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RevelF32 in good shape, or RevelF50 in bad shape?

Hello Everybody!
I could use some help here. I'd like to buy a pair of speakers. I could buy a pair of Revel F32 in very good shape for 1000 pounds, or a pair of Revel F50 in pretty bad shape with serviced mid woofers.
The first question is, how big the gap is between the two quality wise? I have the DK Design VS1 Reference MK3 amplifier and the Sony SCD-XA 5400 SACD player with a pair of Bower&Wilkins 604S3 speakers.
I don't have chance to demo them, so I have to make up my mind based on my knowledge and based on yours...........! Thanks for any advise.
yba_us
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theo
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As an owner of F32's I can tell you that I looked at Revel for a few years before I bought and the F30 as well as the F50 were on my wish list. Then I was told the F32 and F52 were about to be released, so I waited. My thought is by the F32 since they 1)are in better shape 2)newer technology in drivers, cabinets and crossovers. I did like the F50's in the showroom but I feel that the F32 is very very close in performance and may surpass in bass delivery and imaging when in the right setup.
Just my opinion. Good Luck.
yba_us OP
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Hi Theo,
thank you so much. This is all I have to know. I have owned the F30 few years back, and I was really crazy for it's performance. A friend has almost the same system as mine, and the "little"F30 sounds fantastic. I seen this F50 in bad shape on ebay, and I was thinking to buy it, but I'm afraid of those mid bass speakers, which are were serviced by audax technicians. Not like I have any problem with them, but I'm not sure if the speakers have the same spec after fixing those blown voice coils. Would anyone able to tell me, if those mid woofers 100% fixable? The F32 is in 10/9 shape, so that would be the logical choice, but I never heard any of them, and this is why I hesitate so much. Thanks again, Tibor:-)
mechans
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It depends on what the servicing is. Two solutions to the problem are good. One is a simple replacement of the driver, I don't think you can fix a burnt voice coil as in truly blown drovers. The second could have been a rotted suround being replaced, this also is benign if done by a pro and in your case it probably was. I should have added a third possibility, the actual cones suffered damage. Onc again if done by a pro a reconing job could be quite benign.
The fact that both drivers had service is not unusual as the owner would have wanted to ensure equal sound coming from both speakers, I know I did that with my JM labs speakers I removed both tweeters but only one was damaged I uised the actual JM tweeters for that because a friend of mine is a speaker repair guy who had access to them.
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