Tower Speaker Reviews

Revel Concerta2 M16 Speaker System Review Test Bench

Test Bench

L/R Sensitivity: 85.5 dB from 500 Hz to 2 kHz

Center Sensitivity: 90.5 dB from 500 Hz to 2 kHz

Surround Sensitivity: 89.5 dB from 500 Hz to 2 kHz

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This graph shows the quasi-anechoic (employing close-miking of all woofers) frequency response of the M16 L/R (purple trace), B10 subwoofer (blue trace), C25 center channel (green trace, corrected for boundary gain), and S16 surround (red trace, corrected for boundary gain). All passive loudspeakers were measured with grilles at a distance of 1 meter with a 2.83-volt input and scaled for display purposes.

The M16 listening-window response (a five-point average of axial and +/–15-degree horizontal and vertical responses) measures +0.73/–2.33 decibels from 200 hertz to 10 kilohertz. The –3dB point is at 57 Hz, and the –6dB point is at 50 Hz. Impedance reaches a minimum of 5.05 ohms at 160 Hz and a phase angle of –41.51 degrees at 96 Hz.

The C25’s listening-window response measures +0.73/–3.93 dB from 200 Hz to 10 kHz. An average of axial and +/–15-degree horizontal responses measures +1.17/–4.14 dB from 200 Hz to 10 kHz. The –3dB point is at 86 Hz, and the –6dB point is at 67 Hz. Impedance reaches a minimum of 4.79 ohms at 200 Hz and a phase angle of –47.18 degrees at 98 Hz.

The S16’s listening-window response measures +0.85/–3.91 dB from 200 Hz to 10 kHz. The –3dB point is at 71 Hz, and the –6dB point is at 59 Hz. Impedance reaches a minimum of 4.91 ohms at 179 Hz and a phase angle of –45.91 degrees at 98 Hz.

The B10’s close-miked response, normalized to the level at 80 Hz, indicates that the lower –3dB point is at 31 Hz and the –6dB point is at 29 Hz. The upper –3dB point is at 145 Hz with the Low Pass Crossover control set to maximum.—MJP

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javanp's picture
Submitted by javanp on October 19, 2017 - 2:58pm

... to have the review plastered with pictures of the towers but for the review to not actually include the towers.

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Submitted by dommyluc on October 20, 2017 - 9:29am

...but thankfully, they have corrected the error with a new picture.
And BTW, what's up with a $750 center channel speaker that can't even go down to the THX spec of 80 hz.? I have a pair of BIC Adatto speakers(one of the best inexpensive satellite speakers around) that cost me a grand total of $90 a pair, and they can reach down to 70 hz. And this isn't the first time I've read reviews of fairly expensive speaker systems that can't go down to the THX reference crossover level. If an inexpensive speaker like the Adatto couldn't meet that spec, reviewers would be calling it a piece of junk, yet Revel gets away with it in a $4000+ speaker system. What gives?

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Submitted by drny on October 20, 2017 - 12:02pm

In my book high end speakers start at $5,000 per pair.
Personally I'm not a fan of Revel speakers, but to each its own.
Concerta 2 M16 are Monitor/Bookshelf speakers and not full Towers. As such they are by design incapable of reproducing deep rich lows.
All things consider $4,000 for the entire 5.1 set is reasonable, however there are better alternatives at this price point (see Paradigm, Golden Ear and PSB).
As for me, I've auditioned the Persona 3F from Paradigm ($10,000) a pair and they are a bargain. Now these (Persona line) are high end speakers.
They are worth every cent, I just don't one million pennies lying around.

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