I just did, at least in part.
Before I comment on the M16 vs R200, I will touch on the L200.
I had the L200 awhile ago and it was only in my possession for a couple days and listened to in my old/different room. I did not have the R200, it was not even out yet.
My memory is of basically liking the L200 at the time and thinking it was a somewhat underrated speaker, the price seemed justified to me based on typical costs associated with real wood veneered cabs and being a flagship product which is never supposed to be the best value -ever.
Now I have a pair of the R200 here now and a pair of the Revel M16. Both are speakers I really just started listening to within the last few days.
You all have the measurements in myriad of ways for both speakers. What follows is my subjective listening experience thus far.
Bear in mind many speakers cross my path and I am no real fan boy of any particular brand, I am down to like or dislike just about anything. (I have both liked and disliked a few Revel & Polk speakers.)
I do not like the R200, nor do I understand it's appeal in the subjective press. Yes, it seems to measure well, but the subjective press isn't really based off of that, so now what?
This is one dull and boring sounding speaker. Not neutral, not just dark - dull and very "average joe" sounding. Like playing your jams through a couple thick flannel shirts with a nice chestly 200-500hrz broad resonance thrown in (where that comes from I am not sure yet, it just sounds unclean there). Zero and I mean zero vibrancy and not even a pleasantly beautiful but delicate lets take the scenic drive. What gives here people?
The M16 is better sounding to me by just about every metric one(or at least I have) has in a subjective experience. There would be absolutely no chance I would ever take the R200 over it.
To make matter worse it really suffers when off axis, so listening with my GF side by side is even more, well, dull. Yikes.
The positive is that is not offensive in the sense that it mutes out the potential bad highs. However that is not hifi. I understand that for some folks this is good thing, maybe you have a very bright sounding room, or are very nearfield, or have no interest in what goes on above 5k or have a sensitivity to realism above 5k. Maybe you just want background music that stays in the back, but then why buy $750 speakers?
Anyway I will have to try playing with it more and see if some PEQ and some other adjustments can help.
In my in room M.M.measurements, which only say so much, the tweeter energy is notably down which corroborates what I am hearing.*
*in terms of a line drawn from 300-4k and extended out, delineating the room energy trend.*
an extra -1db by 5k
-3.5ish db by 8
-5ish by 10k
&-6db down by 13.5k
What is it about this speaker that raises all the high praise. I am not hearing it. Sounds like an old ELAC B6 or those new ELAC BS41's that I heard the other day that are as hifi as dull record player needles.
I can say it seems smooth through much of the mids but that is not enough.
@cd45123 what did you not like about the Revel M106?