Revel Performa3 F208

Even some of my audiophile buddies don't know about Revel, and it surprises me because the company has been building superb speakers for over 20 years. The Performa3 series shares many of the advanced technologies and materials of Revel's flagship Ultima2 models. The Performa3 F208 is a true full-range tower that can fill even large rooms with wide-open, muscular sound. — Eric Lichte, Stereophile , July 2014 Class B rating in Stereophile's "Recommended Components," October 2017 Revel designs and builds every driver that goes into their speakers. The F208's 5-1/4" midrange driver and dual 8" woofers use aluminum cones that are anodized on both sides with a micro-ceramic composite compound. This reduces resonances that can color the sound. Revel uses advanced testing like laser interferometry to root out those kinds of sonic imperfections. And the black-anodized cones look cool enough to leave the grille off — especially in the white and walnut cabinet finishes. The F208's 1" aluminum dome tweeter sits in Re...