when placed side by side they look very close with both having a pear shaped design with the rear of the box being narrower than the front and each having rounded corners. Next to each other they look like cousins with both in black.
F328BE - 50.9" H x 13.5" W x 17.6" D, BMR Tower - 44" H x 12" W x 15-1/2" D.
2. BMR is rated at 6 ohms with a sensitivity of 86 dB (2.83v/1M).
3. F328Be is rated at 8 ohms with a sensitivity of 91 dB (2.83v/1M).
(With REW pink noise a minimum of 6 dB extra gain is required of RME ADI-2 for the BMR Tower to level match with F328Be.)
4. Drivers
F328Be - Three 8" Ceramic Composite aluminum cones, Midrange 5-1/4" Ceramic Composite aluminum cone, Tweeter - 1" Beryllium dome, with acoustic lens waveguide.
BMR Tower - One ScanSpeak 22W/8851T-00 Revelator 8" cone, Midrange two Tectonic Balanced Mode Radiator 2.5", RAAL 64-10X tweeter.
5. Ports - F328Be - Dual Rear Facing 2.75" Bass-reflex Flared Ports.
BMR Tower - Front facing 3" flared Mass Loaded Transmission Line Port.
6. Crossover - BMR Towers
Linkwitz-Riley 2nd Order Acoustic at 850 Hz,
Linkwitz-Riley 4th Order Acoustic at 3,800 Hz
Crossover - Revel F328Be
240Hz; 2.1kHz High-order 24 dB/octave Crossovers with Film Capacitors and Air Core Inductors
7. Binding Posts - F328BE - Two pair of gold plated binding posts with conductive bar linking two posts together. Top set recommended for non-biamp use. BMR Tower - single set of binding posts mounted vertically.
8. Weight - F328BE - 112 lbs, BMR Tower - 72 lbs
9. Price - F328Be - $17,600, BMR Tower $3700 plus shipping.
10. BMR bass range 5Hz lower to 23Hz vs 28Hz with these in room measurements.
11. Slower roll-off above 8k with BMR Tower RAAL tweeter.
12. Too early for subjective comments as my ears have been trained to love the sound of F328Be. Will take an extended period of time comparing both before commenting subjectively.
REW in Room Measurements Without EQ F328Be (Green) vs BMR Tower (Red)
Philharmonic Audio
www.philharmonicaudio.com
F328Be | 3-Way Triple 8" Floorstanding Loudspeaker
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