Not sure if I have enough oomph.


I've got a new in box Revel Salon 2 set ready to pickup for $15k

Not sure if my Krell KMA160's have what it takes.

240 WAtts at 6 ohms.

I'm thinking it's marginal.

Thoughts?

Thanks guys.

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Nice speakers and congrats! From John Atkinson’s measurements…

My estimate of the Revel Ultima Salon2’s voltage sensitivity was 86dB(B)/2.83V/m. This is slightly lower than the specified 86.4dB but within experimental error of that figure. The speaker’s impedance (fig.1) drops to between 3 and 5 ohms between 17Hz and 600Hz, but as the electrical phase angle is generally low in this region, the Salon2 should not be hard for the partnering amplifier to drive.

I don’t think your amps will have any problem driving these speakers as they probably pump out around 320Wpc @ 4 Ohms that should be more than adequate. Hope this helps somewhat, and enjoy the great new speaks!

 

Okay, I’m tired of reading responses here that these amps don’t have the juice to sufficiently power these speakers and who are clearly not familiar with this amp’s capabilities.  Here are some facts…

Each amplifier is capable of delivering:
160 Watts into 8 ohms
320 Watts into 4 ohms
640 Watts into 2 ohms
1280 Watts into 1 ohm

So please, stop with the nonsense that these amps are underpowered because that’s just silly, misleading, and ignorant.  I also think they could make a sublime match sonically with the Revels and would love to hear the OP’s impressions once he gets things.settled/burned in.