Hi Phoenix,
I have not heard the Rev's yet but the next time I am in the US I am going to try and stop by to have a listen. Was in Vegas a couple of weeks ago but had to go back to Australia urgently then New Zealand again, I do not travel well so I try not to do it too much.
I understand better than I'd like. Due to a myriad of health issues, traveling is something I do only when forced, or when I want to do something too badly to refrain (ref. the RMAF).
It's really too bad you couldn't attend the RMAF, or at a minimum the listening session at Steve's. As I'm sure you've read by now, an amazing time was had by all, and the Revelations strutted their stuff like never before. The new crossovers - even the 'standard' version - is a surprisingly large step up from the former iteration.
I love both music and movies, trying to get a speaker to do both well is very very difficult. When I saw the waveguides on the TimePieces I was very interested as I had been following Dr Geddes work on WaveGuides. I read the reviews of everyone that had a pair and came to the conclusion it must be a very good waveguide. Since I have just come off being defrauded and lost everything I was not exactly flush so when I saw the special on the TimePieces I just could not resist buying five of them for a small theater. When I get enough money together I will buy the biggest, baddest speaker Bob has with the best Waveguide. I like my music dynamic with true bass, that is why I could not resist the waveguides, they are both seamless and dynamic at the same time.
I'm sorry to learn of the financial issues with which you've had to deal. I've never been defrauded to that degree, but I have been the victim of identity theft twice, a fiscal and legal maze I hope to never be forced to to stumble and bumble through again.
On a brighter note, given you haven't heard a pair of Bob's speakers, you must be almost as anxious for ted_b to receive his 5.1 SP Technology system as he!
Based on his reaction in Denver, I think he's gonna be a happy man.
As for the biggest and baddest, it definitely sounds as though the 10" woofer version will fit the bill. Being intimately familiar with the bass a single 8-inch woofer per side is capable of producing in one of Bob's designs, I can't imagine the output of a pair of Revelations with two 10-inchers per side... wow.
I am a trusting soul and I am buying mine having never heard one. I have heard transmission line bass though and it is much better than ported bass which is very loose, it is not as tight as sealed though or IB, though Bob has said his transmission line is superior to most others so I will be very interested to hear the hybrid version.
If you are interested in IB take a look at the Cult of the Infinitely Baffled.
http://ibsubwoofers.proboards51.com/
If you have a home and your room has a ceiling, it is by far the best bang for buck bass you will ever get. That coupled with your timepieces should be mind blowing.
I've read about IBs, and though they look interesting and I'm sure sound fabulous, I don't care to have more than I know is available from the Revelations,
especially if an Infra-Wave sub or two is added to the equation. YMMV, but if after hearing them you believe the bass is in any way loose, you'd be the first to my knowledge.
The full orchestral pieces, some of the electronica and (of course) the pipe organ music we played in Denver was chock-full of deep bass notes, and the gentle 12dB/octave roll-off of the T-line left little to the imagination IMHO. Adding an Infra-Wave or two to share the load would've been just sick IMHO, and I mean that in the best possible way!
I hope Bob makes a set of 5 minis and an infrawave sub available permanently to reviewers which want to review them, that is something that should be very high on his list until he gets at least 2-3 reviews in decent magazines. I will email a couple of them asking if they will review them.
That's a brilliant idea. I don't know if or when he'll find the time to do so, but it'd definitely be in his best interest.
