$10k Hot Spot

[ben]

I set my $10k limit new or used and I listened to the f228be, persona3f, contour 60, f208, kanta2, and then bought a pair of Salon2's very slightly used and went a little over budget, started looking for advice on amp's and placement and was startled at the disregard for decent amplification many of these owners had! A $22k pair of speakers connected to an emotiva amp! yamaha ht receiver!! unless there's an upgrade plan I doubt the salon2 would sound better than an f208 connected to an emotiva.

Steve59,

Heard those salons need some serious juice to make them sing. If not seperate then may be good quality used integrated would do nice job with those power hungry speakers.

 

[steve59]

Thanks Ben, I actually preferred the C60 of all the $10k speakers I heard, but they were connected to Dan D momentum amps. I owned a pair of kef R105/3 bought new and it took me years to find,afford, amplification that made them sing. Affordable power is much better now then it was 25 years ago, but that magic that happens when speakers and amps are matched is still real and makes threads like this one incomplete. Somebody posted a thread suggesting amplification is more important than speakers and $10k is probably where component matching starts paying off.

 

[ben]

Thanks Ben, I actually preferred the C60 of all the $10k speakers I heard, but they were connected to Dan D momentum amps. I owned a pair of kef R105/3 bought new and it took me years to find,afford, amplification that made them sing. Affordable power is much better now then it was 25 years ago, but that magic that happens when speakers and amps are matched is still real and makes threads like this one incomplete. Somebody posted a thread suggesting amplification is more important than speakers and $10k is probably where component matching starts paying off.

I see you own Hegel h360. Have you tried your salons with it? how's the result?

 

[Mr Peabody]

I haven't heard the Salons with Hegel. I have heard the Revel 228's with the 360 & 590, seems Revel and Hegel do have a good synergy.

I've had the 360 on my JBL, seems like a strong amp, never a waver at high volumes.

 

[steve59]

I actually bought it for the Salon1's as the H360 really opened up the mids and low treble on those speakers. With the Salon2s I've only used the h360 with them so have no comparison in the same room. The best sound in my listening room yet! Bass detail and piano really make listeners pay attention and I love the imaging and detail the combination deliver tho' getting placement took time. I did activate the H 360 thermal protection after about 40 minutes of red hot chili peppers with the volume turned way up but they played cleanly thru it and the amp was working normally after a half hour cool down.