Revel’s Sound Signature

Nowadays, there are few and far between good audio stores to demo new speakers.

I wonder that phenomenal myself.  I've read a study that show younger generations don't really care for "cars" as much and for them "cars" are just something to get from point A to point B.  I wonder if it has to do with the Internet.  Younger people are probably using the Internet as a mean for "escape" so music reproduction (such as a hi-fi system) is not that important to them.

Kef has similar design goals with wide flat response and both brands need gobs of power while neither will bowl you over with their bass 

Revel needs way more power than KEF IME

I would say that SOME of the Revel line requires a bit of power to get singing (Ultimas) but not that it is a universal given across all of their product line.

My auditions in 2011 included both the Paradigm S8s and Revel Salon 2s. To me the Paradigms’ tweeter was way too hot and the Revels ended up in my room and have been there ever since, so no, to me they weren’t remotely comparable.