Revel F206 Tower Speaker Review

[caioferrari]

Amir, you can have bias as much as you want. The thing is: Revel speaker measure and sound great

 

[fritobugger]

Amir, you can have bias as much as you want. The thing is: Revel speaker measure and sound great

What is that supposed to mean?

 

[TankTop]

What is that supposed to mean?

he doesn’t know

 

[caioferrari]

What is that supposed to mean?

An answer to this:

“NOTE: Our company, Madrona Digital which is in the business of custom system integration is not in retail business but we are a dealer for Harman products including Revel. If I am not mistaken, the owner actually purchased this speaker from us. My measurements are standardized and no changes where made for testing of this speaker but feel free to read whatever level of bias you like in my subjective comments.”

 

[fritobugger]

An answer to this:

“NOTE: Our company, Madrona Digital which is in the business of custom system integration is not in retail business but we are a dealer for Harman products including Revel. If I am not mistaken, the owner actually purchased this speaker from us. My measurements are standardized and no changes where made for testing of this speaker but feel free to read whatever level of bias you like in my subjective comments.”

We are all aware of this. This is a boilerplate statement at the beginning of all Revel, JBL, and other Harman product reviews. by Amir

 

[caioferrari]

We are all aware of this. This is a boilerplate statement at the beginning of all Revel, JBL, and other Harman product reviews. by Amir

I know it is.

And I said he could be as biased as he wants. The product is very good and measure well, so it deserves a bias. A good one.

Do you know what irony is?

 

[fritobugger]

I know it is.

And I said he could be as biased as he wants. The product is very good and measure well, so it deserves a bias. A good one.

Do you know what irony is?

yes, I also now know what a completely unnecessary waste of words looks like.

 

[caioferrari]

yes, I also now know what a completely unnecessary waste of words looks like.

When I'm really worried about wasting words, I don't drag out discussions I find unnecessary.

 

[Sparkles]

yes, I also now know what a completely unnecessary waste of words looks like.

Woah. You have misunderstood @caioferrari. We can restate it another way for you, but honestly, you will get it after a re-read without your previous disposition.

 

[Power Pop 23]

I do not know if supplies of 'new' samples of the Revel F206 loudspeaker are finally drying up or not.......


Crutchfield dot com is currently showing inventory of new samples of the Revel F206 in Black or White but not Walnut


Music Direct dot com is currently showing inventory of new samples of the Revel F206 in Walnut but not Black or White

 

[MarkS]

The big question is whether Revel is going to introduce a replacement.

 

[Power Pop 23]

The big question is whether Revel is going to introduce a replacement.

Madrona Digital told me that Revel confirmed to them there would be a replacement for the F206 but that Revel did not say when it would be available.

 

[highender]

Perhaps you misunderstood what I wrote?

I didn't mean that harmonic distortion below 100Hz is inaudible no matter how high it gets.

I meant that once you add subs, it doesn't matter how well your mains perform below 100Hz, since they would typically be high-passed anyway in such a scenario.

Therefore, in a 2.1 setup, a floorstander's advantage over a bookshelf speaker is diminished.

Cool summary tho.

Purifi 4 inch woofer high passed at 80Hz with 102db SPL, does well indeed.

 

[whit]

For those still inclined to acquire, Crutchfield now has the F206 as "low stock." Mine should be here Wednesday. I had just got an F36 pair last week, which have proved to be far beyond the Emotiva T1s I was using. But I went for the discounted white version (black of those still at full list). The wife has now vetoed white for the living room, so those will be demoted to zone 2. I have thanked her for the excuse to upgrade further.

 

[amper42]

Revel Performa3 F208 (Piano Black)

Floor-standing speaker

www.crutchfield.com

Those Revel F208 at 1900 look pretty nice as well.

 

[whit]

Wow, the F206 are more better over the F36 than the F36 were over the Emotivas. This is in a acoustically difficult room, long, narrow, asymmetric, and the F206s just overcome that, with great clarity.

 

[BJL]

Bought a pair based on this review. Calibrated with Dirac, put some familiar music, and, wow! These speaker are really good, detailed.

Now I'm considering buying a third one to use as a center. Aside from having to raise the video monitor a few inches, is there any downside?

 

[starfly]

Ok I've had these speakers for 5 years, enjoyed them the whole time I've owned them.

I just moved into a new home with a better living room layout where I can now space out the speakers 10ft, and have the listening position also be 10ft away, in an equilateral triangle (a much more ideal setup). And can move them out from the walls a bit.

Running through my Yamaha AVR and after some YPAO room correction to even out low-end response, man these speakers have really come alive now. The soundstage is incredible, especially on well mastered tracks. Like a whole new speaker with this much more ideal placement. Love it!

 

[lessthanjoey]

Bought a pair based on this review. Calibrated with Dirac, put some familiar music, and, wow! These speaker are really good, detailed.

Now I'm considering buying a third one to use as a center. Aside from having to raise the video monitor a few inches, is there any downside?

If you're happy with your screen height, nope! I run an M105 there and they work well together.

 

[starfly]

Question here for owners. Last night as I was listening to some music, pretty loudly I might add, I noticed that one of the speakers sounded a bit distorted, but more like something was rattling on the inside when certain very specific low frequencies were being played in this one particular song I was listening to.

Is this at all possible? And is it something I could potentially self-diagnose and repair? Have had these speakers for 5 years so doubt they’re still covered by warranty.