I would love this as well. Currently have a bunch of S4s that I was planning on going to Source 4WRD, but if there's anything compelling from Chauvet, that might be compelling to not retrofit some 10+ year old fixtures.
I haven't seen a buyers guide lately but here's my take.
If you are looking for fixtures that produce classic pastel front light like R03, R33, or R60, I would lean towards
ETC Colorsource. I have the
PAR version and can easily produce the classic light color saturation pastel colors you want for front light.
The Chauvet Ovation Elipsoidals are excellent fixtures too. The optics of the Chauvet lenses are top notch, close in clarity to
ETC EDLT lenses. The deeper saturated colors coming out of their fixtures are excellent.. . Not quite as good as the
ETC 7 Colo
LED system, but very good and a lot less money. I have the Ovation
Cyc lights and they are amazing. So if you are looking for lots of color, I would lean towards Chauvet.
Either way
call your local dealer and get a demo of both products. Never spend a lot of money without seeing the
fixture on your
stage! If you don't know who to
call send a private message here on CB to
@starksk at
ETC or
@Ford at Chauvet. I'm sure they would be happy to get you in touch with someone to do a demo for you.