I'm the last of yesterday's attendees to respond.
The Revel F52s drew me in totally on some of Bob's jazz selections, and on Mike's grateful dead cut. On my test track from Natalie Merchant's Ophelia, the F52s completely missed the bottom 2 octaves. I'd guess that the little woofers start rolling off below maybe 80- 100Hz. I thought the bass overall may have been a bit more full than I prefer, but not sure, and its an unfamiliar room and equipment. From the midbass up I thought they were really excellent, with solid imaging, fast transients, really clean treble. I would have like to have heard them with my favorite electronics, and with a subwoofer added on. In other words, in my den.
The Studio's were more refined and had more midbass drive. For a large expensive spker, bottom end extension was disappointing. While better than the F52s, I still could not hear even a hint of the risers under the kick drum (I think thats what makes those super low sounds) on the Natalie Merchant CD, and these sounds are what make certain of my favorite albums so interesting. I'd say the Studios go down to about 50Hz, which is not bad, but at this price point I expected more. So many new expensive speakers dont even try for the bottom octave- its the new style I guess.
The bait and switch style of the demo was an interesting sales strategy- let them think they're listening to the real high priced stuff, and impress the hell out of them, maybe get a sale of the less expensive speakers. And I was very impressed with the F52s.
I give American Audiophile tremendous credit for staying in business. 30yrs ago, there were dozens of stores on LI with hi end equipment. Now we're down to only a few. The sales guy (I am bad with names) was polite, interested and in love with music, all pluses. He was hoping to make a sale and we stayed for about an hour (no one else entered the store during that time). I wish them all the best, and hope they stay in business another 20yrs.