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Revel F206 Tower Speaker Review

Rate this speaker:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 3 0.9%
  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 11 3.2%
  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 98 28.8%
  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 228 67.1%

  • Total voters
    340
I am looking at it from sensitivity point of view. The base is 88 a pair is 91 db 1 meter. So to run at 102 lets make it easy and say 10 db so 10 watts @ 1 meter. Listening distance of 12 ft and add 6 db more power to keep the level the same and now your at 4X and you looking at 40 watt average.

So how big a room, listening distance and available amp power.

Assuming you mean 102 average.

Rob :)
 
Random user being subjective here, if you apply a very little bit of attenuation at 4978.17hz and toggle the filter on and off, I really think most people will find that the cancelations in the ceiling and floor bounce early reflections in the region do not result in the area being free from excessive energy, being too shrill
 
aaah, I got myself mixed up, the big dips in the floor and ceiling bounces are more around the xover point, where I also have some attenuation going. ...These seem to do better when they're not aimed exactly at the ears, with some attenuation at the xover region and where the directivity and on-axis response peak between 4 and 5khz, no?
 
These seem to do better when they're not aimed exactly at the ears
Yup:
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So glad Mr. staticV3 posted those :). So useful and it induced me to pay some attention to what Mr. MZKM posts(ed) at the beginning. This one horizontal directivity plot accessed after the link makes me realize the left and right axes are not nearly symmetrical, why is that?
 
So glad Mr. staticV3 posted those :). So useful and it induced me to pay some attention to what Mr. MZKM posts(ed) at the beginning. This one horizontal directivity plot accessed after the link makes me realize the left and right axes are not nearly symmetrical, why is that?
Yeah that's weird.

They might be misaligned one step by accident.

@pierre Could you take a look, please? (Link)
 
Mr. Aubert is doing the Lord's work with his site. Not to mention our hero Mr. Amir, who I'm hazarding to guess...somehow ended up with the data for the 0° axis entered in both the 0° and -10° positions? ...The data strikes my ears-mind as quite accurate. Which is sorta nice because I bought my non-consecutive pair, seemingly new, in a parking lot from, from someone with an audiogon account
 
I have a pair of these, and I am well-pleased with them.

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In-room frequency response with Dirac correction up to 1KHz (no subs):

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I have listened to the F206. I got to set them up myself and try them with different amps, spent a lot of time trying different setups. They're not my thing. I wish I understood, but every time I set them up I was surprised at my inability to really enjoy them. I also do not love the M105. The one I liked was the F35 with a subwoofer. Every time I set those up it made me happy. I wouldn't say any of these speakers sound bad, and I can hear things that I would objectively describe as better about the F206 than the F35. But, despite that I like the F35 better. Similarly, the M105 is no doubt a better speaker than the Sony SSCS5. But, I'd rather listen to the Sony. Our preferences are what they are. Interestingly, others at the shop agreed with me about the F35 being more enjoyable. It may just be the specific room/speaker interaction.

My take on the KEFs from trade show experiences is that their bookshelf speakers are great nearfield. I wasn't blown away by the big blades, although they sounded very good to me. There were two rooms with them at the last PAS, and one got very good bass response to happen. One thing I will say is that coaxial mid/tweeter has the same signature across the board. It comes across as slightly too bright to me, but not so much as to make me dislike it. I don't hear any specific magic from it. I love the coaxial concept, but to my ears a well matched midrange and tweeter in separate waveguide seem to do just as well.
I think the 2.5 improved efficiency might be basis for your preference.
 
I think the 2.5 improved efficiency might be basis for your preference.


I had the F36 with an SB-2000 subwoofer for years and loved them.

If a crazy deal on the F208 hadn't fallen in my lap, I would still be using the F36 today.

The F36/36 provide amazing performance for the money.
 
I can hear things that I would objectively describe as better about the F206 than the F35. But, despite that I like the F35 better.
F35 has a better preference score, better bass extension, and better flatness than the F206, per spinorama.org:

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Spinorama numbers are useful for creating a 'short list' of loudspeakers to consider.....

I like that the Revel F206 was available in a walnut veneer.
 
I had the F36 with an SB-2000 subwoofer for years and loved them.

If a crazy deal on the F208 hadn't fallen in my lap, I would still be using the F36 today.

The F36/36 provide amazing performance for the money.
That last line should have been "The F35/36 provide......."
 
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