I had a chance to attend a demo of the new Chauvet Ovation Reve E-3 yesterday. They had it setup side by side with a Source 4 with an HPL 750 and A Source Four Series 2 Lustr. The E-3 was VERY impressive. The colors were beautiful. The white was excellent. The red shift simulation was very good. It was significantly brighter than both the HPL 750 and the Series 2. They have had some clever design additions too. I really like that they have essentially taken the best parts of their white only LED and their color LED and combined them into one fixture. It's got an awesome new yoke design that allows you to easily adjust the position of the fixture in yoke. They have a twin gobo rotator add on that plugs directly into the fixture for power and data. They have some cool software settings that let you do things like program it to be a 1 channel DMX device and you can set what feature DMX controls. For example it can be set to be an only 5600 degree white fixture which is pretty cool for rental shops. It also has two nice handles on the back that they put on there to make it easy to use as follow spot. A great upgrade to the classic S4 on a stick. They had a photo they showed me from an install with an E-3, a Source Four Series 3 Lustr, and a HPL 750 all 125' away. The E-3 was clearly the brightest fixture. That really surprised me.
@JChenault walked in for his own demo just as I was about to leave. So we'll see if he will comment as well. He noted some issues with the fading up from black. I'm not sure if it was the fixture or the console operator as the console operator was definitely having some issues programming things on the fly.
Overall this is a serious contender that you should consider if you are looking for an LED Elipsoidal. Your actual price in a package bid is going to be around $1,800-$1,900 without a lens (depending on the usual pricing factors).
@JChenault walked in for his own demo just as I was about to leave. So we'll see if he will comment as well. He noted some issues with the fading up from black. I'm not sure if it was the fixture or the console operator as the console operator was definitely having some issues programming things on the fly.
Overall this is a serious contender that you should consider if you are looking for an LED Elipsoidal. Your actual price in a package bid is going to be around $1,800-$1,900 without a lens (depending on the usual pricing factors).