QUAD REVELA 1 Loudspeaker Series User Guide

QUAD REVELA 1 Loudspeaker Series

Product Information

• The QUAD Revela Series is a striking new speaker series from QUAD – the originators of ‘The Closest Approach To The Original Sound’.
• The series includes two models: Revela 1 and Revela 2. Both models feature advanced technology, beautiful looks, and breathtaking performance.
• The Reveal 2 is a floor-standing speaker that incorporates twin 6.5 woofers and a 6 midrange mounted on a rigid die-cast chassis. This combination delivers a rich, controlled bass output with superb dynamic performance.
• The Reveal 1 is a classic bookshelf/stand-mount monitor equipped with a 6.5 woofer.
• It can be paired with an optional custom-engineered stand of equally striking design, which is finished in the same high-gloss paint standards as the speaker.
• Both Revela models feature the 20x27mm QUAD True Ribbon HF driver. The QUAD Revela True Ribbon is attached to both the diaphragm and the motor system, providing a unique design compared to conventional dome treble units.
• The drivers in the Reveal Series have an advanced fiber structure for the diaphragm, offering rigidity and excellent self-damping properties.
• The custom rubber surround allows for greater excursion, and the high-power motor system enables superb bass performance with power, depth, speed, and articulation.

The cabinets of the Reveal Series have a high-gloss, polished finish with seamless integration of high-end, real-wood veneers. The artisan cabinet manufacturing is complemented by exquisite dark chrome trims and detailing.

Product Usage Instructions

1. Choose the appropriate Revela model based on your preferences and requirements. The Reveal 2 is suitable for floor placement, while the Revela 1 can be used as a bookshelf speaker or mounted on an optional stand.
2. Ensure that the speakers are placed in an optimal location in your listening environment. Consider factors such as room acoustics, speaker positioning, and distance from walls for the best sound reproduction.
3. Connect the Revela speakers to your audio source using high-quality speaker cables. Ensure proper polarity matching between the amplifier and the speakers.
4. If using the Revela 1 with an optional stand, assemble the stand according to the provided instructions and securely mount the speaker onto the stand.
5. Power on your audio system and adjust the volume to a comfortable level.
6. Enjoy the immersive sound experience delivered by the QUAD Revela Series. Experiment with different music genres and audio sources to fully appreciate the detailed and dynamic performance of the speakers.
7. Regularly clean and maintain the speakers to preserve their appearance and performance. Refer to the user manual for specific cleaning instructions.

OVERVIEW

• The QUAD Revela Series is a striking new speaker series from QUAD – the originators of ‘The Closest Approach To The Original Sound’.
• The Reveal series continues the QUAD innovations laid out in recent years, taking learnings from the award-winning S-series and Z-series whilst maintaining its strong design heritage, traceable back to 1949 and the first QUAD speaker – the Corner Ribbon – with the implementation of the QUAD ‘True Ribbon’ HF driver.
• QUAD’s Director of Acoustics, Peter Comeau, has furthered his ground-breaking engineering work in further developing this Ribbon HF with over four years of research to bring a new level of musical delicacy, smoothness and ‘hear-through’ performance, thus revealing beautiful details of your music collection with a truly breath-taking performance.
• The advanced ‘True Ribbon’ unit is married to equally high-performance bass and midrange drivers.
• Again, subject to many years of research, development, testing and continuous innovation, the mid and bass drivers feature a new advanced fibre composition, aptly labelled ‘RevealTM’. Refined for seamless integration with the ‘True
• Ribbon’ HF, the smooth diaphragm drivers were purpose-selected based on their rigidity and excellent self-damping properties. This new diaphragm, combined with a new, specially developed custom rubber surround, for a greater excursion and a new high-power motor system, means that the result is a superb bass performance, with power, depth, speed and articulation in abundance.
• And, of course, putting it all together is a phase-compensated Acoustic Butterworth crossover resulting from not only Computer-Aided Design but also hundreds of hours of critical listening tests using all types and flavours of music to achieve perfection.
• The Reveal series continues QUAD’s industrial design evolution, sported in the models of recent years – such as the Vena and Artera series.
• The Reveal series cabinets are skilfully hand-finished to a quality far exceeding that of relative competitors in this class.
• The Reveal series is available in options of a polished real-wood veneer and seamless polished-paint finish or a simple and uber-classy ‘all-black’ glossy paint finish. In either finish, the Revela cabinets are a sight to behold!
• The precision-fitted baffle is seamlessly joined, also with a polished finish, for a presentation of the highest order.
• More than just a genuinely stunning furniture-quality piece of craftsmanship, the cabinet is internally braced, using a purpose-engineered structure connected to the cabinet panels in a manner that dissipates unwanted vibrations and resonances, thus maintaining structural rigidity, even under the most strenuous of performances. More than just a photobook-quality design!
• Adding to the highly effective innovations in QUAD Revela, the port tube design is precisely positioned with the optimum diameter and flaring to prevent longitudinal resonances from colouring the speaker’s performance.
• The low and midrange frequencies can perform with a free-flowing purity and no unintended resonance or boominess – giving you the full dynamics of your music.
• A serious statement piece from QUAD, the Revela series is the culmination of more than four years of development.
• It offers advanced technology, beautiful looks and breath-taking performance, all combined masterfully for ‘The Closest Approach To The Original Sound’.

