Best amp for Salon 2

I’ve heard Revels with Parasound and ARC. Both where pretty good but also pretty laid back.

In your price range, Ayre, Luxman, D’Agostino, Pass and McIntosh are possible.  You should find a strong personal preference among them.

I own an Anthem MRX and I like it but I still use my Luxman for 2 Channel. I got to hear Mark Levinson a couple of years ago with Magico and ... meh.

Another brand you might want to listen to is Bryston. Haven’t heard them in forever.

Thanks. Also are monoblock always better than stereo all else being equal? The reason I ask is that Anthem has 400 watts / Channel at 8 ohms. It’s hard to find monoblock with similar power without making the budget 5-7 times.

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I was going to pull the trigger on the 575XD mono blocks listed above. I recently owned 2 lower powered variants of that same new XD model so I know exactly what I would be buying. However, I thought it would take up too much space, so I bought CODA #16 instead. Which I also know well from owning the CODA #8.

I owned the Revel Salon 1 for a long time with Bryston 7B-SST. It was good and the bass was unreal. However, I know the KRELL XD or the CODA #8 or #16 would have been better. Especially so with the Salon 2 which has the BE tweeter.

The amps I listed are warmer than the Anthem you are considering or my old Bryston. The Anthem would not be my choice for a BE driver. Parasound A21+ is a good sonic match and cheaper but not as refined as the 2 I recommend.

zesto eros tube amplifiers would be amazing with them

also coda.8 a suberb 400 wat stereo amplifier with the provision to have the amp rebiased for more class A power in the future

Dave and Troy

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