The other day I want to my local Revel dealer, US Tube Audio in Scottsdale, AZ
I was able to listen to the F208, F228Be, and the JBL 4367.
I thought I'd share my impressions.
F208: Sounded fine to me, good low end, midrange sounded natural, top end was nice, over all nothing special.
F228Be: Sounded better to me, less low end but more defined maybe, midrange the same, top end seemed more defined to me. Most likely as a result of the Be tweeter?
So, I wasn't super impressed with either, not to point where I was willing to pull out my wallet. I thought it might just be a crappy room.
Next up the JBL 4367. From the moment the music started my jaw was on the floor. Everything sounded real, alive, in the room. The acoustic guitars, clarinets vocals, you name it sounded amazing, accurate, and life like. Bass was amazing and tactile. It ran circles around the Revels while still having great tone, clarity and smoothness.
Unfortunately, they were out of F328Be and Salon2 so I couldn't compare.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it the horn loaded compression driver that is crossed over at 700 Hz that gives it the life like sound? The high sensitivity? Both? I'm curious but I've got to know at this point as I've got to have speakers that do this, but I can't afford the $16k!
Thoughts?
Paul
I was able to listen to the F208, F228Be, and the JBL 4367.
I thought I'd share my impressions.
F208: Sounded fine to me, good low end, midrange sounded natural, top end was nice, over all nothing special.
F228Be: Sounded better to me, less low end but more defined maybe, midrange the same, top end seemed more defined to me. Most likely as a result of the Be tweeter?
So, I wasn't super impressed with either, not to point where I was willing to pull out my wallet. I thought it might just be a crappy room.
Next up the JBL 4367. From the moment the music started my jaw was on the floor. Everything sounded real, alive, in the room. The acoustic guitars, clarinets vocals, you name it sounded amazing, accurate, and life like. Bass was amazing and tactile. It ran circles around the Revels while still having great tone, clarity and smoothness.
Unfortunately, they were out of F328Be and Salon2 so I couldn't compare.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is it the horn loaded compression driver that is crossed over at 700 Hz that gives it the life like sound? The high sensitivity? Both? I'm curious but I've got to know at this point as I've got to have speakers that do this, but I can't afford the $16k!
Thoughts?
Paul