Philharmonic BMR Towers audition

[jefe]

I am trying to decide between Revel f226be, Mofi 888, and BMR towers. I cannot find a place to listen to the BMR towers and was wondering if there was anyone in the North Bay Area who would be kind of enough to let me listen to them. Your kindness would be truly appreciated.

 

[Eppie]

We appreciate your asking here and you may find someone in the North Bay area, but AVS Forum has a forum dedicated to Philharmonic Audio: "Philharmonic Audio - Dennis Murphy". You will likely find more BMR Tower owners there. Those are all good speakers and a tough choice. I hope you are able to audition all three.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I know below isn't going to be super helpful as it's more of apples vs oranges, but Dennis designed crossover for many (if not most) Salk speakers, and back in 2012 I auditioned for Salk's SoundScape 8 speakers and I still think that these are best speakers I've heard at any price point.
If you're looking for the best 2.0 speakers, you'd have to pay 2x 3 times to get speakers of that level from other brands.
As for Mofi - they haven't made any speakers before 2022, so without seeing 3rd party measurements I'd stay very skeptical about their performance claims. I know they said it's Andrew Jones's design, but my opinion stays.

 

[Mikado463]

As for Mofi - they haven't made any speakers before 2022, so without seeing 3rd party measurements I'd stay very skeptical about their performance claims. I know they said it's Andrew Jones's design, but my opinion stays.

The source point 888's are reviewed in the March Stereophile. To sum up John Atkinson's measurements......'Superb' !

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I'm no expert and comparing measurements done by two different people with different methods is a moot point, but to my highly untrained eye, BMR's measurements look a bit better.
Sources:

Philharmonic BMR Tower Speaker Review: Strike Gold Twice?

Philharmonic Audio BMR tower is a 3-way wide dispersion speaker that scales up the performance and bass output from of their fabulous Philharmonitor previously reviewed. Read on to see if how it’s done.

www.audioholics.com

MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 888 loudspeaker Measurements

Sidebar 3: Measurements

www.stereophile.com

 

[Mikado463]

I'm no expert and comparing measurements done by two different people with different methods is a moot point, but to my highly untrained eye, BMR's measurements look a bit better.
Sources:

Philharmonic BMR Tower Speaker Review: Strike Gold Twice?

Philharmonic Audio BMR tower is a 3-way wide dispersion speaker that scales up the performance and bass output from of their fabulous Philharmonitor previously reviewed. Read on to see if how it’s done.

www.audioholics.com

MoFi Electronics SourcePoint 888 loudspeaker Measurements

Sidebar 3: Measurements

www.stereophile.com

At that price point I would for sure 'listen before I bought'

 

[Eppie]

I know Erin's Audio Corner has measured the BMR Monitor and the SourcePoint 888 but I don't think he's measured the BMR Tower yet. The SourcePoint 888 measured very well and is one of his all time favorites. I've been to Dennis' house and the BMRs sounded wonderful to my ears. As I said, all three of those models are well regarded. It will come down to personal preference, but yeah, listen before you buy is obviously the best advice. The BMRs have a fairly wide radiation pattern and great off axis response, so appeal to those that like a wide soundstage. The Revels will be a little more focused with tighter imaging. Depends on what appeals to the owner.

 

[jefe]

We appreciate your asking here and you may find someone in the North Bay area, but AVS Forum has a forum dedicated to Philharmonic Audio: "Philharmonic Audio - Dennis Murphy". You will likely find more BMR Tower owners there. Those are all good speakers and a tough choice. I hope you are able to audition all three.

thanks for the guidance!

 

[everettT]

I know below isn't going to be super helpful as it's more of apples vs oranges, but Dennis designed crossover for many (if not most) Salk speakers, and back in 2012 I auditioned for Salk's SoundScape 8 speakers and I still think that these are best speakers I've heard at any price point.
If you're looking for the best 2.0 speakers, you'd have to pay 2x 3 times to get speakers of that level from other brands.
As for Mofi - they haven't made any speakers before 2022, so without seeing 3rd party measurements I'd stay very skeptical about their performance claims. I know they said it's Andrew Jones's design, but my opinion stays.

I'm partial to Salk myself, owing multiple speakers from them and Dennis. The MOFI was well received by Erin and looks to be a nice speaker, but I'd still take the BMR personally.

MoFi SourcePoint 888 Tower Speaker Review

MoFi SourcePoint 888 Tower Speaker

www.erinsaudiocorner.com