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The Revela 2’s performance was similarly superb with The Mitchell Trio’s set Violets Of Dawn [Mercury STX 61067], recorded in 1965 (post-Chad) and featuring a young John Denver, whose instantly recognisable voice made aural dissection even simpler. Again, the unplugged instruments had body and the right resonances, my only regret being that I didn’t have present one of my guitar-playing friends to see if they could tell which make was being played.

If Quad’s goal with the Revela 2 wasn’t just to revive the brand’s ribbon of 70-plus years ago but to create a box-type speaker that sounds like a dipole or panel, two later studio creations deemed it a success. Both Dr. John’s In The Right Place [Analogue Productions CAPA 006 SA SACD] and Bonnie Raitt’s The Glow [Warner Bros 8122-78383-2 CD] – two albums recorded during the 1970s and therefore probably all-solid-state – are great for evaluating attack, bass power and, again, distinctive vocals.

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