Why should i be a fan of Revel speakers?

Another curios discovery for me has been how nicely the F208 sound even near-field.

At the moment I have them stuffed into a very small (9' x 13') room, where I listen quite often within 3' of the speakers while working at a desk at the front of the room.
At this position the speakers' dispersion is such that they end up sounding as if I were wearing a pair of big headphones.  Very nice!  None of the other speakers that I have had in this room have approximated that.

Whereas they obviously flourish when being driven by my big 300wpc amp, they also sound  very nice, albeit less gutsy while being powered by a modest amplifier like the old Hafler DH-220. 

Research Floyd Toole, Sean Olive, Kevin Voecks all who were/are associated with Harman.   Research Harman/JBL and their exhaustive listening tests that they correlate with exhaustive speaker testing.  Do this and you will discover the intelligence behind Revel.

What jgandy said. They are both objectively and subjectively (by trained listeners) tested to best the biggest competitors in their price class before being released to market. They are designed to have very flat frequency response and Toole's research showed that "most" people prefer a flatter FR.

I have the M22's and really like them. Upstream components really make a difference with these. I now run a McIntosh MA6500 with them that really brings out the best in them. They do like to be fed some power. I wouldn't sell them to upgrade to the M106's but I would love a pair of the F206's. That would be awesome in my room.

Have the Revel Ultima Studio 1's. IMO you need to couple them with really "musical" components. Run tube CD players into tube pre and big Class A Mono Blocks and they come alive. Run them with too much analytical equipment and they can sound a bit cold and sterile.