Let's Help Revel Design their Ultima Salon 3 Loudspeakers

Joeinid and Mark: Thanks to both of you for welcoming me to this forum.
My first impression is that this is a good forum.
 
PacMan said:
I agree with that.

My hopes for Salon3 are:
1) similar sized cabinet as Salon2
2) similar price as Salon2
3) more finish options than Salon2:
* matte wood finishes, including walnut
* not necessarily black front (in contrast to Salon2)
4) Hopefully no biwiring possibility.
5) Textbook measurements, just like Salon2.

Revel knows how to make great speakers: Definitively a brand that deserves high sales figures.
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Excellent ideas, PacMan. Welcome to Audio Shark!

Ken
 
My ART monos on the Studio2's was stupid good and I mean GREAT (for my taste)! I'd love to hear the Salon2 with my ART monos and hopefully will soon. :)
 
Mike,

Good idea! As a former happy owner of the Salon 2s, it would be great to see a new generation of the Salons sometime soon.

Mike
 
Hello all!

I've perused the forum plenty in the past but here goes my first post...

I've owned the Studio 2's for around 2 1/2 years now and have never heard the Salons so I'll comment with regards to the Studios only.

I concur with others who say the midrange could use improvement. Personally I would want a more 'robust' midrange and would say that it can be somewhat flat/dry in that range at times.
The other nitpick I have is with the bass response. Sometimes these speakers seem to sound a little small and thin given their size and driver complement. Perhaps a little over damped giving the slight sensation that the speakers aren't totally unencumbered in their flow of music. Honestly the bass I am getting now is quite satisfying but I just think it could stand to be a little more generous especially since we are given the option to scale it back with the boundary compensation if need be.
Other than that I think a better looking grill and a more refined baffle that hides the driver hardware would be excellent as well.

In my opinion those things would make an already great speaker even easier to love.
 
After giving it more thought, I would only make two changes for the Salon 3.

1) A diamond coating on their beryllium tweeter with corresponding crossover adjustment.

2) A more inert cabinet resistant to vibration and resonance.

Ken
 
Oh my Ken, I don't think I would touch that tweeter...ever.

I would say I agree on the cabinet and a lot has changed cabinet technology wise since they first came out, so there is room for improvement there.

I would like to see even greater adjustability for even better room integration, but what they have now is still darn good and a whole lot better than most.

I would beg for greater efficiency, but that won't help sell 1000 watt Mark Levinson amps! LOL.

They could get funky and try some rear firing super tweeter or something, but man, the way they sit now is darn good.

In my room, the biggest issues were not enough bass (can you believe that?) and a recessed midrange. Other than that, I could play them loud and they never broke up and that tweeter sets the benchmark.


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Alpinist said:
After giving it more thought, I would only make two changes for the Salon 3.

1) A diamond coating on their beryllium tweeter with corresponding crossover adjustment.

2) A more inert cabinet resistant to vibration and resonance.

Ken
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I'd like to see what difference only a diamond coating makes to the Be tweeter. Push the breakup even further out of our hearing?

As for #2, yes.
 
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