I have a 4 Revel M20s in a vacation home that are now 24 years old.
The original C30 has failed, there is definitely a problem with the midrange.
I suspect there are issues with the tweeter and/or crossover as well since the high frequencies were almost non existent.
I had to put my ear to the tweeter to hear anything out of it and the adjustments on the back did nothing.
We replaced the C30 with a Revel Performa C208 (new from Crutchfield). The center is amazing in this system.
The M20s sound out of tune next to this but that could be that they are just outclassed.
The M20 crossovers have treble and bass adjustments so they are more complex than most.
How long are crossovers expected to last?
I'd like to system to go for at least 15 more years.
If I can expect issues, then I'd rather pickup up some M106s used and replace them now.
I have not measured the M20s and that is difficult.
They are 5 hours away and there are only a couple of opportunities to replace the speakers each year as we also rent.
There are decent deals on used M106s out there.
Should I be proactive and replace the M20s?
- Rich
The original C30 has failed, there is definitely a problem with the midrange.
I suspect there are issues with the tweeter and/or crossover as well since the high frequencies were almost non existent.
I had to put my ear to the tweeter to hear anything out of it and the adjustments on the back did nothing.
We replaced the C30 with a Revel Performa C208 (new from Crutchfield). The center is amazing in this system.
The M20s sound out of tune next to this but that could be that they are just outclassed.
The M20 crossovers have treble and bass adjustments so they are more complex than most.
How long are crossovers expected to last?
I'd like to system to go for at least 15 more years.
If I can expect issues, then I'd rather pickup up some M106s used and replace them now.
I have not measured the M20s and that is difficult.
They are 5 hours away and there are only a couple of opportunities to replace the speakers each year as we also rent.
There are decent deals on used M106s out there.
Should I be proactive and replace the M20s?
- Rich