I have Revel Salon 2 speakers in a room that’s not as large as yours, driven by a Hegel H590 integrated amp with spectacular results. I use a reference level outboard DAC with the Hegel and not it’s internal DAC. The Hegel H590 and Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty Streaming DAC combination is just truly, simply, incredible!!! I’m confident I’ve found a combination that I can live with for the foreseeable future. I would highly recommend one of the higher powered Hegel integrated amps for your Revel speakers. Happy listening.
New Integrated amp recommendation
Greetings:
I’m looking to upgrade my Yamaha 801 to drive my Revel 328s
Unfortunately I live in South Carolina and auditioning equipment requires a fair amount of time and travel.
The room is 20x25 loft open to one side to a staircase and 11 foot ceilings (not ideal but limited amount of conditioning will follow)
Almost always classic rock and contemporary jazz never above 80db Vinyl/CD and streaming
I’ve read a number outstanding reviews on Luxman integrateds and that is the first question..Is the 505z a good fit? If so does stretching the budget to the 507z offer a sonic difference? If not Luxman any other recommendations. I’m not necessarily looking to color the sound of the Revels but the Yamaha and maybe the room lack a bit of low end clarity and maybe a bit of fatigue from the Be tweeters.
Finally has anyone had experience buying direct from Japan? Can I assume the transformer is going to add unwanted noise?
Appreciate any thoughts love the forum. Learn from it everyday.
Thank you
JF