REVEL performa3 f208 or TEKTON Moab

The 208's do look nice, and don't sound bad, they could sound so much better with just a few $ in parts

@ rikkitik
what would you change in f208's crossover and why?

 I would upgrade the quality of components. It's tricky business though. The esr/dcr values of the upgraded components can throw the "balance" out of whack, so that needs to be accounted for.
 The 208 uses small guage, high dcr coils, and iirc, at least one electrolytic in the signal path. 
 The transparency of the 208, imho, would greatly benefit from better quality components.
 

I have seen and heard the Tektons for years at RMAF as well as Revel and am surprised (others may not be) they are mentioned together at all. They seem so different sounding to me.

I believe the Revel to be a far superior speaker in engineering and more importantly in fine sound quality. When I see 'unique' engineering and logic I wonder why I don't see it elsewhere. I remember thinking the Tektons looked a bit garage-built in a woodshop and the sound never did it for me. Different strokes...
   
Please, for your sanity, pick the Revels and enjoy for a long time! I hope all the Tekton owners love and enjoy their speakers as well; that's why we got our stuff anyway.

Only smaller gauge inductors appear to be targeted at the upper frequency where there already appears to be resistors for level matching so the largest gauge really does not matter. The low frequency inductors are not air core for the intentional reason to reduce DC resistance.

rikkitik8 posts12-15-2020 4:58pmThe 208 uses small guage, high dcr coils, and iirc, at least one electrolytic in the signal path

the steep slopes and poor crossover components kill the F208. The moab uses 6 db slopes which is phase coherent and features an upgrade for crossover components.