Revel Salon 2 versus WP 8

Jeff,

Just one question-why you toe-in Salon2 so much?

Salon2 is equiped as you already know with 24db/octave crossover and according to experienced Revel dealer in Germany needs only moderate toe-in(max. 15 degrees), otherwise Salon2 will sound little bit too-entusiastic in treble. When I audition Salon2 toe-in degree was much smaller then in your setup...

You keep mumbling and I will keep telling you that there is very little value in assessing speakers based on their in-room measurements. Particularly you’re in-room measurements which are not even averaging/sampling approximates area measurements.Also, since we all know you are a good reader, I suggest you read some books about loudspeakers design. You may understand why Wilson depress midrange is simply bad XO design and nothing else. Wilson, apparently never heard of the 6db baffle step issue. Speaker building 101.

Just one question-why you toe-in Salon2 so much?

It is what they recommend in the Salon2/Studio2 user manual for "optimal imaging and timbre."

I do plan on playing around with it more in early March when the speakers have finished burning-in.

i still would like to know after all of this sophisticated verbage and back and forth if one (or both) of these very expensive speaker systems sound like real pianos, violins, guitars, voices, etc. in a moderately (or a bit larger sized) room with actual furniture in it, some pictures on the walls, and some coffee-table books with artwork in them to browse through (but not during brahms of course!). if neither of them is convincing then the graphs might be of some help in explaining a "lack of overall balance" or even serious problems in the upper-mids/lower treble (too bright which drives everyone crazy), or a boomy lower-mid/upper bass (which is unacceptable unless you are a cerwin-vega fanatic). in any case $20,000 (or in this case quite a bit more than that) should sound so good it will quite often move you to tears of joy. if not then this hobby is specifically for people who are by-in-large tone-deaf, eh?

I recently auditioned both with the important caveat of different rooms different electronics. Impressions are on my system thread. But in a nutshell between the two I preferred the Revels though neither floored me much. Wilson, its an odd house sound I find, and perhaps that's why it tends to develop a love/hate relationship with community. For me it sounded dry, with the lack of timbre, tonal color that I cherish.