Revel Be series discounted by 25%

[ahofer]

Is there a new model coming out?

 

[tw 2022]

Here's some old data, but seems very relevant all these decades later. I bought some AR91 speakers with Circuit City's "cost to employee discount" back when they had 5 stores. MRSP was $499 per speaker and they very often went on sale for $299 each, I got them for $103 each.

now that's a decent deal...

 

[muad]

It's just that not everything newer is better.

Ahh I thought you meant the R3 was better than the R3 meta.

 

[Lsc]

Looks like the 25% off isn’t getting anyone to jump on the “deal”

 

[shawndo]

I was debating between the F226Be and M126Be before the sale and expecting to pay full price. This thread basically tipped the scale towards the floorstanders if I can figure out how much effort it will be to make them fit well in my small nyc apt along with my 2x12" subs...

 

[Acerun]

I was debating between the F226Be and M126Be before the sale and expecting to pay full price. This thread basically tipped the scale towards the floorstanders if I can figure out how much effort it will be to make them fit well in my small nyc apt along with my 2x12" subs...

I like the 126s with two subs

 

[EJ3]

Confirmation for German customers: I called Harman Deutschland and I was told, that there are no authorized dealers for the brand (Hell, I had to literally SPELL the name "Revel" to the call center agent ).

I really don't understand their business politics: at least they abandone a market of nearly 85 million people...

They opened a ticket and I should receive a call from someone who can explain this or even better who knows a way to purchase Revel speakers out here in the dessert

You should try what happens when you live on an Island in Oceana that has no street addresses because there is no mail delivery. You only have P.O. Boxes or or contracted PMB's (Postal Mail Boxes: the same thing, just run by independent contractors). Many places just won't send you anything. So, you have to have it shipped to some one on some mainland somewhere that will relabel the address and then ship it to your P.O. or P.M.B. address. In order to get said item, you are paying postage twice. They consider an island with 60,000 people not worth their time.
& the next island over from where I lived was 3 miles away, twice the size but only had 975 people.

 

[EJ3]

To toss another automobile analogy out it appears buying hifi from a "dealer" is a bit like buying a car. Nobody seems to pay the same price. Off to the grocery and negotiate over some bananas.

I like to bicker about the price with the cars (& anything else) But you have to do the hard part, to get the best price, be willing to walk away & come back three days later. Having cash, something to show them, helps (even if it is just the full down payment on a large purchase) or 20% of cash for something like the Revels & the rest with your credit card. It's fun. And you will get the deal that you want or you will walk away. Yeah, it's a bit time consuming BUT you are building a relationship & future purchase from the same people will go faster, when you come in for something else time & again, every few years. These are the people that let you take things home & test them at your house for a month, or let you take a new car home for 3 days.
Why? Because you have developed a relationship with them (as to being a serious buyer). They know that you are a serious buyer & they know that you will go somewhere else if they don't treat you well.
They know that when you come in, you are planning to leave with what you came for. And they are planning to give you a reasonable deal so that you & your money doesn't go to a different vendor because they tried to not give you a good deal.
It is a simple & satisfying RELATIONSHIP that you are building.

 

[shawndo]

I like the 126s with two subs

in today's world with multi-Kwatt subs, I feel inferior with my measly 400w svs subs heh. I keep telling myself its only a 1bdrm apt. dont need all that...

 

[Lsc]

I like to bicker about the price with the cars (& anything else) But you have to do the hard part, to get the best price, be willing to walk away & come back three days later. Having cash, something to show them, helps (even if it is just the full down payment on a large purchase) or 20% of cash for something like the Revels & the rest with your credit card. It's fun. And you will get the deal that you want or you will walk away. Yeah, it's a bit time consuming BUT you are building a relationship & future purchase from the same people will go faster, when you come in for something else time & again, every few years. These are the people that let you take things home & test them at your house for a month, or let you take a new car home for 3 days.
Why? Because you have developed a relationship with them (as to being a serious buyer). They know that you are a serious buyer & they know that you will go somewhere else if they don't treat you well.
They know that when you come in, you are planning to leave with what you came for. And they are planning to give you a reasonable deal so that you & your money doesn't go to a different vendor because they tried to not give you a good deal.
It is a simple & satisfying RELATIONSHIP that you are building.

I have a completely different opinion on this. Companies should try to sell direct to consumer more and lower the prices.

For example, instead of Revel is selling to retailer ABC the F228Be for $5500/pair and the retailer is offering it for $11000, sell if direct to consumer for $5500-6000 or whatever. Why do we need to pay double to the retailer for taking our order?

Change the model and sell more since the prices will be 1/2 off. So, instead of having this 25% off special, have a permanent 50% off special and see how many more products they will sell.

I don’t need to develop a relationship with a dealer who doesn’t even carry the products to demo and plus Revel dealers are few and far in between now anyway…just don’t try to sell direct at full retail like KEF and other companies.

 

[Lsc]

in today's world with multi-Kwatt subs, I feel inferior with my measly 400w svs subs heh. I keep telling myself its only a 1bdrm apt. dont need all that...

Then I like the F226Be and even no subs. The quality of bass from the F226Be will probably exceed those subs anyway.

 

[EJ3]

I have a completely different opinion on this. Companies should try to sell direct to consumer more and lower the prices.

