Salon 2 owner for several years now, amps I tried and had in my my system were ,
Aragon Palladium II monoblock: deep bass but little dry on top end.
Krell KSA-250 class A complete rebuilt :deep bass overall very good sounding for what it is.
Plinius 301 stereo amp with Primaluna 400 preamp: quick bass but nothing special.
Bryston 7B ST monoblock: none to talk about.
PS Audio S700 monoblock: none there .
PS Audio BHK 300 monoblock block + matching PS Audio preamp: sweet on top but lacks of cracking deep tight bass the Salon 2 capable of.
McIntosh MC-601 monoblock: it’s just ok sounding,little dull.
McIntosh MC-462 +McIntosh C-2700: still doesn’t sound right.
McIntosh MC-611 monoblock +C -2700 preamp: common sense kicks in that McIntosh gear in my system with the Salon 2 just doesn’t sound right!
Symphonic Line Craft 300 40th Anniversary 300W class A monoblock in one chassis pairing with Symphonic Line Preamp: finally I feel like I don’t need to change or chasing ,hunting for another amplifier any time soon. The SL Craft 300 gives me everything I was hoping for and it doesn’t run hot at all for been a class A (I keep my equipment on all the time)
my first experience with German gear and so far I really enjoy it, I bought the Symphonic Line BelCanto MK4 CD/DAC player to compete my system….so far so good.
im sure there are many other Amps out there better for the Salon 2 but for me this is it. I have to say that the Salon 2 speakers are extremely picky what you feed them with,tubes just don’t have enough juice to make them sing
Sorry for the long message but I thought I’d like to share it with you so you don’t have to go through what others have tried .