Polk R200's cabinet shape and depth may be somewhat more awkward for placement than dbr62 though. R200 also seems to favour under 15deg off axis while DBR62 seems best pointing straight ahead (30deg off axis?).
Both speakers are flattest roughly around 20 degrees off axis, but you should be able to angle them as you please. The R200 is indeed an unusually deep speaker though, 14 vs 10 inches or so.
What measurment(s) correspond to "revealing"? Low distortion? Narrow dispersion?
Certainly a vague term, as with most audio language, but i generally associate revealing with a speaker that is neutral, has at least some frequencies exaggerated, and or has a slight upwards tilt.
I'm not sure how much dispersion with correlates with being revealing. Often narrower dispersion speakers are described as such but I'm not fully convinced narrow directivity speakers will sound more revealing than wide directivity in a given room.
Theoretically, quieter reflections with narrow directivity means you get more of just what's on the recording. On the other hand, reflections can also make certain flaws more audible by serving as 'repetitions' of a peaks in the recording. So they're probably revealing in different ways.
In general though I don't really like the term. Unless a speaker is just very dark overall or straight up bad, different speakers will be revealing of different things.
Thank you all for your answers! Looks like the Polk R200 is a famous choice here, yet I own the Diamond 12.2, they measure nearly the same tonality wise and the Diamonds are not really that revealing. It is neutral though. What measuremens show a speaker is revealing while staying neutral?
I believe you're referring to the hifi-voice measurements mentioned in another thread? Sorry but those basic in-room measurements are not valid to make reliable assessments for these subtle differences.
If you start with a
perfectly flat speaker and give it just a 1-2dB tilt upward, it will sound totally different and much brighter than speaker with just a 1-2dB tilt downward. You need anechoic or quasi-anechoic data unless the differences are completely over the top.
I'd say what you're looking for is a flattish speaker with slightly emphasized upper frequencies, whether within the listening window response or directivity characteristics.
Fixing in-room bass can also go a long way toward making a speaker more revealing