The Closest Approach

• Reveal represents many years of design and innovation, 1000s of ours of listening and the same in terms of woodwork, craftsmanship and finishing!

Ones and Twos

• The Reveal 2 – is a floor-standing speaker incorporating twin 6.5″ woofers and a 6″ midrange mounted on a rigid die-cast chassis; this combination delivers a rich, controlled bass output with superb dynamic performance.
• Whereas, Revela 1 – is a classic bookshelf/stand-mount monitor equipped with a 6.5″ woofer and offered with an optional custom-engineered stand of equally striking design.
• The stand is finished in the same high-gloss paint standards as the speaker and provides the perfect mounting option and display solution for the stand-mount offering in the series.
• Both Revela models were purpose-developed with the 20x27mm QUAD True Ribbon HF driver.

A Genuine Ribbon

• The QUAD Revela True Ribbon is unlike conventional dome treble units where the voice coil ‘motor’ is attached separately to the diaphragm; the Revela True RibbonTM is attached to both the diaphragm and the motor system.

Reveal™ the Reveal

• After years of development, the advanced fibre structure for the diaphragm of both the midrange and bass drivers was purpose-selected. Exclusive to the Revela Series, the RevealTM drivers excel with their rigidity and excellent self-damping properties.
• The specially developed, custom rubber surround offers a greater excursion, and a new high-power motor system facilitates superb bass performance, with power, depth, speed and articulation in abundance.

Photobook Cabinets

• The high-gloss, polished finish and seamless integration of high-end, real-wood veneers exemplify the quality of engineering on display. This artisan cabinet manufacturing is capped with exquisite dark chrome trims and detailing to make for one of the standout loudspeaker industrial designs of recent years.

Endless Development

• QUAD’s almost three years of research and development into creating the perfect drivers for the series with a new ‘RevealTM’ advanced fibre composition that also offers the ideal structure for a dynamic and intricate performance.
• Peter Comeau’s latest crossover design involves a phase-compensated Acoustic Butterworth crossover that underwent 1000s of hours of listening tests in the pursuit of perfection.

The Finishing Touch

• For Revela, QUAD wanted to create a cabinet that enhanced the acoustic output of the drivers, as well as providing a piece of furniture of which the owner can be justly proud. Hand-crafted, exotic veneers are mirrored by true piano finish lacquers, hand polished to six levels of depth to give a truly beautiful finish.
• Underneath the veneer, working unseen, is a sandwich of different woods designed to reduce panel resonance to  below audibility. This multi-layer construction, PROS(Panel Resonance Optimisation System), has a further benefit – it inhibits the leakage of unwanted sound energy from inside the cabinet, which would otherwise interfere with the forward output of the drive units.
• Revela portrays the timeless design of a stunning loudspeaker cabinet with an authentic legacy. Traditional, simple, yet beautiful!

QUAD Stands

• The QUAD Revela stand is also custom designed in conjunction with QUAD’s Director of Acoustic Design, Peter Comeau. Every aspect is considered to create the perfect presentation of the Revela Bookshelf Speaker.
• Ideal complement for stand-mount / bookshelf speakers
• The Revela stand features Birch plywood piano finish columns, with a high carbon steel tube base plate and hardened high carbon steel base spikes.

Specifications

Terminals)
Carton Size| 650mm x 400mm x 515mm| 440mm x 410mm x 1076mm
Net Weight| 24.6kg/ctn| 31.8kg/ctn
Finish| Piano Walnut / Piano Black, Piano Black| Piano Walnut / Piano Black, Piano Black
Standard Accessories| User manual, certificate, rubber feet| User manual, certificate, spike seat

CONTACT

• www.quad-hifi.co.uk.
• quadrifid
• quad_hifi
• QUAD Official
• QuadHiFi
• IAG House, 13/14 Glebe Road, Huntingdon,
• Cambridgeshire, PE29 7DL, UK

available in Piano Walnut / Piano Black and Piano Black

Recommended Retail Price:

• REVEAL 1 £1,799
• REVEAL stands £799
• REVEAL 1 + Stands £2,499
• REVEAL 2 £3,499

Availability

• Order Date: May 2023
• Shipping Date: June 2023

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