For example, instead of Revel is selling to retailer ABC the F228Be for $5500/pair and the retailer is offering it for $11000, sell if direct to consumer for $5500-6000 or whatever. Why do we need to pay double to the retailer for taking our order?

Change the model and sell more since the prices will be 1/2 off. So, instead of having this 25% off special, have a permanent 50% off special and see how many more products they will sell.

I don’t need to develop a relationship with a dealer who doesn’t even carry the products to demo and plus Revel dealers are few and far in between now anyway…just don’t try to sell direct at full retail like KEF and other companies.

Well, that is the key: not developing these relationships causes the brick & motor stores where you could hear the product, to go out of business & the people to be in the unemployment line & the manufactures to not be able to demonstrate their wares, causing sales to go down, which causes the cost of manufacturing (less pieces, less quantities of stuff to build the products with, to go up. And the end product to cost more (due to the lack of the economies of scale and in order to keep the price low, the quality goes down & less people buy it & it becomes a vicious spiral of getting worse & worse until no one is buying it at all & the manufacturer moves on to another junk product for the landfill. And the product, which was once great, is not unavailable at any cost, the people behind it are unemployed & a drag on the economy

 

[DMill]

I have a completely different opinion on this. Companies should try to sell direct to consumer more and lower the prices.

For example, instead of Revel is selling to retailer ABC the F228Be for $5500/pair and the retailer is offering it for $11000, sell if direct to consumer for $5500-6000 or whatever. Why do we need to pay double to the retailer for taking our order?

Change the model and sell more since the prices will be 1/2 off. So, instead of having this 25% off special, have a permanent 50% off special and see how many more products they will sell.

I don’t need to develop a relationship with a dealer who doesn’t even carry the products to demo and plus Revel dealers are few and far in between now anyway…just don’t try to sell direct at full retail like KEF and other companies.

The end of brick and mortar. It’s an interesting idea. Many of the best audio companies lack marketing skills. But regardless of distribution channels any brand has to market its product or nobody will know. This could be something as simple as sending product to Amir to test all the way up to national TV spots. Even direct to consumer companies have marketing dollars baked into the cost of those speakers, or at least they should if they don’t want not go belly up. A good dealer is “selling/marketing” on behalf of the manufacturer. Or at least they should be. We can certainly debate margins, but this is simple marketing 101.

 

[sdo_riga]

Well, here is my bad experience with the Revel 'discount'. I placed and paid for an order for Revel PerformaBe F228Be in the walnut color on 09/16 during the 25% sale earlier this year. The order was with the official dealer in NH. On 10/21 I got an e-mail from the store that there was some damage in transit to California and "the cartons are going through a full inspection of speakers one buy one and getting a repack. They're expecting it to take 1-2 weeks to verify there's no damage and repack everything." I could not get a delivery ETA from the store on 11/08 and asked to cancel the order. This experience feels Revel does not want to respect the discount price.

 

[kyuu]

This experience feels Revel does not want to respect the discount price.

Seems like this is an issue with the dealer and/or shipping company, nothing to do with Revel really? It's certainly unfortunate when their dealers don't give good experiences, of course. I've purchased multiple Revel speakers through a couple different dealers at discount with no issues, though nothing as high-end as the F228Be.

 

[sdo_riga]

Seems like this is an issue with the dealer and/or shipping company, nothing to do with Revel really?

To be clear the dealer could not obtain the speakers from Revel as per the dealer communication to me. The dealer could not even get definitive ETA today about shipment to the store noting lack of response from the Revel's regional rep for New England.

 

[kyuu]

Ah I see. That sucks for sure. It does seem like Revel's excellence in engineering is not always backed by excellence in the other areas of the business.

 

[EJ3]

The end of brick and mortar. It’s an interesting idea. Many of the best audio companies lack marketing skills. But regardless of distribution channels any brand has to market its product or nobody will know. This could be something as simple as sending product to Amir to test all the way up to national TV spots. Even direct to consumer companies have marketing dollars baked into the cost of those speakers, or at least they should if they don’t want not go belly up. A good dealer is “selling/marketing” on behalf of the manufacturer. Or at least they should be. We can certainly debate margins, but this is simple marketing 101.

I'd rather pay more & be able to take it home for a few days & take it back (NOT ship it back). And try something else.

 

[Lsc]

Ah I see. That sucks for sure. It does seem like Revel's excellence in engineering is not always backed by excellence in the other areas of the business.

Communication directly with Revel always has been a great experience whether it’s replacement parts or warranty service. Communication with the dealer has not always been the best experience. They always put it on the rep - I wonder how bad these reps are?

I once had two blown midranges on my F208s. Working with the dealer that I bought the speakers from said they were on back order for 6 weeks. 6 weeks later they said they were still on back order for 4 more weeks. I contacted Revel directly and had 2 midrange drivers at my door within a week.

 

[Hans Of Matrix]

Communication directly with Revel always has been a great experience whether it’s replacement parts or warranty service. Communication with the dealer has not always been the best experience. They always put it on the rep - I wonder how bad these reps are?

I once had two blown midranges on my F208s. Working with the dealer that I bought the speakers from said they were on back order for 6 weeks. 6 weeks later they said they were still on back order for 4 more weeks. I contacted Revel directly and had 2 midrange drivers at my door within a week.

Is there a direct email adress to contact Revel? Which email adress from Revel did you actually use?