Revival Audio Sprint 4

Can Revival Audio give its rivals a run for their money with the Sprint 4?

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If you're not familiar with Revival Audio, allow us to give you a very short history lesson. The young brand was founded in 2021, bringing together the combined talents of Daniel Emonts, former engineer for the likes of Dynaudio and Focal, and Jacky Lee, Dynaudio's former CCO.

In the short time it has been an official brand, Revival has been busy trying to carve out its own niche in the market. It offers four pairs of standmount speakers, two sets of floorstanders and two stand designs. The company promises to bring the combined savoir-faire of its founders across its expanding range, vowing “to perfect true listening experiences through products of decades-accumulated craftsmanship”.

That's what we want to hear from the Revival Sprint 4, a premium pair of floorstanders that aims to challenge the likes of PMC's exceptional Prodigy 5 (£1995), class-leaders at this price point.

Physical characteristics

The Sprint 4 are generally an attractive and capably made pair of loudspeakers. Standing over 1m tall, they are hardly titchy, easily dwarfing the similarly priced PMC Prodigy 5 we use as our comparative test pair.

The wooden cabinets are a tad utilitarian but finished to a decent standard, so that running a hand over each speaker reveals very few nicks, bumps or rough edges.

The floorstanders deploy what Revival Audio calls its 'Elytron Acoustic Baffle'. In layman's terms, it's a lightweight, high-strength material designed to optimally guide the sound waves as they leave the speaker drive units, reducing unwanted diffraction for better reproduction of mid and low frequencies and more even sonic dispersion.