Revel Performa3 F206 Floor-standing Speaker (pair) – Revel
Revel Loudspeakers have graced the Audiolab Showrooms for 25 years. The owner’s personal favorite speakers are the F-208, David calls them “A perfect speaker”. The F-206 shares the same tweeter and mid-range with slightly smaller bass drivers that work perfectly in smaller to medium sized rooms.
Revel Performa3 floor standing loudspeakers are true full-range loudspeakers that feature small footprints and sleek designs, allowing them to blend-in easily with your existing decor. They deliver an impressive combination of wide frequency range, uncompressed dynamic range and low distortion across the entire audible spectrum.
Revel F208 and F206 low-frequency and mid-range transducers feature distortion reduction mechanisms that stabilize the flux field during operation, assuring low distortion even at high listening volumes. These precision transducers utilize ribbed aluminum cones for ideal piston-like behavior that eliminates a major source of resonances that are clearly audible in most other loudspeakers. Their cast aluminum frames eliminate another source of resonances that is common in many lesser-quality loudspeakers.
These loudspeakers employ a sophisticated fluid-model designed low-frequency port with identical flares on both ends. This greatly minimizes dynamic compression and port-generated noise, assuring low-distortion low-frequency performance. The front-firing port location expands the speakers installation options.
The F208 and F206 tweeter has been created around a newly-designed motor and dome assembly that sets a new standard of transparency for speakers anywhere near the Performa3’s class. The tweeter’s integrated acoustic lens wave-guide is based on a breakthrough mathematical approach that accurately matches the tweeter’s dispersion to that of the mid-range transducer in the crossover region. This gives the loudspeaker very smooth sound far off-axis an important contributor to overall sound quality, providing consistent sound over an exceptionally wide listening area. In fact, this new wave-guide actually increases the tweeter’s dispersion at higher frequencies.
The F208 and F206 are housed in enclosures that are similar to our flagship Ultima2 Series. These fully-curved enclosures are inherently stiffer than conventional box shapes and are formed with contiguous wood layers that prevent splitting. They feature strategically-oriented bracing that eliminates the possibility of enclosure-induced coloration. These beautiful, modern enclosures are finished in high-gloss piano black or genuine American walnut in a process (developed and overseen by Italian luxury cabinet makers) that exceeds automotive finish quality.
The loudspeaker grilles are designed to minimize sonic diffraction or veiling and provide a clean, subtle appearance. The magnetic grille attachment method completely eliminates ugly hardware on the loudspeaker baffle, so if you decide to use the loudspeakers without grilles they will look like they were designed to be used without grilles.
Product highlights:
- 3-way, 4-driver design
- 1″ aluminum dome tweeter with proprietary acoustic lens and waveguide for consistent dispersion over a wide listening area
- 5-1/4″ anodized aluminum cone midrange driver with cast frame for reduced resonance
- dual 6-1/2″ anodized aluminum cone woofers with cast frames for reduced resonance
- ribbed aluminum cones achieve piston-like behavior eliminating major sources of resonance
- advanced high-order crossovers optimize timbre accuracy both on axis and throughout the room
- cabinet has 1″-thick walls built up from curved laminated layers, plus extensive internal bracing
- bass-reflex (ported) cabinet with front-firing port
- low-frequency extension: 42Hz (-3dB), 34Hz (-6dB), 30Hz (-10dB)
- sensitivity: 88 dB
- impedance: 8 ohms
- recommended amplifier power: 50-200 watts
- gold-plated binding post speaker terminals
- includes a foam port plug for adjusting the speaker’s low-frequency performance
- removable grille is magnetically attached
- 10″W x 41-5/8″H x 13-7/8″D
- weight: 58.1 lbs.
- warranty: 5 years
- Our 60-day money-back guarantee
- MFR # F206 BK
What’s in the box:
- Revel Performa3 F206 owner’s manual
- Floor-standing loudspeaker
- Grille
- 4 Spike feet
- 4 Locking rings
- 4 Washers
- Foam port plug
- Owner’s Manual
Acoustic Room Treatments
Verified owner vgiorno (verified owner) –
Went to Audiolab to try and find 3-way floorstanders that I could afford, wanting to upgrade my Totem Sky towers. Love the Totems, but I listen to a lot of classical music, and one tweeter and one 6.5″ midrange/woofer in each cabinet just can’t do justice to an orchestra. Had listened to Dynaudio and some other speakers elsewhere and they were all good but nothing clicked. The sales reps showed me some Magnepans and Bowers & Wilkins, but, again, no click. All of these had their strengths, but … After listening to me rambling on about what I wanted to hear and wasn’t hearing, they basically said that they would not consider anything available in my price range to be a significant upgrade to the Totems, including the Focals I asked about. I appreciated their honesty and asked if there was anything maybe just a little higher up the ladder that they might recommend, and they said the Revel F206s were on sale. At only 10% more than I was hoping to spend, why not? They connected them and fired them up and I was gobsmacked. They had it all! I played pretty much the same tracks for all the speakers I auditioned, but here was the clarity, detail and bass presence I wanted, in a balanced package. I was actually able to hear in one orchestral passage I had heard many times that two instruments were doubling the same notes that I had only ever heard as one. I just kept listening, and the magic spell never broke. Still hasn’t, and I’m enjoying music I’ve heard over and over with new excitement. If I had to identify something that wasn’t perfect, I’d say I *might* slightly prefer the silk tweeter in the Totems (the Revels have aluminum but also an acoustic lens/waveguide), but the increased overall detail, soundstage and bass muscle of each Revel’s four drivers compared to each Totem’s two are way more satisfying. If you have not heard these speakers, do yourself a favor and do so. (I have to confess, though, that based on how much I am enjoying the F206s, I am eyeing the F208s as a quick, final (LOL) step up. Will have to really consider, though, whether the acoustic benefits of the jump from 6.5″ to 8″ woofers and a slightly larger cabinet justifies spending more money, but it’s nice to at least fantasize!)