Amp for Revel Ultima Salon 2

Here is an earlier thread on amps for Revel Salon 2s:

www.forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1344011616&openfrom&1&4#1

They do like watts, up to a point: I wouldn't personally want to drive them with less than 200 watts in a room of more than 2500 square feet. But they like high current and speed even more. They will sound much better with a 250 watt fast amp that can accurately reproduce microdynamics than they will with a 500 watt slowpoke that can only play loud. So you need to look at more than just the wattage number.

Your observations about using the ASR Emitter 2 Exclusive with Salon 2s mirror mine about using Symphonic Line Kraft 250s. On the surface they are entirely different designs, but what they share is huge transformers and very high capacitance.

Result? Both are fast amps with big current, making them especially appropriate to handle huge dynamic swings and not run out of steam when driving big, inefficient speakers like the Salon 2s or eloctrostatics with super-low impedance values.

It sounds like your ASR provides a very similar Salon 2 listening experience to what I get using Symphonic Line Kraft 250s.

That shouldn't be surprising, as both amps use large transformers and provide huge capacitance. Result? High current that can keep up with big dynamic swings and not fall apart. Both are very fast too, and I assume that a lot of the detail you enjoy is from your amp's ability to avoid congestion and maintain a stable soundstage the same way mine do.

What is most interesting to me is that the Salon 2 performance absolutely justifies using amps that cost significantly more than they do. Kind of turns the maxim to spend the most on your speakers upside down.

Sorry for double posting, the first post apparently got lost in the ozone for a while!

For anyone to provide any meaningful assistance, you need to tell us about your other gear, music preferences, listening volume, and room size and whether it has a lot of reflections.