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Thank you.Congrats on your purchase of the salon 2 speakers. I think with sufficient power they could last you a lifetime.
Each has its own benchmark ahb2, no issue there.
Thank you.Congrats on your purchase of the salon 2 speakers. I think with sufficient power they could last you a lifetime.
Ok. I don't have a problem with the salon 2 speakers and I was being snarky attempting to use the hk dbt to undermine revels own test. If you say it was the studio2 not the salon 2 it does explain why revel discontinued the model. Buying the salon 2 isn't a slam dunk to great sound by any means, they're still prone to the same factors like placement, boundary's, source components and room size. If we're not going to build a system around our speakers I think stepping up to $20k pair from any passive brand is leaving good money on the table.Studio2, not Salon2.
Who says it’s discontinued?Ok. I don't have a problem with the salon 2 speakers and I was being snarky attempting to use the hk dbt to undermine revels own test. If you say it was the studio2 not the salon 2 it does explain why revel discontinued the model.
Who says it’s discontinued?
AFAIK, the Studio2s have been discontinued and out-of-stock for some time now and, to my knowledge, there was one additional production run of Salon2 shortly after the discontinuance of the Studio2s.I read the studio was being dropped somewhere, but I just looked on their website and they're still listed?
If so it is surprising that the Studio2s are still on Revel's site (as not discontinued), but I am not saying you are wrong.AFAIK, the Studio2s have been discontinued and out-of-stock for some time now and, to my knowledge, there was one additional production run of Salon2 shortly after the discontinuance of the Studio2s.
The evidence supports your view. ListenUp, a large multi-state audio-video dealer here in the US, says the Studio2 is "out of stock":AFAIK, the Studio2s have been discontinued and out-of-stock for some time now and, to my knowledge, there was one additional production run of Salon2 shortly after the discontinuance of the Studio2s.
DittoSame as me
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I have also tried D&D 8C but sent it back. Too timid compared to my revels authority.FWIW, although the Revel Salon2 is among the best passive speakers money can buy, I still think active monitors like the Dutch&Dutch 8C have it beat. An active design allows the monitor to do things that are simply impossible with passive components.
If I had $10k to spend that is what I'd be looking at.
Fair enough. The Salon2 is certainly the more capable speaker in terms of output and bass, at least when you give them the necessary amplification. That is the 8C's biggest weakness.I have also tried D&D 8C but sent it back. Too timid compared to my revels authority.
This is why I do not even want to audition Revel speaker. Though a pair of Salon 2s are beyond my budget and living space, other models in the line certainly are not, but I won't even consider them based on their lack of support.I saw that, and commented.
Just a little hard to believe a company with aspirations to be anything other than just ordinary would be so short sighted to not provide spare parts for loudspeakers that cost as much as they do.
I'm disgusted with the anecdotes in relation to the lack of spare parts these days. But it's all changing, back to the way it was.
In the meantime, anyone buying should get a guarantee in writing ensuring reasonable access to an ongoing availability of replacement parts. Just like the auto industry.
If so it is surprising that the Studio2s are still on Revel's site (as not discontinued), but I am not saying you are wrong.
I just want to correct this post since there appears to be no way to edit it. I meant to say Jim Garret, not Kevin Voeks. Kevin is the engineer for the Salon2.Why the sarcasm? And why are there so many people here hostile to the notion that we can judge loudspeakers by listening to them? I know what I am doing when I listen to an audio system. I know what good sound is.
Revel has never published a double-blind test in which one of their other speakers bested the Salon2. Kevin Voeks, the marketing guy for Revel, said that the F328Be is better in some respects, but there is no evidence that it is a better speaker overall in terms of listener preference. He has an incentive to upsell the F328Be given that the Salon2 is being discontinued because it is no longer profitable to produce.
Revel would not have gone through all the effort to design a cost-no-object speaker like the Salon2 with expensive design elements like a hand-sculpted baffle if such a design could be beaten by something designed to fit within a budget like the F328Be.
I just want to correct this post since there appears to be no way to edit it. I meant to say Jim Garret, not Kevin Voeks. Kevin is the engineer for the Salon2.
How can you see their inventory?Gem2 is still on the site but EOL as well. Last I checked Harman had a single black one in inventory.
How can you see their inventory?
I'm afraid the phrase "consumer goods" explains the issue. We are expected to "consume" those goods as fast as possible so that we buy new ones...
I think you and I are simply getting oldMaybe I'm just an idealist when it comes to quality, longevity, reliability and fitness for purpose.