Revel Concerta M12 Bookshelf speakers
As you know, the company "Revel" is a division of a powerful concern - Harman International, and first-class speaker systems for the most demanding music lovers have been produced under exactly this brand for a long time. And I must note that Americans succeed in it, receiving the recognition of many audio experts all over the world from year to year.
Concerta M12 refers to junior and relatively budget series of the same name. Nevertheless, trying to keep up its standard of quality, the engineers embodied their technical achievements in this model too.
Almost 9-kg monitors have two bands and are equipped with self-engineered dynamic emitters. An inch metallic tweeter with waveguide, which expands a polar pattern, plays upper frequencies. A 165 mm head with the membrane made of OCC composite and butyl-rubber suspension are responsible for middle and low parts of the range.
There are only two connection terminals, but the manufacturer proves this by exact calculation of the crossover and the usage of the selected components. Acoustic design is a back bass-reflex, so it is better to distance the speaker systems from the walls for correct operation. Expected from such a prestigious brand overall built quality of the speaker systems does not cause any questions. Everything looks super good.
As befits the American acoustics, Revel amazes from the first seconds by the wideness of working range and powerful low-frequency register. Such approach guarantees an expressive and exciting playing of different music material. In addition, M12 is not lacking in Benjamin's mess of delicacy. They confidently cope with conveying the atmosphere of hall and the subtlest overhang, which concert recordings of classical music are full of. You can hardly find a system, which is utterly adequate for traditional chamber music and conveys drive of modern rock equally plain. However, sometimes there is a certain feeling of looseness and excessive forcing of musical events. This nuance is especially noticeable at the playing of female voice, where the monitors "outshoot" some phrases sometimes. Also a tonal balance is stroke not very accurately - in some cases it is slightly shifted down.
The speaker systems are distinguished by their own idea about sound space. In compliance with the principals of "equal triangle", the sound stage effectively unfolds in front of the listener, demonstrating a confident localization of the sources on the edges. Speaking about the middle, the images here are slightly amorphous and have half true sizes.
