Revel Concerta 2 Speaker Series Review

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Revel F36 Floorstanding Speaker: http://bit.ly/2R3q6Rh

While Revel’s speakers are not super cheap, starting out at around $1,000 a pair, what you get for the money from them is stunning. To our ears, the #Revel sound is very consistent across each series. You just get deeper bass extension, more dynamics, and a higher level of resolution as you move up. The #Concerta2 lineup is Revel’s entry level in terms of price point. For sake of time, we’ll just take a look at the two-channel products in Revel’s floorstanding and bookshelf lineup.

The Concerta 2 series consists of one bookshelf, the M16 priced at $900 a pair and two floorstanding models, the F35 and F36 at $1,600 and $2,000 a pair.

The F36 is just an amazing value in speakers and its great sound has garnered it five “best of” awards across the audio press.

It's easy to see why when you look at all you get for the money in the Concerta 2 series, as most of the tech used in their design has filtered down from their top of the line Ultima 2 series!

Here’s what you get in the Concerta 2 Series:

The cabinets all have a rigid, curved wall construction with lots of internal bracing which does not add any coloration to the sound. Revel uses their patented CPG port design which uses a contoured port that does not cause the sound coming from the port to change as volume goes up or down

The technology used in the speaker components in the Concerta 2 series comes straight from what Revel learned in their Ultima 2 line, which is their top of the line series. The woofer and midrange drivers have a perfect pistoning action to reveal all of the music being sent to the driver. To do this, these speakers have been laser analyzed to fine tune the design to perfection.

Revel has made it a goal to have their woofer and midrange drivers have a perfect pistoning action to reveal all of the music being sent to the driver. To accomplish this is a pretty daunting task without the aid of a lot of test equipment. The Revel team takes their speaker prototypes and uses laser analysis to fine tune the design to be perfect. They also are very clever at using some pretty cool materials in their drivers. The Concerto 2 woofer and midrange drivers use a composite ceramic material for the cone, which gives them that great pistoning action.

The tweeter is set back into a special wave guide that not only improves the linearity of its dispersion but also helps it blend better with the midrange driver. When they couple this with their low resonance aluminum dome tweeters, you get a sound that is extended and yet silky smooth!


The bookshelf M16 offers up really great bass performance for a modest sized bookshelf speaker with its 6 ½” bass/midrange driver. To really drive these speakers, you’ll want to pair them with a good power amp. Something from Cambridge Audio or Arcam should do the trick.

The F36 gives you a lot of speaker for your money with three 6 ½” drivers used in a 2 ½ way configuration. This 50 pound, almost 4 foot tall curved cabinet is beautiful to look at with its curving sides and narrow front bezel. At $2,000 a pair, the F36 is considered by many to be the best value in floorstanding speakers on the market in the $1,500-$3,000 price range. They are easier to drive than the bookshelves and offer up just amazing dynamics across the audio spectrum. They handled and sounded great with any type of music we threw at them.

For the home theater enthusiast, Revel has a matching center channel (the C25 at $750), subwoofer (the S15 at $1500) and a pretty cool on wall speaker (the S16 at $900/pr) to round out a great surround sound system.

Overall, the Revel sound is going to be very appealing to a wide variety of listeners. If you are thinking about new speakers in the $1,000 or above price range, these need to be on your list of models to check out. We think you will find yourself grinning from ear to ear like we do when you experience them in your home!


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