"The Ultra High-End Speaker."

It does my heart good to hear about someone who really enjoys having exquisite sound. Congrats on your system. Too many high rollers haven’t really earned their audio stripes, and are more adept at writing big checks than they are at identifying the true performers. To some degree it’s all relative to what we’ve been exposed to, but those who’ve owned and lived with that "ultra high end sound" truly know the difference.  It still boils down to synergy of the individual components.

My experience has been that price is not a guarantee of fantastic sound, and there are definitely diminishing returns, but it’s difficult to avoid incurring some substantial costs to get that upper level sound. Fortunately, there are still plenty of companies driven by their passion for audio who focus more on performance than profit.

@erik_squires  +1

Since retirement I have had to be very selective with my finances and my audio purchases. Even within those parameters and with full knowledge that my system is midfi at best, I still find myself sitting in the dark, glass of wine in hand and completely lost in the music.

Isn't that the essence of why we do this?

Good review of the Salon 2: https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/608revel/index.html

And, they're on sale at a great price via Music Direct!
$7500 each 
https://www.musicdirect.com/equipment/speakers/revel-salon2-tower-speakers-pair/

It did not boil down to the synergy which is only the basic starting factor requirement here ...

To attain ultra high end sound you need an acoustic room and a dedicated one for specific speakers ... Ask Delavigne what role play his room in his sound quality experience snd say to him that he throw his money out of the window with his room , all we need is the higher price tag and synergy between components .........😁

To some degree it’s all relative to what we’ve been exposed to, but those who’ve owned and lived with that "ultra high end sound" truly know the difference. It still boils down to synergy of the individual components.

Ask Lavigne what role play his room in his sound quality experience and say to him that he throw his money out of the window with his room , all we need is the higher price tag and synergy between components ....

you don’t need a custom designed large room, but a good room is a prerequisite to ultimate performance. something that won’t hold you back.

then.......(1) having the room the right shape and size for the speaker, and (2) tweaking the room to a high degree........is where the code gets broken.

there are quite a few speakers that can be a part of an ultimate system. that just takes a check book. but then it’s up to the end user to chase perfection. it’s not for everyone. but dollars are not the main thing. gear lust will not be the end game. but nothing wrong with nice pretty things. modest systems can sound really great.

i did not have ultimate performance with lots of dollars invested until i figured out how to get the room to work right. so dollars do not equate to success. it can raise the ceiling, but not deliver the promise.