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This is the new addition to Kshep's home, eclein:http://www.revelspeakers.com/products/product.asp?product=28
My attic is my listening room. Here is a forum post from Kevin Voecks he is involved in the design of Revel speakers. His input helped make my decision in purchasing the Studio 2's.There is nearly-universal misunderstanding of loudspeakers being "too big" for a room. It is certainly true that large D'Appolito designs, with widely-separate mids or even mid-woofers or woofers must be used beyond some minimum distance to the listener. As you know, all of the loudspeakers you are considering are the more traditional woofer, mid-woofer (Salon2 only), midrange, tweeter design. Further, all the transducers are located as close-together as possible to minimize lobing issues. You won't have any problem regarding distance. The aspect that is most widely misunderstood is that a speaker with more extended response would be undesirable in a smaller listening space. As an example, the Salon2 does not produce more low frequency energy throughout most of its range, it's just that it is flat down to a lower frequency. As a result, the only instance in which the Studio2 would be more desirable is if there was a terrible room mode that could not be ameliorated by judicious loudspeaker placement and listener location that was so low that it would be stimulated by the Salon2 and not the Studio2. Given how low the Studio2 goes, that's highly unlikely to be a problem. Neither a bump or a dip below 30 Hz, for example, would rarely be a problem. It is also often stated that small rooms cannot "support" low frequencies with corresponding wavelengths greater than the largest room dimension. One needs only to listen to a decent auto sound system with the windows closed to experience a clear demonstration of the fallacy of such an argument.Lastly, everyone quite understandably assumes that the main difference between the Studio2 and Salon2 is in low-frequency extension and ultimate output capability. In fact, my listening notes from the MLL clearly indicate that the greater transparency of the Salon2 is the most immediately-identifiable difference. That's not to say that the Studio2 is not extremely transparent. This difference only becomes apparent in a position-independent listening comparison. I am sure you will be very pleased with either choice. Happy listening!Kevin Voecks
Thanks for the post K Shep.While I am in no way saying I disagree with Kevin or know more than he does, my personal experience over the past 15 years has been that full range speakers have performed better and have been easier to place in a larger room than a smaller room.We can discuss this topic in a different thread as I don't want to hijack this one.I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the Revels.Enjoy your purchase.George
If you have an extra panel laying around, I'd try one beside the left speaker to help some more with boundary proximity.Other than that, looking good (and I bet it sounds good too... )Bryan
What did you do with your old speakers??
I have 2 each 2"x2'x4' panels. Do you suggest I double them up to build a 4" thick panel? The angled panel help a great deal when I wedged it in front of the brick flue. It is very cool when you can hear an instant change by adding treatment.Thank you Bryan.
