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Revel F208 Tower Speaker Review

Nice. It's a great speaker so you can't go wrong (assume you like the sound).
 
I've used a F208/C298 combo for almost 2 years now. My Revel F208 + HSU sub + NAD C298 amp combo will blow my ear drums before the speakers. The reason I know that, is that they sound so clean, that I just keep nudging the volume knob, to concert levels. This is in a ~65m3 modest living room, with an openish back wall. No complaints.

BTW, they sound great at normal volumes also. Which I adhere to recently, to save my hearing... :rolleyes:
 
Bought a pair of these on close-out from Crutchfield. Arrived today. Looking forward to setting them up!
(Fair warning: these arrive in BIG, HEAVY boxes! When UPS freight dropped them off, my first thought was, how the hell am I going to get these inside! Luckily just needed to get them to living room on ground floor!)
 
Bought a pair of these on close-out from Crutchfield. Arrived today. Looking forward to setting them up!
(Fair warning: these arrive in BIG, HEAVY boxes! When UPS freight dropped them off, my first thought was, how the hell am I going to get these inside! Luckily just needed to get them to living room on ground floor!)

You should see the Airline cases that the Revel F328Be arrives in at your doorstep. Imagine the hard case with wheels on top of the big boxes included with the F208. :D
 
They are great !
 

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Yes they are. I got a lot of excellent advice here before I bought mine. The best sound I’ve had in my theater room ever. I’m incredibly happy with them. I see no need to ever think about buying another loudspeaker set. They are that good
Absolutely! I often miss mine. Congratulations.
 
Why did you sell them?
My listening room was too small to do them justice, and so I went down the Genelec route instead. Had they had DSP (other than the bass reduction switch), I would still be running those with my former pair of Benchmark AHB2's: magical!!
 
Just following up on my earlier post about kind of power needed to drive the F208s. I finally got mine set up, powering them with my Rotel amp (130W).

Wow, do these respond beautifully! I'm finding 130W is plenty to drive them, and then some. I haven't dared to try them at max volume -- they get scary loud even some distance from max amplification.

Anyway, unless you're someone who has an enormous listening space and likes to listen to your music ear-splittingly loud (...and no judgement!), you don't need a super amp to enjoy these to their fullest.
 
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