No I have not. I do not think there are models easily auditioned here, and I am also becoming exhausted driving around and trying different brands. From all I have read of Revel, including comparisons with Sf, I would not really like Revel much. JBL, I have no idea. But I cannot continue going after brand after brand after brand. It's even starting to dilute my impressions of the few speakers I have heard, now multiple times. So, either I can listen in person or I simply can't keep chasing the tail.
The VLR Wood are certainly also designed (at least claimed as such) to be positioned on shelves, my situation, and not just in cabinets. Apparently very flexible regarding placement. For instance, by comparison the KEF R#, which I thought sounded great twice, seemed much more "locatable" in space than the VLR Wood, or even the Sf. The KEF R3 sounded good, but really changed aspect off-axis, which I thought interesting but odd for a 3-way "UniQ" speakers(but also rear-ported, if that made a difference). They really changed, compared to the sealed VLR and front-ported Sf, and I did not like that much, as I very much listen off-axis as much as on-axis. The other 2 sounded much more broad, which I much preferred.