BUMP, ouch.
Just for perspective, I don't get vandersteen speakers or their appeal, maybe if you listen to Annie lennox all night they're great, but i'm not surprised the thread died after that comparison.
I'm sure the op has moved on by now, but there's several dsp's listed on ag right now and I would like to give my review and i'll compare them to the revel salon 2's I owned that I used a Hegel h360 to drive them with.
Dsp8000sl listed on ag for $16k I struck a deal and bought. Bass, pitch, definition, depth and detail the 8k's have it case closed. the salon 2 in my room couldn't deliver and since much of reproduction rely's on the bass/room lock sound staging also suffered with the salon's in comparison to the 8k's.
Loudness? lol the 8k can reach 118-120 db. imaging? The salon2 is really impressive and manages to walk that line between detail and musicality better than the 8k even since I upgraded the 8k to special edition with new electronics and a be tweeter the salon 2 still sets the bar for plucking the smallest details and placing them in their own space. The 8k puts me at the venue making music more involving and a more forward mid range is a positive to me but might be a knock to another. Both speakers can be held in the same company, but in my room with my little H360 the 8k dismantled the salon2 in all but pin point imaging, example Peter Gabriel mercy street the overlayed vocals the salon gave just a little more space between vocals same with 'Midnight train to Georgia", just that little bit more space between the pips. For the money I spent upgrading the 8k to 'SE' I could have sold the Hegel and bought ANY components here used to get the very best out of them. I preferred the presentation of the meridian in my room with more recordings and I didn't have to deal with bass nulls at the listening spot conventional boxes can produce (no subs needed). I know the writing's all over the place but it's a forum not publication.
Just for perspective, I don't get vandersteen speakers or their appeal, maybe if you listen to Annie lennox all night they're great, but i'm not surprised the thread died after that comparison.
I'm sure the op has moved on by now, but there's several dsp's listed on ag right now and I would like to give my review and i'll compare them to the revel salon 2's I owned that I used a Hegel h360 to drive them with.
Dsp8000sl listed on ag for $16k I struck a deal and bought. Bass, pitch, definition, depth and detail the 8k's have it case closed. the salon 2 in my room couldn't deliver and since much of reproduction rely's on the bass/room lock sound staging also suffered with the salon's in comparison to the 8k's.
Loudness? lol the 8k can reach 118-120 db. imaging? The salon2 is really impressive and manages to walk that line between detail and musicality better than the 8k even since I upgraded the 8k to special edition with new electronics and a be tweeter the salon 2 still sets the bar for plucking the smallest details and placing them in their own space. The 8k puts me at the venue making music more involving and a more forward mid range is a positive to me but might be a knock to another. Both speakers can be held in the same company, but in my room with my little H360 the 8k dismantled the salon2 in all but pin point imaging, example Peter Gabriel mercy street the overlayed vocals the salon gave just a little more space between vocals same with 'Midnight train to Georgia", just that little bit more space between the pips. For the money I spent upgrading the 8k to 'SE' I could have sold the Hegel and bought ANY components here used to get the very best out of them. I preferred the presentation of the meridian in my room with more recordings and I didn't have to deal with bass nulls at the listening spot conventional boxes can produce (no subs needed). I know the writing's all over the place but it's a forum not publication.