{"id":4389,"date":"2014-04-23T18:21:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2014-07-29T18:03:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:03:03","slug":"revelation-two-monitor-built-by-rafal-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=4389","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Revelation Two \u2013 Monitor&#8221; built by Rafal (Poland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Hi G\u00f6ran,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have contacted you some time ago regarding bass reflex length for<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Revelation Two monitor (although I\u2019m using 13.5l option right now).<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have almost finished built and am listening to these speakers right<\/em><br \/>\n<em>now so I can share my opinion. I have already built similar project<\/em><br \/>\n<em>(Ellam-XT by Troels Gravesen) so I can compare both (although not<\/em><br \/>\n<em>directly). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Overall I agree with your sound description. Bass\/mids are similar to<\/em><br \/>\n<em>these in Elam XT but tweeter is more forward sounding (I\u2019m using 0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>db reference level). I think the best way to describe differences<\/em><br \/>\n<em>between your project and Ellam XT is to say that it\u2019s<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cbrighter\u201d. Your project is also more sensitive which can be<\/em><br \/>\n<em>heard. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vifa XT25TG tweeters were better suited for my taste (which doesn\u2019t<\/em><br \/>\n<em>mean D2608\/913000 is bad) but everything else is as good or better in<\/em><br \/>\n<em>your project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I understand that you prefer to use prefabricated cabinets but I\u2019m<\/em><br \/>\n<em>the woodworking guy and building these cabinets were as important (and<\/em><br \/>\n<em>fun) for me as listening to finished speakers. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cabinets are made from MDF (top and bottom are around 22mm, front is<\/em><br \/>\n<em>32mm and back is even thicker) and multiple layers of bent 3mm HDF on<\/em><br \/>\n<em>sides (overall 18mm). These are finished with Bloodwood veneer and<\/em><br \/>\n<em>polyurethane to high gloss.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Crossover were made with Jantzen Standard Z-caps, Jantzen SUPERES and<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Jantzen Wire air coils. Internal cables are made from silver plated<\/em><br \/>\n<em>copper but I don\u2019t think it makes any difference. Cable terminals<\/em><br \/>\n<em>are rhodium plated purely for aesthetic reasons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I need to finish polishing (with pre sanding) them and make front<\/em><br \/>\n<em>grills\/stands but right now polyurethane is seasoning and will be for<\/em><br \/>\n<em>some time so I thought I will give you my response. I will update you<\/em><br \/>\n<em>with photos of finished speakers as soon as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sincerely,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rafal (Poland)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>AudioExcite Note!<\/strong> Since the baffle layout is somewhat modified compared to the original design, the tweeter frequency response will be slightly different than in the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Revelation Two \u2013 Monitor<\/strong><\/span>&#8221; design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_3.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_5.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_5\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_5.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_10.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_10\" width=\"320\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_10.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_10-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_6.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_6\" width=\"640\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_6.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_6-300x261.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update! 2014-07-29<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_12.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_12\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_12.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_12-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_12-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_15.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_15.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_15\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_15.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_15-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_15-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_17.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_17.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_17\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_17.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_17-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_17-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_16.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_16.jpg\" alt=\"Rafal_16\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_16.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_16-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Rafal_16-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(click on picture to zoom)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0It took a while but here are promised photos of finished speakers (feel free to publish them on your website if you want). Unfortunately I have had no time to do any measurements (I still plan to do them when time permits).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I don\u2019t think these are &#8220;too bright&#8221; anymore, maybe it\u2019s just me getting used to new sound or speakers are \u201cburning in\u201d it don\u2019t really matter anyway. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m really happy with them and the only reason to upgrade for me will be to build something bigger &#8230; but probably not for another few years. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m quitting diy for a few years, I\u2019m almost done with front grills for these (ala Sonus Faber Guarneri Memento), and next I\u2019m building \u201cclone\u201d of Accuphase E-450 amplifier.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sincerely,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rafal (Poland)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hi G\u00f6ran, I have contacted you some time ago regarding bass reflex length for Revelation Two monitor (although I\u2019m using 13.5l option right now). I have almost finished built and am listening to these speakers right now so I can share my opinion. I have already built similar project (Ellam-XT by Troels Gravesen) so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-builders-response"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4389"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4610,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4389\/revisions\/4610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}